“Tom DeLay himself has never been the issue. DeLay is a symptom of a larger disease?a sick Republican culture of corruption that touches everyone who took his dirty money, voted for his corrupt leadership, or sat silently while their party has sold our government to the highest bidder.” GovernmentCulturePartyIssuesRepublicanDiseaseHighestSickCorruptionDirtySatTomsDelaySymptomsDirty Money Author:Howard Dean
“The Republicans I've been talking to have said, 'Oh, the public is cynical about indictments, they happen so often.' Well, that's whistling past the graveyard, because the average voter is only going to remember that one of the big Republican head honchos in Congress was indicted. They won't remember the name or position, but they'll remember it says Congress is corrupt and maybe the majority party is corrupt.” WellsSaidBigsHappensPastRememberNamesPartyTalkingPositionRepublicanMajorityCongressAverageCorruptionVotersCynicalGraveyardWhistlingIndictment Author:Larry Sabato
“The longest-serving Republican Senator, Alaska's Ted Stevens, found guilty just a few hours ago on all charges in his corruption trial. Do you know this story? He failed to report he had some work done on his house. Yeah, here's the bad part. You know who did the work? Joe the plumber. Unlicensed.” KnowsDoneStoriesFoundHouseHoursRepublicanYeahCorruptionTrialsGuiltyReportsServingDo You KnowSenatorsAlaskaWork DonePlumber Author:Jay Leno
“There seems to be less obvious corruption in city government and New York politicians, they aren't Republican or Democrat, they're New Yorkers.” SeemsGovernmentCitiesNew YorkPoliticianRepublicanDemocratObviousCorruptionNew YorkersCity Government Author:Malachy McCourt