PELOSI, DELAY, TRAVEL AND LOBBYISTS: WHO’S LYING?
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said: "’It is not an issue of members of our Caucus having the same sort of a problem. Make no mistake - there is a drastic difference between the timing of reporting things and ethical behavior.’" That’s the latest on DrudgeReport.
On Sunday’s ABC-TV talk-exchange with George Stephanopoulos, Pelosi defended, without substance, Dems in trouble with the scandal related to Congresspersons traveling thither and yon, funding same to lobbyists.
Pelosi, when asked by George "What about the Democrats doing the same as House Majority Leader Tom DeLay?" got a most vehement, emotional, index-finger-pointing but not substantive response from Pelosi.
Her overly dramatic reply made it appear all the more that George had indeed touched on a hot nerve. It was a hot one that Pelosi had not anticipated, nor did she know how to respond to it with definitive defense.
So the Dems have made a big big deal about DeLay, all the more when US President nodded a greeting toward DeLay at a recent Texas event, even providing DeLay with return trip to DC via the President’s plane.
But of course the public knew that if DeLay had received some sort of favor from a lobbyist, then who’s clean in Congress?
Further, DeLay gave his side of the story when asked by reporters as to what was going on with travel and lobbyists. And for that matter, DeLay might just have been telling the truth and nothing but the truth.
However, what’s quite fascinating about this whole issue is not just what will finally happen to DeLay but that air-headed Pelosi has surely opened up the box for Dems to come under fire — blistering fire. Now she’s wiggling with terms such as "timing of reporting" and "ethical behavior" out of category and all that sort of doublespeak that goes nowhere but down.
The tally to date, that is, as of May 5 in the afternoon, according to Drudge, is that 13 Congresspersons are "under scrutiny in the travel scandal." And of those, "more Democrats than Republicans have found themselves the subject of news reports outlining potential violations of House ethics rules for taking trips funded by registered lobbyists or lobbying firms."
Stay tuned.
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said: "’It is not an issue of members of our Caucus having the same sort of a problem. Make no mistake - there is a drastic difference between the timing of reporting things and ethical behavior.’" That’s the latest on DrudgeReport.
On Sunday’s ABC-TV talk-exchange with George Stephanopoulos, Pelosi defended, without substance, Dems in trouble with the scandal related to Congresspersons traveling thither and yon, funding same to lobbyists.
Pelosi, when asked by George "What about the Democrats doing the same as House Majority Leader Tom DeLay?" got a most vehement, emotional, index-finger-pointing but not substantive response from Pelosi.
Her overly dramatic reply made it appear all the more that George had indeed touched on a hot nerve. It was a hot one that Pelosi had not anticipated, nor did she know how to respond to it with definitive defense.
So the Dems have made a big big deal about DeLay, all the more when US President nodded a greeting toward DeLay at a recent Texas event, even providing DeLay with return trip to DC via the President’s plane.
But of course the public knew that if DeLay had received some sort of favor from a lobbyist, then who’s clean in Congress?
Further, DeLay gave his side of the story when asked by reporters as to what was going on with travel and lobbyists. And for that matter, DeLay might just have been telling the truth and nothing but the truth.
However, what’s quite fascinating about this whole issue is not just what will finally happen to DeLay but that air-headed Pelosi has surely opened up the box for Dems to come under fire — blistering fire. Now she’s wiggling with terms such as "timing of reporting" and "ethical behavior" out of category and all that sort of doublespeak that goes nowhere but down.
The tally to date, that is, as of May 5 in the afternoon, according to Drudge, is that 13 Congresspersons are "under scrutiny in the travel scandal." And of those, "more Democrats than Republicans have found themselves the subject of news reports outlining potential violations of House ethics rules for taking trips funded by registered lobbyists or lobbying firms."
Stay tuned.
For more: http://conservativeposts.us/ <http://conservativeposts.us/>
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