The House Republicans have shown that they can be just as morally and ethically bankrupt as Bill Clinton was in his acts that initiated the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Bill Clinton had an affair with a White House intern, an employee of the White House that worked for him. Regardless of the morality of having an affair, his conduct would have been treated as sexual harassment in any corporation in the country.
Now House Republicans have two lightening rods to deal with in their own ranks and own bankrupt actions. Congressman Foley of Florida, who was the co-chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children, sent emails and text messages to Congressional pages that have indications of sexual predatory mis-conduct. One of the men charged with protecting children in congress apparently 'had a reputation' among the congressional pages for chasing after at least one young boy, a sixteen year old page.
Speaker Dennis Hastert of my own home state of Illinois, has stated that he knew about some of the deviant emails that were sent and that he learned about these early this year along with several other members of the House. No one including the speaker did anything to initiate an investigation, call the matter to the attention of the house nor protect the congressional pages of the House from a potential child predator.
For this Speaker Hastert should resign. When leaders fail to lead, fail to exercise their authority to protect even the people that work for them in a professional atmosphere, when they fail to protect minors serving as volunteers in our nations capitals, they do not deserve to continue holding office.
The Washington Times in an editorial similarly calls on Speaker Hastert, "Resign, Mr. Speaker".
"House Speaker Dennis Hastert must do the only right thing, and resign his speakership at once. Either he was grossly negligent for not taking the red flags fully into account and ordering a swift investigation, for not even remembering the order of events leading up to last week's revelations -- or he deliberately looked the other way in hopes that a brewing scandal would simply blow away. He gave phony answers Friday to the old and ever-relevant questions of what did he know and when did he know it? Mr. Hastert has forfeited the confidence of the public and his party, and he cannot preside over the necessary coming investigation, an investigation that must examine his own inept performance."
The Republican Party has lost its way and lost its principles along the path towards total and complete corruption. What happened to the Republican House that worked to bring a Contract for America?
Many of them came with ideals and are now rapidly leaving under the shadow of conspiracies, corruption, moral and ethical bankruptcy and a cloud of ineffectualism.
It is my view that Americans need to step up in November and vote out all incumbents. The Democrats in office today are little better than the Republicans, we need a fresh start. We need to impose term limits not as called for in the Contract for America, but as provided and protected in the Constitution. The oldest form of term limits is the voice of the people that vote bad politicians out of office
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Polls show you are not alone in your view. But, voters have yet to figure out how to vote out incumbents. Honestly, I have had folks ask me, "Where on the ballot do you check to throw the incumbent out"?
I am with Vote Out Incumbents Democracy, a PAC formed this year to educate voters about the choices they have at election time. We do need to reach voters and explain that the way to vote out irresponsible and inept politicians is by voting for their challengers.
We advocate Republicans voting for Republican challengers in their primaries, and the same for Democrats. For all others, we advocate voting for the challengers of their choice in the general election.
While speech is free, communications to a mass audience is anything but. We invite dissatisfied and discontent voters to become members of V.O.I.D. and help us reach millions of disgruntled citizens to motivate them to vote for challengers not only in 2006, but, 2008 and beyond, until responsible government is restored.
I hope you will visit us, learn more about us, and even join us in this grass roots movement to restore good governance. When politicians realize they won't be reelected if problems don't get solved, they will put the interests of wealthy campaign donors, lobbyists, and special interests in the back seat and the voter's and the nation's needs in the front.
It is up to us voters to take this government back and never let politicians forget again just who pays their salary.
We agree with your anti-incumbent mood. But, voters have yet to figure out how to vote out incumbents. Honestly, I have had folks ask me, "Where on the ballot do you check to throw the incumbent out"?
I am with Vote Out Incumbents Democracy, a PAC formed this year to educate voters about the choices they have at election time. We do need to reach voters and explain that the way to vote out irresponsible and inept politicians is by voting for their challengers.
We advocate Republicans voting for Republican challengers in their primaries, and the same for Democrats. For all others, we advocate voting for the challengers of their choice in the general election.
While speech is free, communications to a mass audience is anything but. We invite dissatisfied and discontent voters to become members of V.O.I.D. and help us reach millions of disgruntled citizens to motivate them to vote for challengers not only in 2006, but, 2008 and beyond, until responsible government is restored.
I hope you will visit us, learn more about us, and even join us in this grass roots movement to restore good governance. When politicians realize they won't be reelected if problems don't get solved, they will put the interests of wealthy campaign donors, lobbyists, and special interests in the back seat and the voter's and the nation's needs in the front.
It is up to us voters to take this government back and never let politicians forget again just who pays their salary.
David,
Thank you for your comments. I do entirely agree with your philosophy. I am working on a separate project yet to launch to push a very similar agenda. I hope that we might be able to work together in the future.
Best Regards,
Brett
People always want to vote out everyone else's incombant, but not their own. Like we are all for term limits, but not for our guy. Our guy is great. I thought that for many years about our congressman...Gary Condit.
I have no 'guy.' No one is meeting my expectations. I want to see all the incumbents voted out! :)
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