Over at Talking Points Memo a reader claims Washington Post reporter Jeff Birnbaum is biased against Democrats in his article on Congressional corruption because he doesn’t say it’s a Republican-only thing.
Wrong, Mr. TC. I previously blogged about Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid’s moral and political obtuseness in continuing to hang on to Jack Abramoff-connected money — money that he received in multiple donations.
Now we also have the revelation that Senate Democrat Byron Dorgan, ranking member of the Senate Interior Committee, has also received one Abramoff-connected donation, at least.
So, no TC (and Josh), Congressional Democrats don’t have a right to complain.
And they won’t have a right to complain until they adopt a Congressional accountability clause as part of a Democratic version of a Contract with America.
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November 29, 2005
Democrats have no right to complain about Birnbaum piece on Congressional corruption
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