Wednesday, November 17, 2004
The Party Of Morality Changes The Rules To Protect The Bugman...
Moral relativism abounds in the GOP-controlled House of Representatives. If you're top dog in the House can't keep himself out of legal trouble, just change the rules so he can't be touched.
Dear God, what will we tell the children???
House Republicans approved a party rules change Wednesday that could allow Majority leader Tom DeLay to retain his leadership post if he is indicted by a Texas grand jury on state political corruption charges.
By a voice vote, and with a handful of lawmakers voicing opposition, the House Republican Conference decided that a party committee of several dozen members would review any felony indictment of a party leader and recommend at that time whether the leader should step aside.
The current party rule in this area requires House Republican leaders and the heads of the various committees to relinquish their positions if indicted for a crime that could bring a prison term of at least two years. It makes no distinction between a federal and state indictment. Three of DeLay's political associates already have been indicted by that Texas grand jury.
I like the Bull Moose's take on the DeLay situation the best:
And this is the party of ethical reform?
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