How about, every policy decision is made by a boxing match. We could broadcast it on t.v. (ofcourse if the the almighty F.C.C. will let us have it) we charge for it and all the proceeds go towards the fight on hmphh terrorism... I could see it now Bill Frist fights against the drunken irishman Ted Kennedy. Now tell me that's not entertaining and decisive.

How about, every policy decision is made by a boxing match. We could broadcast it on t.v. (ofcourse if the the almighty F.C.C. will let us have it) we charge for it and all the proceeds go towards the fight on hmphh terrorism... I could see it now Bill Frist fights against the drunken irishman Ted Kennedy. Now tell me that's not entertaining and decisive.

Lot of name calling going on here considering DeLay hasn't been convicted of anything to my knowledge.

Has he bee convicted of breaking any law?  Because if not, then it's pretty premature to be making a fuss about it. Particularly given your silence on people like Harry Reid whose actions are vastly more problematic than anything DeLay is accused of.  Hilary Clinton, for instance, received an 8 million dollar advance for her book while a member of the senate.  There was no possible justification for that kind of advance. Newt Gingrich, by constrast, was forced out for a much more modest book advance. 

If DeLay is convicted for some wrong doing then it would be time to discuss what to do.  But I don't see any reason why the Republicans should be tossing out leaders simply because they're accused of things.  Especially when "the other side" has the lion's share of corruption riding on them.  If I thought canning DeLay would somehow shame Democrats to behave more honorably and more ethically then I'd be the first to call for his removal. 

The Republicans have learned - the hard way - that two standards of ethical behavior exist.  Every time there's an effective Republican in congress, the Democrats blow up some thing out of proportion and then their goons in the media parrot it to try to "shame" the Republicans to kick them out.  The tactic worked with Newt Gingrich.  And when the Democrats faced an identical scenario (Hilary Clinton's $8 million book advance) there was nary a peep about it.

We see the same thing now.  So DeLay put his wife and kid on the payroll and paid them arguably ridiculously high salaries.  So what? Other than upsetting the "I hate rich people" folks, what exactly is the problem?  Campaign contributions aren't tax payer money.  It's money paid by people who want him to be there. If they don't like how he uses the money, that's their business.  The situation might make me less inclined to contribute to his campaign if I were a contributor (i.e. he obviously has enough money if he can do that). But I don't see it as grounds to kick him out. 

And yet at the very same time you have real REAL corruption with Harry Reid and plenty of others in congress that seems to get ignored. And it's hard to take Democrats seriously on this issue given the behavior of Clinton.

And it's hard to take Democrats seriously on this issue given the behavior of Clinton.

Right back to the Clintons, so I take it you're on for the game huh?

hahahahahahaha This is the Right's new argument -- moral relativism. "Yes, our guys are crooks, but YOURS ARE TOO SO THAT MAKES IT OK." Is Tom DeLay paying you off Brad? You defend his crooked, gerrymandering, ethically challenged, Terri Schiavo exploiting ass every chance you get. Clinton got a blowjob and told a lie about it. The end. Cheating on your wife vs. cheating an entire country...hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm which is worse? Hahahahahahahahaha -- I love it when you so-called moralists have to defend slime balls like DeLay, Karl Rove, Jeff Gannon, Armstrong Williams and the like. It's like me going to bat for Sen. Byrd (which I won't do). Like I tell the kids, just because he insulted you doesn't mean you can insult him. Just because a Democrat did something bad doesn't give DeLay carte blanche to be a crook. GOP -- Grand Old Piffle

This kind of asanine, simplistic thinking is precisely the reason why people like you act as overpaid baby sitters as your lot in life while the adults are the ones who run the country.   Do you even know the real details of the ALLEGATIONS? Pretty modest stuff relatively speaking to what's going on in congress. Talk about selective outrage.

