Democrats Ethical Dilema

Throughout the election campaign, President Obama continuously promised that his administration was going to clean up Washington and that it would be open and forthcoming. However, since its inception it has been behind closed doors most of the time and full of corruption. I'm so glad to have this "Change We Can Believe In." But this is what the duped American public wanted and now you've got it America. Lets take a look at what's been going on during the first few weeks since Obama took office.

1)While the Senate voted overwhelmingly to confirm William Lynn as deputy defense secretary, Obama had to waive his ethics regulations to place the former defense lobbyist in charge of day-to-day operations at the Pentagon. What this means:

On his first day in office, Obama issued an executive order forcing individuals to wait two years before they could be hired for the agencies they had lobbied and to remove themselves from involvement in issues related to their former employers. However, Obama backtracked on his promise to keep lobbyists out of the federal government by waiving ethics regulations and putting a former defense lobbyist in charge of day-to-day operations at the Pentagon.

2) Obama's initial choice for commerce secretary, Bill Richardson, stepped aside due to a grand jury investigation into a state contract awarded to his political donors. What this means:

From 2004 to 2005, CDR Financial Products, a Beverly Hills, Calif.-based company founded and run by David Rubin, received nearly $1.5 million through the New Mexico Finance Authority for advising the state in a complex highway funding project pushed by Richardson. In roughly that same time period, CDR and Rubin gave approximately $100,000 to political organizations run by Richardson, including one that paid for his and his staff's expenses at the 2004 Democratic convention.

3) Tom Daschle, the former Senate majority leader from South Dakota, abandoned his bid to become health and human services secretary and the administration's point man on reforming health care because of issues with back taxes and conflicts of interest.

4) Nancy Killefer stepped down from a newly created position charged with the same issue, taxes. She stated, "she didn't want her bungling of payroll taxes on her household help to be a distraction."

5) Tim Geithner also having problems paying his taxes and yet was confirmed as Treasury Secretary.

Are you beginning to see a pattern here?? Could you imagine what would happen if we committed only a small portion of the tax fraud that these Liberal politicians did?? We'd have our assets taken away, get fined and even possibly spend some time in jail. But what do these socialist senators say about all this?? Are they angry? Are they upset? Are they calling for punishment?

Not at all, here's their comments:

"Tom,(speaking of Daschle) made a mistake, which he has openly acknowledged," Obama said. "He has not excused it, nor do I. But that mistake and this decision cannot diminish the many contributions Tom has made to this country." Huh!!!

"I was a little stunned. I thought he was going to get confirmed," said Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the panel that would have voted on Daschle's nomination. "It's regrettable. He's a very good man."

So basically, as long as I'm a good man I can just forgo paying my taxes for 3 years without any consequences?

Don't you just love the "change" Obama has brought to Washington? Could you imagine if this was George Busch? They'd be ripping him to shreds. Looks like Obama has decided to keep the "Good ol' Boys Club" going just a bit longer. Surprise surprise!

Rob