MyDD :: Pelosi two-faced on House corruption...

Pelosi two-faced on House corruption...

by skeptic06, Sat Jan 21, 2006 at 10:15:30 PM EST

According to a piece in the Nation by Ari Berman, at least.

He says that former Rep Chris Bell (he of the complaint against Tom DeLay that broke the ethics truce in the House) and lawmakers who asked not to be named told him that

Pelosi has specifically told House members not to file complaints.

He gets an element of corroboration from an on-the-record source:

Asked whether Democrats would start filing ethics complaints again, Pelosi spokeswoman Jennifer Crider was less than emphatic: "We're getting to the point where you may see Democrats that do that," Crider said.

So we have Harry Reid issuing an apology for being rough on Republicans in his Abramoff memo; and Pelosi saying House Dems might just move from bloviation to action on corruption on the other side of the aisle - if it gets any worse.

Salute your Democratic Congressional Leadership of 2006!

Tags: House Ethics Committee, Pelosi, Chris Bell (all tags)

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Wouldn't filing complaints (3.00 / 1)

legitimize the faux ethics committee that exists? It seems to me that every time a Dem would file an ethics complaint would provide Republicans an opportunity to smack them down again. This sounds like a tactical decision rather than an outright avoidance of calling the Republicans out.

by Crystal Patterson on Sun Jan 22, 2006 at 12:13:04 AM EST

Newt and friends (3.00 / 1)

Newt and friends made a mountain out of a molehill and it used it to retake the House for the first time in decades. Just fire away on all fronts and let em have it!

by David Kowalski on Sun Jan 22, 2006 at 03:43:11 AM EST

Begala on MTP this morning (none / 0)

The first part of the show was a mildly interesting interview with Barack Obama.

The real meat of the show was where Begala and Carville discuss their book, Take It Back:

Mr. PAUL BEGALA: Well, yes, to the latter, absolutely. And Democrats are having an internal debate, which they are resolving now. They're coming out for reform. I have to say, when we were writing this book it was still a big debate. There were a lot of Democrats who didn't want to clean up the system, quite candidly. They, I think, were hoping to sweep out the corrupt Republicans lobbyists and bring in corrupt Democratic lobbyists.

.......

So I think it's unfair to say Democrats are part of the Abramoff scandal. They have been part of the Washington problem, but to their credit now, they have decided they want to become the reform party that puts some serious reforms out there. We'd like them to go further. I mean, in the book we've got, like, 19 things that go beyond what either party has proposed. But I do think it's a hopeful sign for Democrats that they seem to be serious about cleaning up the system.

by Gary Boatwright on Sun Jan 22, 2006 at 01:20:40 PM EST

She is also two faced on... (none / 0)

She garnered support for Democrats to leave Iraq as soon as possible but then when the vote was taken she retracted and ever since then, Bush got back on stride after that vote.

by mleflo2 on Mon Jan 23, 2006 at 11:49:50 AM EST

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