Look, politicians? They're all corrupt. You can't get all the way to a seat in Washington D.C. without having auctioned off bits and pieces of your soul along the way. There are varying degrees of corruption, certainly. This is the crux of the "swamp-draining" that Pelosi promised.
For example: make an off-color remark to a male staffer while off the clock and get chased out of Washington with torches and pitchforks. Fail to pay your taxes, over and over again, take Caribbean trips paid for by special-interest groups and rack up a pile of additional ethics concerns, and you'll get to gracefully request a "temporary leave of absence" from your highly prestigious chairmanship, but keep your job, and Nancy Pelosi will publicly support you to boot.
Does it seem to anyone else that she has this entirely backwards? The male staffer in question -- I'm referring, of course, to the case of New York Democrat and former congressman Eric Massa -- didn't even complain; a coworker did. Massa subsequently went on a tear in a radio address, making a compelling case that his ouster from Washington is less about his mistake (and he admits that the comment was a mistake) and more about his opposition to Obama's agenda. Massa told all-too-easy-to-believe stories about Rahm Emanuel's tactics of intimidation following Massa's no votes on cap and trade and healthcare (choice Massa quote: "Do you have any idea how awkward it is to have a political debate with a naked man?").
Does it seem ironic to ANYONE else that the only ones coming to the defense of this Democrat who has resigned his post amid scandal are ... Republicans and other conservatives?
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