Digg - GOP Congressman Retires Because GOP Is Corrupt

118 Comments
Who Dugg It?

jepaco, on 10/04/2008, -4/+89The GOP IS corrupt. We all need to be more aware, and we shouldn't stand for corruption on either side.
- chaosium, on 10/04/2008, -2/+23Exactly. I want the best possible Republicans running as well, instead of the trash we have.
- LibertyTorch, on 10/05/2008, -9/+28
  - Tanktunker, on 10/05/2008, -0/+4How does that work in modern Europe?
  - macmaine, on 10/05/2008, -5/+2Bob Barr '08!
- Briandrews15, on 10/05/2008, -1/+5Expose the neo-conservative wing as the minority they really are.
- InsultComedy, on 10/05/2008, -2/+4Tom Davis is giving up because he voted for the bailout and knows that he'll be elected out of office. This guy is disingenuous at the least. People need to read between the lines.
- jer2eydevil88, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3Lets put it this way: Politics = Power = Corruption.
- masamunecyrus, on 10/05/2008, -1/+3MIGHT I REMIND US ALL that it's the corrupt majority Democrat congress that has been passing the corrupt bills that the corrupt GOP pushes out.
- CandaceFromKS, on 10/10/2008, -0/+0Jepaco.....I think the proper revision to your quote is "Washington IS crrupt". If you think otherwise....I can find you plenty of dirt on Harry Reid and his DEM brothers and sister. To pretend we got into this mess because the GOP is ruining Washington.....you obviously have been reading the Huffington Post too much!
MercyPolitics, on 10/04/2008, -8/+65Good move. GOP stands for Grand Old Party, under Bush it has become the party for Greed Oil Power. They will have a rude wake up call in this election cycle.
- imbob, on 10/05/2008, -1/+8But if all the good people leave Washington, then that just leaves the corrupt ones!!!!!!!
mousers1968, on 10/04/2008, -6/+57Mr. Davis-you should have stood by the people that called for IMPEACHMENT if you knew of the corruption from your party and president. People would have cheered.
- larsone86, on 10/05/2008, -0/+17What's getting in the way of impeachment is that the majority of people in Congress voted for the war, and therefore would also be held responsible by extension if the President were to be impeached. Impeachment is not even remotely possible until everyone who voted for the war is voted out of office.
  - Naieve, on 10/05/2008, -8/+6You don't understand the nuance of politics larsone.
    
    It no longer matters if they voted for the war, they are now against it.
    
    Welcome to politics in a country with the attention span of an amoeba.
  - Lewie, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3They can easily say they were mislead by the administration, who obviously lied about WMDs and al-Qaeda.
BishkekBuddy, on 10/04/2008, -4/+34FTA:

"The way Davis sees it, the system has become dysfunctional. Bush has so destroyed the party’s public standing and Congress has become so infected with a win-at-all-costs mentality that there is no point in staying. “You know, the Cubs fans used to put the bags over their heads,” he told me when we met for eggs at Mickey’s Dining Car in St. Paul the first morning of the Republican National Convention. “That’s what I feel when you say you’re from Congress, because there are just so many things we’re not doing.”
- opticwind, on 10/05/2008, -1/+5He also said..."I would vote for him again against John Kerry; that’s not an issue."
  - Blacksoth, on 10/05/2008, -2/+4John Kerry was a lame duck. He's a nice enough guy but there was no reason to vote for him other than to NOT vote for Bush. And back then that wasn't a good enough reason.
tomjeff09, on 10/05/2008, -26/+7Considering the dems have control and are polling at ~11%, I'd be careful about throwing stones in your glass house.

While I hope to see a CONgress that stands for the people in my lifetime, I don't expect it.

We were sold out on 10/3/08. That is the new 9/11. 103 represents the end of this country as it was founded.

Kill 'em all and let God sort them out.
- KyleRayner, on 10/05/2008, -0/+13With Congress split 49-49, and a Republican president/vice president, I dont see how the Democrats are in control. If they get together and push a bill to Bush's desk, and Bush vetoes it, the only way to override that is if Republicans vote for said bill. If there is a tie, Cheney is the tie-breaker.
  
