Can someone explain why Republicans were so critical of Democrats who did in fact pay their Taxes in the end?
By admin on Oct 10, 2009 in Elections
YOU MAY WANT TO SEE THIS. IT REMINDS ME OF THE OLD SAYING DON’T THROW ROCKS IF YOU LIVE IN A GLASS HOUSE.
[Cross-posted at my DKos diary.]
Does it seem like there’s a new Republican scandal in the news every single week? Well, that may be because there is:
January 23, 2007: Republican radio personality Scott Eller Cortelyou of Denver arrested on suspicion of using the Internet to lure a child into a sexual relationship
January 29, 2007: Republican former Jefferson County, Colorado, Treasurer Mark Paschall indicted on two felony charges “in connection with an allegation that Paschall solicited a kickback from a bonus he awarded one of his employees”
January 31, 2007: Republican Congressman Gary Miller is named by Republicans as ranking member of oversight subcommittee of House Financial Services Committee despite the FBI’s investigation into his land deals
February 14, 2007: Major Republican fundraiser Brent Wilkes and former CIA executive director Kyle “Dusty” Foggo are indicted by a grandy jury for corrupting CIA contracts
February 16, 2007: Major Republican donor Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari, aka Michael Mixon, is indicted in federal court on charges of providing material support to terrorists
March 5, 2007: Ethics complaint filed against Republican Senator Pete Domenici for his role in the Attorney Purge scandal
March 6, 2007: I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney found guilty of obstruction of justice and perjury
March 8, 2007: Republican former U.S. Congressman and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich admits to extramarital affair
March 23, 2007: Former Deputy Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles, an oil and gas lobbyist who became an architect of George W. Bush’s energy policies, pleads guilty to obstructing justice by lying to a Senate committee
March 27, 2007: Criminal charges filed against Republican Pennsylvania State Senator Robert Regola in connection with the death of a teenage neighbor who was shot with the senator’s gun; he is accused of three counts of perjury, allowing possession of a firearm by a minor, recklessly endangering another person and false swearing
March 27, 2007: Ronald Reagan’s budget director, David Stockman, “indicted on charges of defrauding investors and banks of $1.6 billion while chairman of Collins & Aikman Corp., an auto parts maker that collapsed days after he quit”
March 28, 2007: Robert Vellanoweth, a Republican activist and appointee of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, is arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter and felony driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, after a crash that killed three adults and one child
April 18, 2007: The FBI raids the home of Republican Congressman John Doolittle, investigating his ties to Jack Abramoff
April 19, 2007: The FBI raids a business tied to the family of Republican Congressman Rick Renzi, as part of an investigation into his business dealings
April 23, 2007: The FBI questions Republican Congressman Tom Feeney about his dealings with Jack Abramoff
April 23, 2007: Federal auditors find repeat violations of federal election law from the 2004 Senate campaign of Republican Senator Mel Martinez
April 26, 2007: David Huckabee, son of Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, is arrested at an Arkansas airport after a federal X-ray technician detected a loaded gun in his carry-on luggage
May 4, 2007: Bruce Weyhrauch and Pete Kott, former Alaska state Republican legislators, were arrested and accused of soliciting and accepting bribes from the corrupt VECO Corporation
May 4, 2007: Republican state Assemblyman Michael Cole is censured and stripped of his leadership position after the married father of two spent the night at a 21-year-old intern’s apartment
May 11, 2007: A field coordinator for Republican Congressman Patrick McHenry is indicted for voter fraud in North Carolina
May 12, 2007: NBC News breaks the story that the FBI is investigating Republican Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons for suspicion of accepting bribes in exchange for securing government contracts
May 15, 2007: Connecticut Republican Party Chairman Chris Healy is arrested for drunk driving (he pled no contest on June 1, but didn’t publicly disclose the event until June 11)
May 18, 2007: Republican former South Dakota State Representative Ted Klaudt is charged with eight counts of second-degree rape, two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, one count of sexual contact with a child younger than 16, two counts of witness tampering and one count of stalking against two foster children in his care
May 21, 2007: Republican state Senate candidate Mark Tate is indicted on nine counts of perjury and two counts of election fraud by a grand jury
June 11, 2007: Republican Senator Larry Craig is arrested for lewd conduct in the men’s bathroom of an airport
June 19, 2007: South Carolina Republican state Treasurer and South Carolina Chai
IF YOU CAN FIND A RECENT LIST OF DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE COME CLOSE TO THIS, I WILL PAY YOU A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
On Oct 12, 2009, Cut Throat B**** said:
Cool facts. What is your question again?
