I’d Laugh If It Weren’t So Pathetic!

I swear! If my head weren’t securely attached to my neck, it would spin like Linda Blair’s in “The Exorcist”. If you’re old enough, you might remember to what I am referring. If you’re not, the scenario entailed a Catholic priest trying to exorcise a demon from her character’s body. At one point her head spun around and around and around. Heck, I might even spew some of the same green puke while I’m at it.

Why, you might ask? I am literally sick and tired of the Democrat “culture of corruption” that is infiltrating all levels of our government; from mayors to governors, from representatives to senators, and now presidential cabinet members. Thankfully, some of the scoundrels are being thrown out of office, tried and convicted; but too many are being given a free pass and are still governing or soon will be.

When Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid assumed leadership of the house and senate, they pledged that the “culture of corruption” they claimed plagued the Republican Party…and only the Republican Party…was over. They were the party of ethics. They were the party of transparency. Yeah, right!!!

I guess it's true what they say, "When you live in a glass house; you shouldn’t throw stones"…Pelosi and Reid. The Democrat Party is so full of corruption it isn’t funny.

Here are just a few examples:

First, Democrat Representative Charles Rangel the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee (the country's chief tax-writing committee) has been the king of corruption.

• He was caught using of Congressional letterhead in an effort to arrange meetings in which recipients of the letters would be solicited for contributions for the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service at the City College of New York. This violated any House rules.
• He paid below-market rates for his 2,500-square-foot home in the Lenox Terrace complex in Harlem, which consists of three adjacent apartments, plus a fourth apartment to be used as a campaign office. Rangel only paid $3,894 monthly for all four apartments in 2007, but the going rate for similar apartments in the same building were as high as $8,125 monthly. The difference in rent paid versus what he should have paid, which comes to about $30,000/year, should have been declared as a giift and would have exceeded the $100 House of Representatives limit. OUCH!!! In addition, these apartment are in a rent-stabilized building. His fourth apartment (the one used as a campaign office) violates city and state regulations that require rent-stabilized apartments to be used as a primary residence only.
• He was rightfully accused of failing to report rental income from a villa he owns in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.
• He omitted details regarding the sale of a home he once owned on Colorado Avenue in Washington, D. C.
• He had discrepancies in the value listed for a property he owns in Sunny Isles, Florida (varying from $50,000 to $100,000 all the way up to $500,000).
• He had inconsistencies in investment fund reporting.
• He has been using a House of Representatives parking garage for years as free storage space for his old Mercedes-Benz - a violation of congressional rules. House rules forbid use of the garage for long-term storage more than 45 days. In addition, under IRS regulations, the benefit of the free parking is considered 'imputed income' and must be declared to the government. The spaces are valued by the House at $290 per month.

And he's still serving in the US House of Representatives? What's wrong with this picture Pelosi?

Second, Illinois Governor Democrat Rod Blagojevich is under investigation for solicitation of bribes in exchange for Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, mail fraud, attempting to bribe the Chicago Tribune with state funds, and abuse of power in attempting to gain campaign contributions from Children's Memorial Hospital. Thankfully, on January 9, 2009 he was impeached by the Illinois State House of Representatives by a vote of 114-1 and on January 29, 2009 he was unanimously removed from office by the Illinois State Senate by a vote of 59-0. Is a criminal conviction in his future?

Third, Democrat Timothy Geithner former President of the New York Federal Reserve and now President Obama's Treasury Secretary (the man responsible for overseeing the IRS) failed to pay Social Security and Medicare taxes on his income while working for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) between 2001 and 2004. He only paid the back taxes he owed AFTER he was made aware that he would be Obama's nomiee for the Treasury Secretary post. WOW!!! Don't pay your taxes, get nominated to a high ranking goverment cabinet post.

Fourth, Democrat Tom Daschle former US Senate Majority Leader and now President Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services was a paid consultant and advisor to InterMedia Partners since 2005. Daschle reportedly did not declare the income he earned as the consultant on his annual tax forms as required by law. In addition, during this time he received access to a limosine and chauffer given to him by Leo Hindery, owner of InterMedia Partners. The use of the car and driver was taxable income, plus he should have been paying social security and medicare taxes for the chauffer. Daschle paid the three years of owed taxes and interest -- an amount totaling $140,167 only after he found out he was going to be nominated to the Obama cabinet post. Once again, don't pay your taxes, get nominated to a high ranking goverment cabinet post. WOW!!! I'm beginning to see an pattern of change. Is this the change he actually meant?

Fifth, New York Governor Democrat Eliot Spitzer, was caught patronizing a high-priced prostitution service in which he met for two hours with a $1,000-an-hour call girl. Spitzer had at least seven or eight liaisons with women from the agency over six months, and paid more than $15,000. Investigators believe Spitzer paid up to $80,000 for prostitutes over a period of several years while he was Attorney General, and later as Governor. In the wake of the revelations, Spitzer announced on March 12, 2008 that he would resign his post as governor on March 17th....he did as promised...before he could be impeached.

Sixth, Mayor Democrat Sam Adams of Portland, Oregon met a young man in 2005 who was interning for Representative Kim Thatcher of Keizer, Oregon. In September 2007, Adams denied rumors of a sexual relationship with the young man, calling the allegations scurrilous, adding that they played to stereotypes of predatory homosexuals. However, in January 2009, Adams admitted to lying about the nature of the relationship, confirming they were sexually involved once the intern passed theage of consent in June 2005. The young man has confirmed Adams' version of events. If he's now telling the truth, and the young man was of legal age, then why lie in the first palce place? Why not just say, yes, I'm gay and he's my lover? It makes one wonder if he really was of legal age at the time that their relationship began.

I am certainly not insinuating that the Republican Party is as clean and pure as the driven snow. They have their own problems with corruption. However, as I have shown they do not own the corner market on corruption either.

The one thing I do know for sure, if any Republican were guilty of the same transgressions as those I listed, they would be crucified by the media, their fellow government officials and the voters. They definitely would never be allowed to stay in office, let alone be appointed to high ranking cabinet posts. There is a glaring double standard that is applied to Democrats versus Republicans. This double standard says, transgressing Democrats make small errors of judgment and should be forgiven and allowed to serve the greater good…transgressing Republicans are dirty rotten scoundrels and should be removed from office or kept from serving. Pathetic!!!