How Dare You Investigate!

Lindaman writes:

Republican leaders admitted to knowing about Mr. Foley's abhorrent for six months to a year and failed to protect the children in their trust. Republican leaders must be investigated by the Ethics Committee and immediately questioned under oath.

Those words came from one Nancy Pelosi after former Republican House member Mark Foley was caught trying to get a Congressional page to meet with him for what was believed to be a sexual encounter. Although Pelosi's point was hysterical hyperbole (since only teenagers can be Congressional pages),

"The age of consent is 16, so that's okay! It's PELOSI'S fault!"

her larger point was that Republican leaders knew about Foley's actions and didn't act on them.

Why do I bring this up almost 4 years later? Charlie Rangel.

Anyone who has followed Rangel's Congressional career knows that he's done some pretty shady things over the years, only some of which are coming to light now. And under Pelosi's standard as presented above, knowing about it for years without doing anything about it is wrong and worthy of being hauled before the Ethics Committee to testify about what was known and when it was known.

So, will Madame Speaker live up to her own standard? Will she voluntarily go before the Ethics Committee to testify under oath about what she knew about Rangel's legal issues and when she knew about them?

Let me put it this way. I'm not holding my breath for her to act accordingly.

Oooo yeah! Two whole years have passed (during which ethics investigations have been ongoing). That's totally the same!

You're going to find individual dirtbags all over the place. Democrats are still nowhere near Tom Delay Congress levels.

Not to mention: Newt Gingrich, Dennis Hastert, Trent Lott, Richard Baker, Joe Scarborough, Karl Rove, John Doolittle, Rick Renzi, Paul Wolfowitz, Bob Ney, Alberto Gonzales, Scooter Libby, Larry Craig, Mark Sanford, John Ensign...

The fact that Democrats are trying to get rid of their dirtbags is proof enough of that.