Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Why Renzi should go...

Here is an opinion piece from Robert Robb stating a really good case for why Rick Renzi should resign. Robb did not intend it to be that way. See he makes a really good presentation of all of the bad things Renzi is accused of like personally benefiting from all kinds of shady deals. At the end of the article, he makes a feeble attempt to link Terry Goddard to the whole mess. I know it is tough being a Republican these days, but really Robb are the two things even remotely equivalent? Even if Goddard did everything he is accused of by Andrew Thomas and Joe Arpaio (both prone to partisan hackery), it does not even approach Renzi because Goddard is not even accused of personally benefiting in anyway. There was a transfer of money from one office budget to the other that apparently was legitimately owed. It is also important to point out that that Goddard is accused of helping another corrupt Republican that was forced out of office.

Very different... Try again Robb... OR How about calling out Republicans when they are corrupt. For example, when Rep. William J. Jefferson was clearly shown to be corrupt, I tried to help defeat him in the primary and pressured my party leaders to relieve him of his committee assignments in the House. I also opposed Alcee Hastings for the intelligence committee and I raised doubts about Murtha and ABSCAM. We should put our country ahead of party.

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