Apparently now they’ve decided they should have some.
This looks like it’s better-suited for the Pit. I’ll move it there for you.
In other news, giant pandas have announced their intent to fly a manned bamboo capsule to Neptune.
Yup. Time to emplace some lobbying ethics guidelines in the vacuum left by 40 years of Democratic Congressional control. What’s your fucking point? The dems had years and years to implement some control of lobbying ethics, but I see that their plan is gonna be unveiled tomorrow. That’s a hell of a planning period.
Otto, a Reeder for the 21st century.
Weak.
This won’t apply to the president right? He has to stay above all this to keep us safe from the terrorists.
Huh. Based on the title, I would have thought it better tacked onto the end of this thread. 
Smart move, showing McCain in the photo; most folks think of him as an ethical guy. A little less smart showing Santorum, to my mind.
First off, fuck you. Secondly, I didn’t put this in the Pit, a mod did.
The Republicans, except for an all-too-brief recapture of the Senate when Jim Jeffords wised up and went independent, have had control of Congress since, what, 1996? And all three branches of the federal government since 2001. And this was a party whose presidential candidate campaigned on the platform of “bringing honor back to government” after a series of manufactured “scandals” and a few blow jobs.
And…exactly how well received have Democrat-sponsored initiatives been received in Congress over the last decade?
Of course, by your logic, one could ask where the Republicans were during the 40 years of Democratic control in offering their ethics reform plans…
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Does that about sum it up?
Preemptive attack to take the wind out of the Dem sails.
It’s all good fun until you get caught:
Dennis “We need to have the Ethics Committee up and running” Hastert
Hasn’t McCain been trying to get lobying reform implemented for years? Now all of a sudden there’s a mad rush from both sides to reform. :rolleyes:
HA! I KNEW IT!!
Those sneaky bastards!
And what was the fucking point of the OP? Either you were trying to get one in under the radar or you’re too fucking dense to know it would end up here anyway.
The douchebag tag would apply, but at least that every once in awhile leaves things smelling a bit better.
Ah, fuck it. Douchebag.
Careful, Otto. You piss off lil’ duffy and the next thing you know you’ll be subjected to such concentrated stupidity that you might just end up laughing yourself unconscious.
duffer is funny because he thinks he isn’t a moron. It’s quite entertaining. Kind of like the kid in kindergarten whose mommy made him wear a helmet to school.
-Joe
You’re cute, Joe. It’s neat having someone like you around. Of course, if Otto is even marginally more honest than you, he’ll never see what I wrote.
But good to see you’re still carrying whatever grudge (TORCH) you have for me. 
Oh, duffer knows I don’t pay any attention to him.
This morning on NPR, I was listening to some Congressman running for majority leader. His reason for being elected? He didn’t take as much money from Abramoff. Which is a little like bitching to your prof that you don’t deserve to fail for cheating because you didn’t cheat as badly as your neighbor did.
Robin
That’s like saying “it’s just a mild case of gonorrhea”! It’s not how much you got, it’s that you got it.
Well, to be fair, at least gonorrhea can be cured. Unlike politics of any stripe.
[sub]Who the hell said that!?![/sub]