  Somebody correct me if Im wrong please, but thats the way I see it.
- aeck, on 10/05/2008, -0/+2"Considering the dems have control and are polling at ~11%, I'd be careful about throwing stones in your glass house."
  
  The title of the Digg story is misleading, it's about Congress and partisan politics in general, not just lambasting the GOP. You should read it.
brad3378, on 10/05/2008, -4/+8I decided to read a little bit more about him at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_M._Davis
and discovered a link to his personal website there.

Apparently his website is taking a break too:
http://www.tomdavis.org/
It loads but it is completely blank.
- skyroket, on 10/05/2008, -0/+5If there WERE something there, it'd be in Verdana font.
  
  WTF?? ...oh come on guys...view source!
fsumus, on 10/05/2008, -1/+54As a Virginia voter who is in Tom Davis' district (and I had physics with is daughter) he got muscled out of Congress. The GOP didn't like how moderate he was so they wanted to put a true "conservative" up for election. I feel bad for Mr. Davis, he was doing a great job, and this is coming from a very liberal democrat. I wish more congressmen had guts like Mr. Davis.
- fuzzynyanko, on 10/05/2008, -0/+10That's sad. The moderates are starting to speak out and getting tired of this crap from both sides of the Aisle. This might cause more problems with the GOP. McCain and Obama are both running on the "this is how moderate I am" platform because of this.
  - yacks, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3I think it's time for the moderates of each side to join together and maybe form a third party.. ;)
- markormesher, on 10/05/2008, -0/+9Yeap, having worked several arts events in Fairfax which he has attended, I can say that he's a really nice guy who actually gives a damn what other people think. I hope that his post political life is a bit more relaxing.
- CandaceFromKS, on 10/10/2008, -0/+0More Moderates.....less Conservatives....less Liberals.....
  
  I am not politicizing parties...but I think that Obama is too liberal to help the situation. I am not thrilled about McCain....but middle-to-right is better than left to further-left.
jimbabb, on 10/05/2008, -23/+4In recognition of his service, he should be given a free stay at Guantanamo. The weak pussy voted for the bailout even though he knew the damage it would do.

"With the situation now threatening widespread economic damage, Davis told me in late September that he expected he would have to go along with a massive bailout proposed by the Bush administration. But he fretted that it would only worsen the nation’s balance sheet…"
NocturnalLee, on 12/08/2008, -10/+24I never thought I would see the day this would happen. First, the Bush is administration implodes with a 30% (max) approval rating, McCain's trying distance himself from his own party, the rebellion of the House Republicans over the bailout bill, now a GOP Rep. is quitting because the party is corrupt. They're falling apart. As much as I dislike them, I'm stunned. They always seemed so united, marching in lock-step, spouting the party line in unison.

Now, it looks like we Democrats FINALLY have an opportunity. I just hope the we can get it together and take over leadership in strong, positive way.
- brad3378, on 10/05/2008, -2/+30Where were your democrats when Kucinich wanted to impeach Bush?
- Naieve, on 10/05/2008, -2/+20I guess you haven't been watching the voting records of the Democrats for the last couple decades.
  
  You want the Democrats to do something???
  
  Vote almost every single Democrat in Congress out of office, and replace them with people who aren't bought and paid for.
  
  Good luck getting anything from Pelosi or Reid, they are too busy making their own money.
- mrraven200, on 10/05/2008, -0/+10I WISH you were right, but seeing as Obama is getting even more money than McCain from Wall St. I'm not exactly holding my breath. In the long run I think a Green paleo-con alliance would be the only thing that could put the country back on track. Both Greens and paleo-cons agree on more than you might think, like no wars of choice, no police state at home, no Wall St. bailout, question the Federal Reserve, and decentralize power to more local levels. If we could get over fighting over stupid culture wars issues we could probably throw ALL the bums out and get in some leadership from both left and right that actually cares about our communities.
  