On Oct 15, 2009, MEL T said:
You could make just as long of list for the Democrats which would include sitting Democrats like Barney Frank. There’s no real point to it, but you could. *yawn*
On Oct 15, 2009, U.S.Veteran said:
Yes, but republicans will always make excuses for their heroes like the typical republicans you sited above…
…and then they have the audacity to snitch to Mamma-Yahoo when someone speaks the truth about these criminals.
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On Oct 17, 2009, comp_whiz2000 said:
Feb 2009…..Newly appointed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton embarasses the U.S. and insults millions of humanitarians……
On Oct 21, 2009, betty boop said:
When you print the stuff on Democrats I might read this, but I doubt it.
On Oct 22, 2009, Sean F said:
Where is the list of Democratic wrong doing? Did you look into that, or are you just reporting facts for one side of an argument?
On Oct 25, 2009, corvette said:
Obviously. you haven’t seen the other side of the coin…yet.
On Oct 27, 2009, Nick K said:
January 2001: on the day before leaving office, Clinton agreed to a five-year suspension of his Arkansas law license as part of an agreement with the independent counsel to end the investigation. Based on this suspension, Clinton was automatically suspended from the United States Supreme Court bar, from which he then chose to resign
There is a fun fact for you liberal Bias….. Its both ways buddy. Politics is full of corruption!!!
On Oct 29, 2009, smellyfoot ™ said:
“Cross-posted at my DKos diary” ??? That says it all. And who the hell are these people? Scott Eller? Brent Wilkes? These are no names scattered about the country – why not making a laundry list of Obama’s cabinet members in Washington? It is much more interesting, and much more relevant.
On Nov 1, 2009, claudiacake said:
What a nice little (?) lead in to a rant.
To answer your supposed question: I assume you are talking about all the tax evaders Obama has rewarded with high level positions?
Buddy, if that was you or me, we would have been UNDER the jail, by now.
As far as “living in glass houses”…..wasn’t it you Obama supporters who ragged on Joe the Plumber for owing….what?….thirteen hundred dollars in property (not federal income) taxes?
Can you hear the glass breaking?
On Nov 2, 2009, zapper23 said:
If a person tries to get away without paying taxes, and later he is caught and pays those taxes, are you saying then that everything is okay? Don’t you think there should some type of penalty? What are you retarded? You try not paying YOUR taxes once and when your caught just tell them it was an honest mistake. See where you end up.
On Nov 2, 2009, Fish <>< said:
Rant much? Want some government cheese with your liberal whine?
On Nov 4, 2009, Centered --I speak TRUTH said:
WOW!!! It appears that both the Republicans and Democrats are running a match of wits with their corruption! Who holds the highest statistics of corrupt government? Hmmmmm LOL!!!
On Nov 7, 2009, s7e7v7e7n7 said:
They had to be chased down they did not want to pay their taxes in a timely manor which ended up offsetting the balance of time for the economy and pissed off the poor people.
On Nov 9, 2009, Zinger said:
I tried to cut and paste the Democrat rap sheet, but Yahoo said there wasn’t enough memory to display it
On Nov 10, 2009, Panda said:
For Republicans it is called ’selective memory loss’ . . . lol.
Actually, the funniest double standard was all the screaming by conservatives about William Ayers while totally ignoring the other domestic terrorist G Gordan Liddy’s association with John McCain. Absolutely, totally no difference between the two at all . . and yet Republicans never once even acknowledged the friendship between McCain and convicted felon Liddy (Nixon operative who carried out terrorist activities for the Right). Lol.
And, conservative Republicans can’t figure out why no one takes their worries and complaints seriously . . they have NO credibility.
On Nov 11, 2009, thorcorn said:
Talking points from The Daily Kos! Typical liberals rag. 2007 is over. Get over it.
On Nov 12, 2009, KarK said:
The list could easily be compiled (just by listing Obamas Cabinet Choices & Closest Chicago Cronies) For example -Check out Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon and Democrats on her council. The list of democrats nationwide could be endless. Note: Larry Craig shouldn’t count at all since Barney Frank is the Pride & Joy of the Democrats. I WON’T however take your $1000 because it will probably be the “now worthless” Money Printed by Obama or a personal check. And everyone knows anything put on paper by a Democrat is worthless.
On Nov 14, 2009, semper_paratus_1776 said:
Nice rant. Pretty weak with things like:
March 8, 2007: Republican former U.S. Congressman and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich admits to extramarital affair
“April 23, 2007: The FBI questions Republican Congressman Tom Feeney about his dealings with Jack Abramoff.”