But it's amusing to watch someone like you pass off the chief law enforcement officer of the United States lying under oath to a grand jury as being no big deal but calling DeLay a crook because of allegations that he put his family on his campaign payroll (something that's pretty common btw -- just not to this level but most politicians don't raise as much money as he does) and sketchy unproven allegations about "The Russians" (Yet mum's the word from the left about Clinton's China deals -- talk about cheating the entire country - allowing the sale of missile technology to China in exchange for campaign favors).

And it's hard to take Democrats seriously on this issue given the behavior of Clinton. Right back to the Clintons, so I take it you're on for the game huh?

I notice you were *unable* to refute the rest of his post. So why then did you focus on the last line?

Yet mum's the word from the left about Clinton's China deals -- talk about cheating the entire country - allowing the sale of missile technology to China in exchange for campaign favors).

To all out there on the left, be it libs or dems or whatever. You are very quick to point out the current administrations failures (at least in your book). Why is it we NEVER hear about stuff like this from you? In my eyes this would be the epitomy of treason. Yet I hear no outrage from you on it.

"In my eyes this would be the epitomy of treason. Yet I hear no outrage from you on it."

Dr. Miller, I understand that your evil genius pulled the strings behind the China deal; that you were the architect who devised the plan on behalf of the Clintons. Be assured that while your diabolical deeds may very well go undetected and unpunished by man, God in all his glory is watching your sinister ways and will exact a fitting and deserving retribution. Do you deny your treasonous infamy?

"In my eyes this would be the epitomy of treason. Yet I hear no outrage from you on it."

Dr. Miller, I understand that your evil genius pulled the strings behind the China deal; that you were the architect who devised the plan on behalf of the Clintons. Be assured that while your diabolical deeds may very well go undetected and unpunished by man, God in all his glory is watching your sinister ways and will exact a fitting and deserving retribution. Do you deny your treasonous infamy?

Island Dog after reading all of your comments I am thoroughly convinced you know nothing about politics, rather you think you know something about politics and have a shallow hatred for liberals so instead of saying anything relevant to the blog you insist on sitting here bashing liberals. I think you should quit blogging. As I said in my earlier post it does not matter if you are Dem or Con this should not be allowed and the american people as a whole should be outraged.

You are very quick to point out the current administrations failures (at least in your book).

Dr. Miller usually you are intelligent but this is pretty lame. It is a fact that the current administration has lied, cheated, and failed this country. No WMD's (FACT) Record Breaking Job Loss (FACT) Record Breaking Deficit (FACT) Osama Bin Laden Not Caught (FACT) North Korea and Iran Now More Dangerous Than Iraq EVER Was (FACT) I forgot that these are all just lies made up by the big bad terrible left wing right?

Wise American, you've been on this site 4 days. You have -261 points. I don't think you're in any position to tell people how they should behave. 

You seem to fail to grasp the difference between what is a "fact" and what is an opinion. While you do list some facts, they do not add up to anything such as "lying", "cheating", or "failing". 

The American people had a vote and the majority of them decided that Bush was doing a good enough job to have him on board for another 4 years. That is a fact that the far left seems to be unable to come to grips with.

Island Dog after reading all of your comments I am thoroughly convinced you know nothing about politics, rather you think you know something about politics and have a shallow hatred for liberals so instead of saying anything relevant to the blog you insist on sitting here bashing liberals. I think you should quit blogging. As I said in my earlier post it does not matter if you are Dem or Con this should not be allowed and the american people as a whole should be outraged.

Are you going to say the same thing about the people here who do nothing but bash Bush? You have people here who do nothing but complain and have a complete obsession with blaming Bush for everything. Should they "stop blogging" also?

Dr. Miller usually you are intelligent but this is pretty lame. It is a fact that the current administration has lied, cheated, and failed this country. No WMD's (FACT) Record Breaking Job Loss (FACT) Record Breaking Deficit (FACT) Osama Bin Laden Not Caught (FACT) North Korea and Iran Now More Dangerous Than Iraq EVER Was (FACT) I forgot that these are all just lies made up by the big bad terrible left wing right?

Most assuredly NOT fact!