GOP issues a "hypocracy letter" to Dems

[AnnInLa]

The following is from Wonkette....you can click thru on her site to a pdf file to read the actual letter.

www.wonkette.com

We just finished reading the letter House Republicans are distributing today calling attention to Democrats "hypocrisy" regarding "honesty in government." It has the tone of a gay junior high student who has recently discovered sarcasm. (Maybe David Drier wrote it?)

"Mr. Clyburn...did you mention your trip to Saipan that was allegedly paid for by lobbyist Jack Abramoff? Does that fall into your definition of "culture of corruption"?

"Mr. Mendez... lobbies you on behalf of her clients and that you share the same address at the luxury Independence at the Shipyard apartments...Is this further evidence of a "culture of corruption and cronyism"? Or, most probably, these labels couldn't possibly apply to your circumstance?

Ooooh, SNAP! She got you bad, girlfriend. The Democrats plan to respond in a similar vein, putting their fingers in their ears and shouting, "I'm rubber, you're glue, whatever you say bounces on me and sticks on you!"

Hypocrisy Letter (PDF)

[99Pancakes]

1. Reminds me of my students

If one gets in trouble, they'll try and do a "payback" and get the whistleblower in trouble, too.

[thefloyd]

2. Oh now Democrats have koodies!

Well......I would venture a guess Democratic house leadership will gladly get involved in a game of "Hypocracy Gotcha"

[marbuc]

3. I would gladly support sunlight on this issue

even if it required sacrificing our few bad apples for illumination of the widespread corruption on the other side. For the record, I like and respect Clyburn, and believe him to be on fine ethical footing. If I learn of evidence to the contrary, oh well...

[mmonk]

4. Sounds more like an "everybody does it" letter to me

[Roland99]

5. Ky Gov. Ernie Fletcher was spinning yesterday that the Dems did it before!

(regarding political-based hiring instead of merit-based hiring which has resulted in nearly a dozen people being indicted.)


Such a weak defense.

[spunky]

6. I hope the Dems counter with the "If we jumped off a cliff. . ." argument

or its corollary: "Do as we say, not as we do."

I think that's about the right intelligence level for this debate.