The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by JWBear

So where is the ourage over Halliburton, Blackwater, and that company that was hired to guard the embassy in Afganistan? Billions of dollars of government money paid to companies that do far more illegal things every day than what ACORN has been accused of. Where is the right-wing outrage over that?

Oh... that's right... they are Republican owned and supported companies. My bad.

My oh my! I get lambasted here if I dare point out something done on the left (when the discussion is what is bad on the right) because I'm told that I'm saying "well, your guys do something worse!". Is that where you are taking this? Shocked.

Where's your outrage over the tax cheats in the administration? Or Charles Rangel? We can play this game all day.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

My oh my! I get lambasted here if I dare point out something done on the left (when the discussion is what is bad on the right) because I'm told that I'm saying "well, your guys do something worse!". Is that where you are taking this? Shocked.

Where's your outrage over the tax cheats in the administration? Or Charles Rangel? We can play this game all day.

I'm not denying that both Democrats and Republicans do immoral and illegal things; it's just that the Republicans seem to do a much better job of getting away with it.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by JWBear

I'm not denying that both Democrats and Republicans do immoral and illegal things; it's just that the Republicans seem to do a much better job of getting away with it.

Where's the - -....surely you jest.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

Where's the - -....surely you jest.

No, I'm pretty sure he's not.

Go on and name me any of the large scale corruption matters on the Democratic side. I'm pulling a blank.

Of course, most large corporations are de facto Republican supported, so that's not a fair standard I suppose. The banking industry leans Democrat supported. Lots of bad business there, but pretty much all of the corruption cases were on individuals, not corporations.

The Telecom industry is heavily Democrat supported. I can't think of any corruption scandals there. I believe those are the two industries more supported by the Dem party than the Republican.


On the political side, sorry but again all the big corruption scandals seem to be on the Republican side. I've got to be missing something, because I'm sure the Dems are not averse to corruption. But examples??? I'm again drawing a blank.