Why would anyone take an ethics
reform proposal from this Republican party of Corruption seriously?
This is the party that tinkered with the House Ethics rules to save Tom Delay when he got caught gerrymandering. This is the party hell-bent on milking Terry Shiavo and her grieving family for all the political capital it was worth. This is the party that stood by and let George Bush set up prisons, torture prisons, outside the purview of American courts and outside the basic human right of Due Process.
This is the party that covers and confuses the lies that led to the deaths of thousands of honorable soldiers, and tens of thousands of Iraqis. This is the party that used the word "reform" when pushing a Social Security program that even the president admitted didn't fix anything. This is the party that whitewashed when George Bush ignored the drowning of one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and ignored the pleas of starving human beings in dire danger. This is the party that uses 9/11 as a propaganda tool, thereby abusing the national conscience with depraved fear-mongering. This is the party that calls dissent traitorous. This is the party of Pat Robertson, Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, and countless other hate-filled liars. This is the party that has purposefully shifted our resources away from finding the evil perpetrator of the attacks on the twin towers. This is the party that, with lies, tarnishes the service record of honorable warriors who oppose them. This is the party that did not send enough troops to Iraq and did not cover their vital organs with adequate armor.
This is the party that has to buy "journalists" to support their positions. This is the party that self-eviscerates the advise and consent duty of Congress by stifling debate with name-calling. This is the party that sits idly by while the President hoards power at every turn, wiping his ass with the Constitution and decades of 4th Amendment jurisprudence. This is the party that proposes ethics legislation only after they get caught sucking from Jack Abramoff's filthy money tit.
This is the party that is only in power because they can devide the country with a faux "culture war," originally embraced by only the most fanatical of the religious right wing. This is the party in power because of the politics of personal destruction. This is the party of deceit and corruption.
What good is an "ethics reform" from this party? As good as their word.