Editor:
Isn’t it interesting how whenever a Republican politician gets into trouble, his first name automatically becomes “Republican” as in: “Republican Larry Craig,” “Republican Tom DeLay, “Republican Trent Lott.” But nowhere will you find the association of “Democrat” with John Edwards, Eliot Spitzer, Barney Frank, William Jefferson, or any other scandal-ridden Democrat .
Democrats will say the scandals involving Republicans and the ones involving Democrats are not comparable. They could be right. How can you compare what happened to wide-stance Larry Craig’s bathroom capers to Barney Frank, who hired a male prostitute to run a prostitution ring in Frank’s home?
The Republicans are held to a higher standard and those who don’t adhere to those standards are removed from office.
Democrat constituents apparently don’t care what their elected officials do, as long as the goals of big government are served. After all, they keep voting Kennedy in, Barney Frank is still in office and ” Cold Cash Jefferson” was reelected even after they found $90,000 of bribe money in his refrigerator.
There is not enough space or time to cover all Democratic infractions but there are several Web sites you can go to. I just typed in top scandals involving Democrats.
There is no need to look up top scandals for the Republicans. The news media will do that for you.
Jeani West
Sweet Home