The Stout Republican

So it’s rearing it’s ugly head. Abramoff supposedly is going to point the finger at 6 to 8 “seriously corrupt” Democratic Senators. While the blogosphere is murmuring on the right, I’m wondering how the right is going to justify this. One of two ways…we’ll hear the “swiftboating” argument, thus negating any sort of factual basis for said statements…or we’ll hear the slide scale argument that they’re not that corrupt really when you look at how corrupt the Republicans are, blah, blah, blah. Democrats are going to cling to the “relative” perspective like a Republican to their paycheck (those rich old white kooks).

Capt’n Ed has the support for his case that Harry Reid is one of those accused:

The AP, which has done a good job of covering Reid’s Abramoff connections, revealed that Reid intervened on at least five occasions for Abramoff clients. He collected donations from them “around the time of each action.”

I don’t think that there’s any doubt that Reid will be one of the lucky six to eight Democratic Senators smoked out in this prosecution. The question will be who the others are or were. If enough of them sit in the next Senate, the Democrats may find themselves in trouble for holding their majority. If Reid has to leave, the Governor of Nevada would have to appoint his replacement … and Jim Gibbons just won the seat for the Republicans.

While it’s wishful thinking…It’s doubtful…as we’ve seen by Murtha’s recent push to be majority leader, Democrats are held to a different ethical standard than Republicans. I’m calling on “The Right Wing” to come up with a funny comment here…

As big of a deal as the Abramoff was a couple of years ago…it’s all going to be very hush hush now…shhhh….he might point towards our guys…Rangel, Reid, Dorgan…it’s all in your head…Democrats have no “culture of corruption”, that’s strictly a conservative thingy.

So here’s the zany conspiracy theory I’ll throw out there…listen closely. Abramoff is really a Democrat operative. If he was truly a Republican rube, then he would have offered up the information before the election…ehhhh…so he must be in the pocket of…of….that’s right, the Kennedy’s. Where is the offshore account I say? Remember Chappaquiddick!

Ridiculousness aside, this could be a very big development. Democrats campaigned on the idea of “cleaning house”, and it may very well be the thing that sinks them…this isn’t a Kerry flip flop that just kills your Presidential ambitions…this is a “turn in your badge and gun” incident. To clarify, and Republicans who have had illegal dealings with Abramoff should also be booted (this means Rove if that happens to be the case), I will stick to consistency…clean them all out. I’m going to be the true non-partisan here…w00t…dredge the swamp.

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