  http://www.gp.org/index.php
  http://www.amconmag.com/
  
  A long shot coalition? Of course, anyone else have any bright ideas? And yes I have seen such line crossing in rural Oregon with back to the land Green hippies hanging out with true conservative locals to get things done.
- hiphoc, on 10/05/2008, -0/+4I have always wondered who makes up that 30%.
  - mrraven200, on 10/05/2008, -0/+1American Idol fans, people who think O'Reilly provides accurate unbiased news coverage,unironic 70s Camaro with fuzzy dice drivers and fast food manager mustaches, etc.
  - Matricul8tr, on 10/09/2008, -0/+1Corporate welfare recipients
- drazen77, on 10/05/2008, -0/+2Finally?!? The Democrats ran congress for 40 years. What is this finally business? And if you think the Dems are going to do anything different (fundamentally) than what the Republicans are doing... I have some beachfront property in Nevada I'd like to sell you.
- CandaceFromKS, on 10/10/2008, -0/+0McCain trying to distance his self from his party.....did you know that he was on the verge of switching parties in 2001....
larsone86, on 10/05/2008, -7/+14The country sent a very strong message to Washington when they elected a Democratic majority in '06, but just about everything has gotten significantly worse since then. They have been unable to accomplish anything with their majority. Nothing is going to get better if we elect more Democrats because they'll just see that as approval of their performance. What we need to do is vote out the incumbents who have lost sight in what they are supposed to be doing, Democrat or Republican. With few exceptions anyone who has been in Congress throughout this past eight years is part of the problem.
- Olon97, on 10/05/2008, -4/+13It's only a majority if you count "Lie"berman (and we see how that's turned out), and ignore the consequences of not being able to stop a filibuster (which has been used more by Republicans to gum up the works in the last year than by any previous Senate in our country's history), and not having a veto-proof majority over a hostile president.
  
  As much as everyone would have loved to have impeachment proceedings, it obviously never would have gotten past the senate and therefore would have been a monumental waste of legislators' time and taxpayers' money. Only the Rs have mastered the art of wasting time and money on a Quixotic struggle against a sitting president while not bothering to attempt to pass whatever legislation a slim majority would allow.
- brillur, on 10/05/2008, -2/+9A simple majority doesn't help when you have a president vetoing all of your initiatives...
  - buckrogers1965, on 10/05/2008, -0/+2Then shut it all down until he passes the bills you want.
bossm4n, on 10/05/2008, -14/+28Corruption is far from a GOP monopoly, considering the top 5 politicians receiving PAC contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were Democrats, 1. Chris Dodd (Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee), 2. John Kerry, 3. Barack Obama, 4. Hillary Clinton, 5. Paul Kanjorski.

In addition, Barney Franks live-in lover, Herb Moses was a Fannie Mae executive. Come on people. How is it that any of this passes the ethical smell test?
- Vocifer, on 10/05/2008, -2/+5part of it is that Bush and co. are such horrible representatives of the GOP that they tend to dwarf the shortcomings of corrupt dems. I wouldn't blame democrats either for not necessarily noticing the corruption in their own party when the 2-term GOP president is a warmongering psychopath. The truth is though, that a democratic president would have probably gotten the same Iraqi invasion orders under his/her term.
- Blacksoth, on 10/05/2008, -0/+4Don't forget the "Keating 5" they like to talk about. They point out John McCain was one of them to ignore the fact that the other 4 with all Democrats.
- JohnnySoftware, on 10/05/2008, -3/+1The relationship ended a decade ago, in 1998 - according to very old Washington Post article. So, the connection hardly seems relevant today. A decade has passed. Not sure why you would bring that up as an implied conflict of interest.
  
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/spec ...
  
  That same year (1998) legislation was passed that led to mortgage backed securities (MBS) or else maybe that was the year that the post-Depression era legislation barring banks from selling stocks/securities was passed. Can't remember which, offhand but it was a biggie change in relaxing the financial law that led to more risk in the investment system in the US.
  
