It’s great to see the mainstream media joining webloggers such as Steve Bainbridge and C.E. Petit in pointing
out the hypocrisy of House Republicans for their new “DeLay rule”. [see GoogleNews] Here are some excerpts:
In Paper bag politics Vincent Fiore says:
If the stunning election victories of the Republican Party are to mean anything, they must continue
to dance with what “brung’em to the dance,” and that is the moral and ethical concerns that created
the majority they now enjoy, without the arrogance and abuse of power that was so completely
abandoned by their Democratic Party colleagues in the early 1990’s.
In its editorial ‘Tom Delay rule’ hurts GOP’s image , the Allentown [PA] Morning Call adds:
So, the Republicans threw out an 11-year-old ”good government” rule. It was one of the reforms put
in place in 1994 as part of the ”Republican revolution” and the Contract with America agenda. Mr. DeLay
voted in favor of it himself, in fact. However, things have changed. Three associates of Mr. DeLay in
Texas have been indicted on charges of illegally using corporate funds in 2002 campaigns in that state.
Also, see Clarence Page (“House leadership makes old Chicago pols look good“); and David Brooks: (“A scandal waiting to happen”); unlike his liberal counterpart on the PBS NewsHour feature Shields and Brooks, David Brooks is consistently willing to point out when conservatives, Republicans or the Bush Administration stray from good politics or consistent principles; for that, he earns our respects. We wish our fellow Dems and Libs would do the same.
first snow falling
I trust in his hand…
bridge by the gate
entrusting it to young folk
I sleep…
cozy wood fire
trusting its fate
to the autumn wind…
duckweed
. . . . . for more poems on trust by Issa, click here; translated by David G. Lanoue . . . . . . . . .
