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The declarations of the Pledge of Allegiance have to be taken as aspirational, rather than a statement of existing reality.

I'm not so sure how many really believe in those principles enough to want to see them come to be true.

Now, see, at the risk of initiating a political cat fight or something, this is one of the prime reasons one should never vote for Democrats, or they should be barred from holding office in the first place.

When a Republican gets caught in some unseemly conduct, (s)he almost invariably resigns in disgrace and either serves whatever punishment results or disappears from public view, or both. My former Congressman, Duke Cunningham, recently residing in the Federal pokey in Tucson, is a regrettable example.

When a Democrat gets caught, first they deny it. Then, they attack the accusers. Next, they concede that perhaps they were involved peripherally, but the misconduct certainly isn't of a nature or degree that should interfere with the important work they are engaged in for the public. Then, they elect to go into rehab for whatever it was, booze, drugs, sex, gambling, etc. By the time a Grand Jury gets around to it, they are almost cleansed of guilt.

Shall I list the instances:

The Mayor of San Diego until recently, before which he was a Democrat Congressman, Bob Filner
Jesse Jackson, Jr.
Bill J. Clinton
Assorted Kennedys
For those of us of a certain age, the Abscam Defendants, 1 Senator and a softball team of Congressmen
Wilbur Mills
Congressman William Jefferson with the cold hard cash in his freezer
and my favorite, The Honorable Alcee Hastings, one of the very few Federal judges in US history to be impeached by the House and removed from office by the Senate, for bribery, after which, apparently on the theory that if you can 't beat 'em, join 'em, he has served in the House for 11 or 12 terms now.

There are many, many more, of course.

She might just as well have said that non-Democrats should not be on the bench.

Isn't this the gal who just got out of the pokey?

mamabearCali wrote:I am glad things have been straightened out finally. But how much time and treasure has he spent having to try and clear his good name. Did the DA have to go grand jury shopping to indite (spelling?) him to begin with. I am not familiar with the whole argument, but I remember at the time it seemed to be a politically motivated shakedown.

Odd how a man who lives and works in DC and Dallas can be accused of commiting crimes in Austin, isn't it?

I recall that impression being widespread before the trial, in Hippy Hollow.

HOUSTON -– A Texas Court of Appeals in Austin has overturned the conviction of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, attorney Brian Wice told KVUE sister station KHOU 11 News.

DeLay, 66, was convicted in 2010 for his alleged role in a scheme to influence Texas elections.

He was found guilty of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering after he was accused of helping funnel corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002.

http://www.kvue.com/news/state/224406971.html

Link has link to .pdf of C/A opinion.