  Either way, point is - there have been plenty of opportunities every year since then for Congress & Senate to end trading in MBS, increase oversight/regulation of financial industries, etc. Likewise, other branches of government could have increased it as well. Instead, the whole direction was on deregulation.
  
  Now, instead of making changes, the emphasis is on a big gift to Wall Street firms: buying out the liability side of their balance sheet while letting the profit side pretty much stand. Some people are still crying out for even _more_ deregulation. They're saying it loud enough to make it easy to remember their names, their party, and their ticket.
  
  If you read the news this week, you will see the financial system collapse is now being echoed in some of the the big financial institutions in Europe and elsewhere.
  
  If you want to worry about something, focus on the system and learning how you think it needs to change. Or, if it is beautiful as is and you have spent the time to convince yourself of that based on facts & logic, that is fine too - and argue that. Share your insights as to why you think that is.
  
  But leaving a systemic problem intact & ignored while being satisfied to lay down innuendos is not really solving the problem. It just perpetuates it.
EatingPie, on 10/05/2008, -8/+10What party did he join? If it were the Democrats, he would be just jumping from one frying pan into another.

-Pie
TheMachine1, on 10/05/2008, -8/+4If I was a crooked congressman I would also at some point retire and say the place is too corrupt (all while spending that bribe money).
Tanktunker, on 10/05/2008, -2/+10I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!
Pedestrian101, on 10/05/2008, -19/+8Some GOP may be corrupt, but it doesn't compare to the Dems.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaABV1CWXug
- fuzzynyanko, on 10/05/2008, -0/+10Halliburton, torture, and "weapons of mass destruction".
- aeck, on 10/05/2008, -0/+1Title of Digg story is misleading, RTFA.
ShaneinNY, on 10/05/2008, -1/+12The GOP's corruption and venality has reached levels previously only seen under the regime of Caligula. Unfortunately their corruption is dragging our nation down with them. The sooner the GOP is completely destroyed and a decent moderate conservative option rises in their place the better this country will be.
LukasSmith, on 10/05/2008, -16/+6Lol what Garbage.
In the article he clearly says "congress" is ***** up.
Yet the digg title is twisted into ***** Republicans.
Typical propaganda piece here.
Face it Democrats your party is no prize.
And what is this stupidity?
A Moderate quiting is good because....?
Yeah we want only the extremists in both parties in charge
that's just peachy.
Thanks for nothing Moderates.
You aren't hero's you are cowards.
And this is probably just ***** from a New York Times blog piece anyways.
Stop feeding the partisan shills please.
- SaperKain, on 10/05/2008, -3/+4I have to admit it. Sometimes I bury your comments without reading them. Your reputations precede you.
- LukasSmith, on 10/05/2008, -8/+2I have to admit it. Sometimes I just block you without bothering to read your messages. Something a particular moron such as yourself should do too when he doesn't want to read what someone has to write rather then making a big show of not reading it.
  - SaperKain, on 10/05/2008, -2/+6It is not that I disagree with your opinions. It's because you are a moron who never have anything original & interesting to say. Now you will replay calling me a moron who doesn’t have anything original to say. Do it, you know you want it.
  - LukasSmith, on 10/05/2008, -6/+2LOl how NOT original
    Because as I recall I called you moron first
    You bore me.
    Blocked.
  - SaperKain, on 10/05/2008, -1/+5Hook and Sinker. ::crowd applauds::
  - chadpyle, on 10/05/2008, -1/+2From what I can tell, neither of you are particularly bright.
- iguana99, on 10/05/2008, -0/+41) The tone of the article implies that it is unfortunate a moderate, seemingly reasonable person such as this would be stepping down, ostensibly out of disillusionment with Congress.
  2) The piece is from the NY Times Magazine, not a "blog"
  3) You may actually have a reasonable point or two, buried in there between the anger and cursing and pseudo-bad-ass attitude - it's just most people won't make it past all the yelling.
- TruthinessHurts, on 10/06/2008, -0/+1Gee, one of the cheerleaders for the corruption and lies tries the old "you guys are bad too" without being able to address the article.
  Almost like ignoring the point makes it go away.
  
