The Republicans just can't seem to do anything without creating a scandal or being indicted.

This post article on polling has some interesting things to say about how the ethics problems of Republicans are seriously putting a damper on their popularity.

On April 10, a Washington Post-ABC News poll found, for example, that 52 percent of respondents said they trusted the Democratic Party "to do a better job handling corruption in Washington," while 27 percent said they trusted the Republican Party more. On April 20, a Pew Research Center survey found that by 44 to 28 percent, voters said the Democrats "could do a better job in reforming government."

And should we be surprised? Just last week the former head of the FDA (for like 2-days) is under grand jury investigation. It's not clear exactly what he may have been indicted for lying to congress about, but it may have been some lie he told about delays in implementing over-the-counter Plan B.

And why do we put up with this corruption? At least with Clin-ton, his nooky on the side didn't interfere with his job performance, these guys can't do anything right. For instance terrorism is increasing dramatically, not decreasing under this administrations "Global War on Terror." The cost of our involvement in the Iraq civil war is ballooning to up to $811 billion making it more expensive than Vietnam. And yes, it is officially a civil war. When you have 100,000 refugees who have fled due to violence you have a civil war.

I think Americans aren't going to put up with it in the next election. Once again, the Republicans are proving to be their own worst enemy. They just can't do anything right, and meanwhile, jackasses like Duke Cunningham get implicated in bribery and prostitution charges. They say services might have been provided to as many as half a dozen congressmen, this is just going to get funnier and funnier. And the best part is, we don't really need to do anything to ruin these guys, they are just hopeless. Oh yeah, and The investigation of Bob Ney's bribery and corruption is expanding, can we dare hope for more prostitution?

Besides, when we do protest, like in NYC this weekend, we just look like idiots. Once again these guys showed up.



Holding signs that just make us look bad like this one


When will they learn? Show up in a suit, make your signs simple and reasonable. Do not call people terrorists and murderers, hyperbole is not helpful, nor is swearing. Just call Bush what he is, an incompetent liar. It's still not very nice, but if you stick to the facts, rather than name-calling hyperbole, you'll do much better. And for the love of god no more street theater! No more puppets! No more flower-girl costumes, white boys with dreadlocks and tie-dye. We must stop acting like the boomers who have caused all these messes, and develop our own methods, based on effective ones like the civil-rights era marches, or hell, the ones used this week to call attention to Darfur. Or study the Democratic congressmen (and women) who protested last week against atrocities in Sudan and got arrested in a pretty brilliant move. Nothing makes you look like more of a jackass as when you have to arrest the US Congress's one survivor of the holocaust for civil disobedience.