Hmm. Is this the beginning of a pattern?

[Cleita]

First Charlie Rangel and now Maxine Waters under fire for ethics, both senior liberal representatives in Congress and both are black from inner cities. I can state for a fact that Charlie's predecessor, my former Congressman, Bill Thomas and formerly the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee was far more corrupt than Charlie, but then he was a Republican and IOKIYAR (it's O. K. if you are a Republican) seems to be the order of the day here. It doesn't hurt to be white either.

[msongs]

1. you forgot to include any actual evidence. nt

[Cleita]

2. What evidence would you like?

[Greyhound]

8. She asked a question and stated the obvious. What evidence do you think is required? n/t

[Duckhunter935]

3. Duke Cunningham

he also did nothing wrong, RIGHT.

Most polititions are corrupt. Longer there worse they are. Not racial.

[The Magistrate]

4. Indeed, Ma'am: They Had Better Tag a Few Prominent republicans Next Week

It is not like there is a lack of targets....

[formercia]

6. I see your drift, Sir.

then they can't claim racism. Checkmate.

[The Magistrate]

7. Racism, Sir, Must Be the Presumption At this Point

Corruption is pretty much a given in Congress, as most people understand the term, and so to single out two prominent black Democrats must raise eyebrows, especially when it is done in the run-up to a hotly contested election in which the race of the President is the great un-named factor underlying all Republican hopes and plans.

[State the Obvious]

5. Darrell Issa hard at work.....digging up dirt for midterms. nt

[Cleita]

9. But there is so much dirt to dig up on Darrell Issa.

Why aren't our investigative reporters doing it. I mean there is so much that is unexplained about the recall, where he got the money, how he collected the petition signatures, and why weren't they questioned? There were so many anecdotal irregularities in that fiasco and yet no one has investigated this or Darrell Issa, I mean Democrats with the wherewithal to do it.