Ken Calvert's (R-CA) land deals are still winning scrutiny. Jerry Lewis (R-CA) is still apparently under federal investigation. attorney David Iglesias about his office's investigation of a state Democrat.Īnd there are a couple holdovers from 2006, of course scandal figures who've stuck around and managed to keep a relatively low profile. Both are facing ethics committee investigations for their calls last October to former U.S. Heather Wilson (R-NM) in my original round-up. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) whose land deal with a businessman and campaign contributor became such a scandal that she finally just sold back the plot of land.ġ2) Sen. Gary Miller's (R-CA) land deals.Īnd then there's 9) Sen. Tom Feeney (R-FL) and 6) John Doolittle (R-CA) have found themselves the focus of a reinvigorated Abramoff investigation (though Abramoff is in prison, he's still busily cooperating). Don Young (R-AK) are under investigation for their ties to the oil company Veco (though that's just the tip of the iceberg for Young). David Vitter (R-LA) with their sex scandals (the attempted restroom tryst and numerous successful hotel room trysts, respectively).ģ) Sen. This year, you need a program to keep track of the Republican Congressional scandals:ġ) Sen. In addition, four Republican Representatives and a Senator failed to return in large because due to scandals. Last cycle a key lobbyist of Congressional Republicans and two sitting members of Congress went to prison. Why does the Republican party have a reputation for corruption? Perhaps because they've earned it. If I were an oil futures trader, it would be enough to make me want to lock in relatively low prices now before this possibility manifests more seriously. So, such an effort, if it does manifest, isn't necessarily dead on arrival, as it should be. Stranger things have happened, and the Democrats who control Congress are notoriously spineless. Of course, the United States does have an Air Force and a Navy that are not overtaxed. My first response is, "with what Army?" We have no ground troops to spare for an invasion of Iran, given that we already have troops overtaxed trying to maintain wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and other foreign deployments in places like South Korea on top of those deployments. he probably sees it as a manifest destiny thing at this point. What the hell? The President is a lame duck, so from his perspective, why shouldn't he start one more war in his last sixteen months in office against a country he proclaimed to be evil when he started the job? He's already secured regime change in both of Iran's biggest neighbors. Middle East analyst and blogger Juan Cole reports on credible rumors of an effort by the Vice President's office to stir up a significant minority is support of going to war with Iran, on top of the war with Iraq, starting the week after Labor Day 2007.
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