  Still warmongering but still too cowardly to enlist?
  Yeah, that's about all I expect of you.
  Well, the cowardice and the inability to ever address the subject at hand.
  Do you get paid to be this ignorant?
mbraynard, on 10/05/2008, -1/+8FTA:
"He ran the House Republican campaign committee for two elections and later bypassed more senior congressmen to become chairman of the House Government Reform Committee until his party lost control of Congress. He spent a lifetime getting to this point and is now washing his hands of it, even as he foresees a fiscal reckoning after so much unbridled government spending, most recently to bail out Wall Street."

So, what did he do about it? He voted for all of those spending bills. How did he reform government in that time on the committee? When given the chance to support a reformer for leader of the caucus (Pence), he supported the same spending-happy incumbent instead (Boehner).

Davis is only retiring because he was planning to run for Senate and just saw that he couldn't win the primary and didn't want to put in the effort to change that reality.

Davis is not a bad guy and I've met with him a few times. But it's far easier to point fingers and quit than it is to persevere.

There are a lot of good people still in the GOP caucus (Pence, Canter, etc.) and rather than shooting his parting shots at them, how about at least giving them some props?
Volfie99, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3What a great article. Unfortunately too many of Davis's colleagues would consider the writer of it to be a major league *****.
ThsGuyRightHere, on 10/05/2008, -2/+6After reading TFA I did a little bit more research on Congressman Davis. I don't agree with all of his ideology, but my overall impression is that he is antithetical to the factions of the Republican Party that have so hurt our country. His retirement is unfortunate, as we could use more people like him in Congress on both sides of the aisle, not less.
Nick217, on 10/05/2008, -0/+8“if we were a dog food, they would take us off the shelf.”
poprocksandsoda, on 10/05/2008, -8/+3You do realize how insignificant the House of Representatives is? The very fact they spent 5 minutes listening to this guy talk about his views on politics shows you how slow of a news day it is. First lesson on DC: there are Governors, Senators and the President; everything else is just scenery.
Lionhart, on 10/05/2008, -1/+7Retiring is not the thing to do. If you know something is wrong you need to do everything you can to change.
- CandaceFromKS, on 10/10/2008, -0/+0Naive......they didn't get there by letting one guy put then under....now imagine what hundreds of them could do to you.....Ha
TheInformer, on 10/05/2008, -11/+5If corruption is the issue, why are there any Democrats still in office?
TigerStar337, on 10/05/2008, -1/+10In February, Rush Limbaugh said John McCain is a liberal and that he will destroy the Republican party. If John McCain promises to do that, I will vote for him.
chrissku, on 10/05/2008, -2/+8"If the GOP was dog food they'd pull us off the shelves."

The GOP is dog food Congressman Davis. We plan on yanking your asses on November 4th. I do however commend you for seeing and admitting the truth.
alf86, on 10/05/2008, -0/+6Wow. It's great to see someone so fed-up with corruption that he just gives up and leaves it alone. Way to fight for your convictions.
/sarcasm

To be fair, though, 14 years is way too long for someone to be in Congress. You want to do something about corruption, institute term limits.
wherearemymeds, on 10/05/2008, -2/+7While I disagree with Davis on some of the issues mentioned in this well written article, I believe that he has tried to do what he believed was the right thing.
It speaks well of his character that he sees the divisiveness of extreme partisan maneuvering and how when the name of the game is 'how do we stay in power?" that everybody loses.

Mr. Davis, I am not being sarcastic, but maybe now is a good time to do some community organizing to help the people around you.

And vote for Obama,
He and Biden believe in bipartisan, getting-things-done goals.
- opticwind, on 10/05/2008, -5/+3Your head is so far up Obama's ass you can't even smell the crap.
- goes211, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3Oh please!
  
  Name ONE issue where Obama had taken a bipartisan position against his parties liberal dogma?
  
