Loyalty and Disloyalty: Goodbye Stevens, too bad we knew thee
Senator Ted Stevens was indicted today, one in a long line of Republicans who have forgotten that they once had principles. I recall going to a fundraising event for Tom DeLay at the height of his corruption probe, put on by various conservatives, and I recall the loyalty asked of us, that even though DeLay was barely a conservative at that point, "he was one of us" and the "other side" is always loyal to their leaders, so we should too, right? And, while I recognize the problems inherent in always casting out the sinners, and in not standing with your own, I don't see anything redeemable about Sen. Stevens. No one among the Senate Republicans, with the
Coburn and
DeMint exceptions, are true leaders on any important topic. Instead, they rise to power and forget their movement, jettison their principles and disdain those who work for anything other than contracts and their piece of the 3 trillion dollar pie. I feel zero loyalty for this man,
this wretch who had the chance to stop abortion, expand gun rights, cut taxes or promote school reform and, instead, busied himself with building bridges to nowhere. Good riddance.
Labels: corruption, movement, politics, Senate
Acknowledgement: Amanda Carpenter
So, the Senator Dodd countrywide scandal is being covered by some greats,
such as Amanda Carpenter here on FoxNews. It seems that FreedomWorks is making a serious effort to attack this mortgage debacle, which is a good thing. Even though students are often the ones penalized the most in that their rents will be rising, they're unlikely to tie the two things together, or to make the connections between government policies, and their rising rents. I live in a poor part of the state, and I'm paying $460 for a room in a house, in DC I paid regularly over $650 a month for a room in a house, and dealt with multiple roommates all the time. Obviously the devaluation of the dollar plays a part, as does the slowing economy, but the fake prices of houses and buildings thanks to artificially low interest rates, and
a lending industry willing to give 6 year olds credit, has quite a bit to do with it. Yet even Barack Hussein Obama only says vague statements about responsibility, etc. -- There's no answer which gives the lending industry a bailout or free reign to continue irresponsible lending.
UPDATE: O'Reilly covered the scandal tonight, maybe it's making MSM?!?! Maybe a $300 billion bailout for an idiotic industry is causing a few to ask who is watching the watchers. Something that's not being covered, but needs to be shouted from the rooftops on this, is that
Dodd's Senator father was just as corrupt, using campaign funds to finance his personal life. Like father, like son.
Labels: amanda carpenter, corruption, Dodd, loans, messaging, mortgage, o'reilly, politics
