Josh Marshall tells us about another Republican with a flat palm:
Flying blind: Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee insists it was ethical to take a flight on a private plane owned by the director of a state contractor, the Lord's Ranch youth home. It was not a favor to him, but a gift to his PAC, Huckabee told a reporter. This and other news in today's Daily Muck.
Yet another Republican taking payola from a customer of the state. The link to the Daily Muck has a quickie condensation of a much longer Yahoo news article:
"Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Thursday a flight he took on a private plane that was provided by a state contract-holder did not pose a conflict of interest. The plane was provided by the director of a youth ranch that has been paid at least $8.5 million through a contract with the state. Huckabee said the flight was not a gift to him, but instead was an in-kind contribution to his political action committee."
See? By calling it an in-kind contribution, Huckabee gets a free ride (no Republican can ever resist anything that is free,) and can still pretend it’s not a bribe, while the bible thumpers at the Jeebus Ranch get to write something off on their taxes.
If Diogenes were to walk into a Republican caucus with his torch, searching for an honest man, he’d be lucky if he escaped with his underwear.
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William Jefferson is a Democrat, no?
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/16/jefferson.caucus/index.html
Well, you're right, Anonymous. When you're right, you're right. You've got me, dead to rights there.
All Republicans, and one Democrat, are thieves.
There's a bike builder out here named Jesse James whom the Repubs could learn from: when he sticks his palm out, tattooed thereon is "Pay up, sucker!".
By the way, comparing ALL Repubs to ONE Dem is called "moral equivalency" like it's just the same. Another Republican lie.
I can come up with a real funny answer to that, Gordo. Just gimme a couple of hours, 'kay?
Good point, Gordo. Having been edjamacated by the Jesuits, I should remember moral equivalency. It's just that moral equivalency conflicts with my training in Mosaic law. One reason why I favor the Tao as a religious and ethical system. Its symbol is a wheel, which reminds us that everything comes full circle. The more irreverent among us say that if we do evil in this lifetime, the wheel will crush us in the next incarnation.
However, Anonymous wanted to make the point that there are is a crooked Democrat too, so that excuses all the thousands of crooked Republicans busy gobbling up our national treasure, and despoiling our Constitution.
As a side thought, when I see an "anonymous" sig line why is it always a Fascist? Never a Progressive? Is it just Fascists who prefer to work in the dark, and in secret?
Shorter Tao wheel: What goes around, comes around.
I think us Progressives use actual names because we're not ashamed of the things we believe in.
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