  I think I can hear the crickets chirping!
- CandaceFromKS, on 10/10/2008, -0/+0That is a good joke.....97% votes with party = bipartisan.....Good One!
Corrosionx, on 10/05/2008, -8/+5He should have least said "Because both parties are corrupt"
- Corrosionx, on 10/05/2008, -3/+1What, they're not?
crackberri, on 10/05/2008, -1/+3Does he mean receiving a sweetheart land deal corrupt?
- malex, on 10/05/2008, -1/+3You should read the article. You might even learn something.
knodi, on 10/05/2008, -1/+7Ya retiring is going to help the people...
pyronik, on 10/05/2008, -9/+3I'd just like to say I've stopped coming to this site in the last 2 weeks ago because I couldnt take it. I couldn't take the ***** smear engine that is front page story after story of the most trivial anti-mccain pro-obama stories, Anti-GOP, pro-socialist. And the comments filled with anti-logical/anti-rational bs with spelling variations of names "McSame". There's no logical discourse here, this site is no better than the KOS. I'm done. Say good riddance I dont give a *****, I'll have a job and earn money and laugh as you're fighting for minimum wage increases.
- Dejacque, on 10/05/2008, -1/+4And nothing of value was lost.
- malex, on 10/05/2008, -1/+4Yeah, you might as well leave. You seem incapable of processing new information.
- MediaWeasel, on 10/05/2008, -0/+4Bye.
  
  If you can't take the smear engine, imagine how much dignity and class Obama must have to put up with what McCain shovels at him day after day.
- ShaneinNY, on 10/05/2008, -0/+1"Goodbye cruel world!!"
  
  Republicans always quit when the going gets tough.
  
  Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!!!
Blacksoth, on 10/05/2008, -1/+7He's just saying what the rest of us have been saying (and hammered by people of the GOP for saying it). The Republican party is broken. We don't WANT it to be broken, it just is. It's been completely taken over by extremists at the exclusion of all else. Apparently you're not a conservative in the U.S. unless you're a SOCIAL conservative. So the rest of us that are also economic conservatives.. well we can just go to hell apparently. I got news for those morons. They may be social conservatives but they're BIG SPENDING LIBERALS. And I lay not only the destruction of the GOP's strength but the economic destruction of the U.S. at their feet.

P.S. For those that want to keep saying "but the Democrats are corrupt too" I don't care about the Democrats. I always felt the Republicans have been the better party but right now, they aren't. And they haven't been for quite some time.

P.P.S. Voting for a 3rd party that only divides the left or the right is stupid. The U.S. needs a CENTRAL political party that takes the best of both party's policies and keeps the extremist nut jobs OUT!
- DownIsTheNewUp, on 10/05/2008, -0/+6A party that is actually liberal on social issues (meaning no libertarians) and moderate on financial issues would be nice.
  - Dejacque, on 10/05/2008, -3/+2Libertarians are liberal on social issues (in the sense that they want no federal government interference).
  - DownIsTheNewUp, on 10/05/2008, -1/+1Yet somehow that douche Ron Paul revered as a saint among diggertarians.
lancert, on 10/05/2008, -1/+6With all of the talk show hosts spewing partisanship and the campaigns (I haven't seen it as much with Obama) paying hundreds of millions of dollars promoting partisanship, it's no wonder we are in the situation we are with the government. It's become a game of let's see how bad we can make the other guy look at all costs, even at the expense of truth.

It's been hammered into us by the Bush administration's assertion that "If you're not for us, you're against us" mentality and most people elected into office are trying to protect their asses to keep their seats (no pun intended).

It's a sad day for America when you realize that the people who are elected to serve our country are only there to serve their party or even worse, themselves.

I have a hard time understanding why anyone would want to be president and take over where Bush (and the political parties) have left us and I am voting for Obama because I believe he is the one who has the best chance of changing this situation we are in.
xavyre, on 10/05/2008, -0/+12The Republicans need to split into two parties. One for the social conservatives and then have the others join the Libertarians. That is what they are after all.
- govsucks, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3No, Half need to move to the libertarians like Ron Paul and John Linder and people like George Bush and Robert Bennett need to move to the democrat party because they are no people who respect individual liberty and are more like the collectivists in the democrat party.
  
