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...priority. There was the shameless political grandstanding in the Terri Schiavo case. There was Katrina. There is the stench of corruption rising from the Tom DeLay and Jack Abramoff scandals and the appointment of so many hacks and cronies to positions of power. There is the possibility that Karl Rove and other top Administration officials will soon be indicted in the Valerie Plame leak case. There was, and is, the failure to deal head-on with the Iraq war and make the necessary adjustments-more troops, more pressure on the corrupt and Iranophilic government of Ibrahim al-Jaafari-that might...
...head in relation to alleged violations of campaign finance laws. Whats especially troublesome about last weeks development, however, is the fact that ethical violations such as DeLays are by no means extraordinary in todays Washington. Indeed, several other key political figuresincluding Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, presidential adviser Karl Rove, and Thomas Finneran, the former speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representativesare also current targets of investigation for unethical practices. DeLays indictment only further illustrates the growing presence of corruption and dishonesty within the most powerful circles of our nations government; and the time has come for politicians to work...
...DeLays case is far from an isolated one. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is currently under investigation for allegedly filing false reports with the Federal Elections Commission that failed to accurately indicate how poor the financial condition of his campaign was. Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove is being investigated for the leak of the identity of a CIA operative to the media. Democrat Thomas Finneran, the former powerful Speaker of the House in Massachusetts, is being investigated for committing perjury when he was questioned about his own aggressive redistricting plan. John Rowland, once the Republican governor...
...Supreme Court (it declined to hear the case), eventually decided to honor the subpoena last July. Soon after, Cooper, who had refused to testify after getting a second subpoena and was facing jail time, testified once he received a specific waiver of confidentiality from another White House source, Karl Rove, via Rove's lawyer...
...that George Bush is lying when he says he’s finally been awakened to the fact that poverty and racism are in our midst,” he said. “It’s tempting to do so, especially when he decides to put Karl Rove in charge of reconstruction...