Summer of Scandal for Politicians in U.S.

[maddezmom]

WASHINGTON (AP) - Ohio Gov. Bob Taft is hardly the only politician these days to be hit by scandal. He's just the only one to admit he was wrong.

House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, is fighting ethics charges. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is too. And two federal lawmakers are under investigation over financial dealings.

``There does seem to be a spate of scandals these days,'' said Charles Lewis, founder of the Center for Public Integrity. ``It seems to be heavier than it's been for a while.''

For DeLay, it is fund-raising practices and lobbyist-financed travel that are under scrutiny. Schwarzenegger dropped out of a lucrative deal with a publishing company when he was criticized for possible conflicts of interest

more:http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5225254,00.html

[jsamuel]

1. AKA Culture of Corruption

check out Kentucky (R) too

and Hassert (R) with Turkey

and the Illinois Repub Party

and Noe

and Abramoff

and Texas Republicans

and Rove/Libby

and Halliburton

and ... it just keeps going...

[truthisfreedom]

2. "SUMMER OF SCANDAL FOR REPUBLICANS IN US" get it right, guardian.

don't pretend. tell the truth.

[aquart]

4. Thank you. I was about to say...

[lovuian]

3. Thieves run amok like in Hoover & cooleridge time!!!

Its a total mess!!!

[Erika]

5. Republican family values

What a laugh.

[Joanne98]

6. It's Republican Politicions. we don't have any.

[BulletproofLandshark]

7. Nice To See This Make News

But I want to see it as an A1 story in an U.S. paper like the NYT or the
Washington Post. But,but,that might make the wittle wight-wingers cry.

[nolabels]

8. That would offend advertisers who give large sums to support the crooks

Effing corporate MSM can stick it up where the sun don't shine. Even though the US taxpayers are getting ripped off in the big time billions it is more important to keep the advertisers, hedge fund, bond, options and stock holders happy. Without them kind of peoples support the news editors jobs disappears quickly. Who ever reads that crap thinking they have the subscribers in their best interests is living in La-la-land.

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