  It will eventually come down to the individuals and the collective. The collective has an unquenchable desire to force individuals to participate in the collective and that will eventually turn into violence.
  
  Technology + Democrat = Borg
BJF9999, on 10/05/2008, -1/+4THIS

'Davis wanted me to have the list. “Tell them about the important work we’re doing while Rome burns,” he said.'
Sabre24q7, on 10/05/2008, -6/+1and the DNC isn't? lawlz
Meresin, on 10/05/2008, -0/+4This is how you can tell that the end is coming for our democracy...Those that see blatant, overwhelming corruption in our government are now simply giving up and walking away, because they know there's nothing they can do to stop it.

Welcome to the fall of Rome v2.0. :P
- sigg14, on 10/06/2008, -0/+1I think the beginning of the end of our REPUBLIC was when everybody began to believe it was a Democracy.
uglyowl, on 10/05/2008, -0/+1Tom Davis, you are a social conservative, you are fooling no one. You voting record defines you, it is too late... adios.
IIAmusedII, on 10/05/2008, -1/+2The only good republican is an ex-republican.
- WernerCD, on 10/05/2008, -0/+1And the only good democrat is the one that somehow loses to a redneck like Bush?
  
  OH SNAP!
  
  Seriously tho... ***** politicians. They both voted for the bailout.
buckrogers1965, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3Want to stop corruption?

Make it illegal for any person working for the government to accept a single penny from anyone else while they are in office and make it illegal for them to ever work for anyone that they had authority over while in office.

We don't need term limits, we just need to not let people run for office while they are in office. You should have as many terms as the people want, just not consecutive.
Beevo, on 10/05/2008, -0/+2Meh, another will just spring up in his place and be elected.
aeck, on 10/05/2008, -0/+2Very good article, but the title of the Digg story is misleading. It only mentions corruption one time. The article is more about how fed up he is with the partisan politics in general, where congressmen focus more on making the other side look bad than getting things done.
JohnnySoftware, on 10/05/2008, -0/+1Dugg down because the title of the Digg says the congressman retired due to corruption. The subject comes up in the article but it is hardly put forth as the reason for his resignation. Or even the focus of the article.

It does however quote him that corruption was the biggest scandal to hit corruption in a few decades. He says 30 years. That is a long time.

But the article does not even linger on the subject. So, no digg.
savagesteve13, on 10/05/2008, -1/+1Somebody tell that IDIOT Ron Paul that the GOP is corrupt. He still has some psychotic faith in the party, its pretty pathetic really to watch that tired old man try and reform his party of rich white oligarchs.
- goes211, on 10/06/2008, -0/+2Why is Ron Paul an idiot?
  
  He uses his position within the Republicans to point out his own parties short comings as much as the oppositions.
  
  You can try and change the country from outside of the two parties or within. Clearly Ron Paul thinks he can effect change from within one of the major parties. Other may come to a different conclusion but it seems to work well for him.
booksnmore4you, on 10/05/2008, -0/+2Way to go Hannity! You're a ***** pathetic excuse of an American.
atact88, on 10/05/2008, -0/+1Lieberman used to be a Democrat, btw.
mbtria, on 10/05/2008, -0/+0Yet Davis states that knowing what he knows now, he would still have voted for Bush in 2004. Kerry was no box of dots, but it is not very likely that Kerry would have been able to destroy as much of America as Bush has over the past four years. Bush has continued to wreck our Courts, Constitution, and aided and abetted the Congress in making that branch of government meaningless. He has eroded the dollar, caused an economic tailspin, seriously weakened our military, and degraded our moral standing in the world.

Davis would see this, and still vote for Bush?
- goes211, on 10/06/2008, -0/+1That does seem like a strange position to take. I would prefer a bad leader of the opposition party to a bad leader of my own if for no other reason than I am not guilty by association.
birdly, on 10/05/2008, -0/+1As Biden said on Thursday, he didn't vote to go to war, he voted to give the president the authority to declare war because Bush said he needed that power to threaten Hussein.
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