Rep. Jerry Lewis is toast. Now Republican leaders are turning on him.
My question: Will Elton Gallegly be a leader in ethics reform now that many members of his own party are under investigation, been convicted, plead guilty, or have resigned? I am hoping he won't continue to stay silent on one of the most critical issues undermining his party.
If the Republicans get swept out it will be in part because the voters no longer believe them. So far from California Republican Reps. Pombo, Cunningham, and Lewis are under investigation or have been caught for violating ethics. Their staff members are on the verge of being locked up. Elton Gallegly, please do something. And stop letting these people move up your party's leadership ladder. It will be an issue and you can help defuse it.
Elton Gallegly: I know you aren't a part of this junk.And I know you wouldn't let your staff get away with these abuses. But please stop these criminals from undermining our democracy. Go to this website to see the crimes I am talking about.
After 20 years all our esteemed representative's done is sponsor a bill to stop squashing hamsters. I think if you do he math it'll be another 176 years before he helps us do anything about the sorry state of Ethics in Congress.
I think a student that wins one of those " There ought to be a law" contest has more legislative victories then Congressman Elton Lagging.
We have the best Democracy money can buy.
Although money shouldn't buy Democracy!
We now have Cunningham, Lewis, Doolittle, and Pombo as California Republicans with scandals brewing. Although Pombo's is minor because all he did was rent an RV at Taxpayer's expense. If he had rented the movie RV I would be really upset.
I can't believe Lewis charged the cities he represented money to represent them. The saddest fact is that Elton Gallegly will do nothing about all of these criminals in his cloak room. If I was him I wouldn't leave my wallet in my cloak, as these guys are thieves, thieves I tell you!
If we just elected congressman for life they wouldn't have to take money from lobbyists.
Another hot idea I have is how about we elect ethical people to represent us? If voters select someone that is known to have poor morals, doesn't that mean the voters have low morals?
Just saying.
Since we live in a democracy our politicians are simply a reflection of us. Apathy and single-issue voters have given us the system we have today. People complain about negative campaigning, but ultimately respond to it. Most voters are more that willing to look the other way to sleazy campaigning and backroom deals so long as it benefits their particular ideological views. When individuals are irresponsible and spend more than they make why should we be surprised when our government does the same? We are the government!