SFGate.com - Rep. Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, a Vietnam War fighter pilot whose house was raided by the FBI this month in an investigation of his ties to a defense contractor, announced Thursday that he will not seek re-election.Good, get the crooks out.
'I learned in Vietnam that no one person is more important than the mission, and I do not intend to forget that lesson now,' the eight-term House member said in San Marcos (San Diego County).
The announcement made Cunningham, R-Del Mar, the first casualty of a growing controversy over the ethical conduct of a number of senior House members, including Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas. Democrats have vowed to try to use the issue before next year's midterm elections to make a broad case against Republican abuse of power, but Republicans say Democrats are equally vulnerable."
Also, be mindful of that last sentence. Shady Democrats need to get the boot as well.
How much longer before DeLay gets the boot on account of his ethics, or lack thereof?
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The Dems had their fun a few years ago: Gary Condit, Bill...
This stuff goes in cycles. Remember the House checking writing scandal?
Don't forget, it was the Republicans that created the ethics rules that were put into place after Democrat scandals. Of course, now that some Republicans have been ensnared in those rules (coughcoughDeLaycoughcough) the Republicans have REMOVED those rules.
Not cool.
Let's see if I have this right: the Dems were guilty of ethics problems when they were in power, and now that the Republicans are in power they're having ethics issues.
What was that line about absolute power corrupting absolutely?
I think the IDEAL makeup of Congress (both houses) would be 45% Dem., 45% Rep., and 10% Independent. That would help to keep everyone honest.
:-D
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