Dirty Greek - A last resort for DeLay apologists

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From Media Matters:

^"MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Fox News' Brit Hume both accused Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH) of going on a trip to Puerto Rico they claimed was funded by lobbyists, thereby flouting the same ethics rule that House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) has been accused of violating. Scarborough also criticized House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) for participating in the same trip. But the April 20 Washington Times article that both Hume and Scarborough cited as the basis for their allegations provides strong evidence that lobbyists did not in fact pay for the 2001 trip to Puerto Rico.

You know, it's obvious that someone is trying to point attention in another direction when they do something like this. Obviously, if any Democrats are guilty of the same crimes as DeLay, they are equally bound by the law and should be equally punished. However, these Democrats in particular obviously did not commit the crimes they're accused of by these spin doctors. It's a last resort for liars in order to, rather than defend, to instead say "but look over there! He/she did it too!"

^"The time has come that the American people know exactly what their Representatives are doing here in Washington. Are they feeding at the public trough, taking lobbyist-paid vacations, getting wined and dined by special interest groups? Or are they working hard to represent their constituents? The people, the American people, have a right to know...I say the best disinfectant is full disclosure, not isolation.

- U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, 11/16/95