Your Government At Work

[poindexter]

The US Capital Historical Society is not part of the Federal government. One of the things they do is sell calendars with pictures of the Capitor, and I was once on a mailing list of a Congress member and received these calendars for several years. They really are nice calendars.

It's an honorary, fund-raising sort of thing and I suppose it all depends on precedent. It might be the sort of thing where the association is constrained from making a judgment according to tradition or conduct. Even after Members of Congress are defeated and even if people really didn't like them, they usually say swell things about the person in respect for the office. In the Senate, it used to be tradition where people would make speaches about the departing Senator - sort of like the way you have a farewell party in your office when somebody leaves.

Obviously, Cunningham's admitted actions speak about him. If you were the executive director of the organization, where do you draw the line. An indictment, a conviction, something not related to Congress, sleeping around, etc.

If the group can't make the distinction with this scumbag, or their "hands are tied", then it's time to shut their doors.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

The US Capital Historical Society is not part of the Federal government. One of the things they do is sell calendars with pictures of the Capitor, and I was once on a mailing list of a Congress member and received these calendars for several years. They really are nice calendars.

It's an honorary, fund-raising sort of thing and I suppose it all depends on precedent. It might be the sort of thing where the association is constrained from making a judgment according to tradition or conduct. Even after Members of Congress are defeated and even if people really didn't like them, they usually say swell things about the person in respect for the office. In the Senate, it used to be tradition where people would make speaches about the departing Senator - sort of like the way you have a farewell party in your office when somebody leaves.

Obviously, Cunningham's admitted actions speak about him. If you were the executive director of the organization, where do you draw the line. An indictment, a conviction, something not related to Congress, sleeping around, etc.

If the group can't make the distinction with this scumbag, or their "hands are tied", then it's time to shut their doors.

Gee, sorry, guys.
My apologies to the US government.

 

[Idaho]

The US Capital Historical Society is not part of the Federal government.  One of the things they do is sell calendars with pictures of the Capitor, and I was once on a mailing list of a Congress member and received these calendars for several years.  They really are nice calendars.

It's an honorary, fund-raising sort of thing and I suppose it all depends on precedent.  It might be the sort of thing where the association is constrained from making a judgment according to tradition or conduct.  Even after Members of Congress are defeated and even if people really didn't like them, they usually say swell things about the person in respect for the office. In the Senate, it used to be tradition where people would make speaches about the departing Senator - sort of like the way you have a farewell party in your office when somebody leaves.

Obviously, Cunningham's admitted actions speak about him.  If you were the executive director of the organization, where do you draw the line. An indictment, a conviction, something not related to Congress, sleeping around, etc. 

If the group can't make the distinction with this scumbag, or their "hands are tied", then it's time to shut their doors.

Gee, sorry, guys.
My apologies to the US government.i

There. I fixed your reply for you, again. You forgot the proper punctuation

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Exactly when did I pish in your Cheerios this week?

 

[Idaho]

Is that why my milk was yellow?

I was just placing the sarcasm font indicator you suspiciously omitted.

Seriously, though, I just expect more and better from you. I feel silly lecturing you, because I know you are much more well studied in politics, history and quite possibly the scriptures, but some of your thread titles, replies and such have been pretty transparent with a lack of intellectual honesty or objectivity. That's all. :-\

 

[Ben_Hecht]

I disagree heartly with FB on certain topics -- Lyndon, Teddy -- but FB's infinitely more intellectually honest than the current administration, which has twisted, spun and lied from the gun -- and
accelerated the program since 9/11. ANY group honoring the Duke is a ripe target for derision.

 

[Idaho]

I disagree heartly with FB on certain topics -- Lyndon, Teddy -- but FB's infinitely more intellectually honest than the current administration, which has twisted, spun and lied from the gun -- and
accelerated the program since 9/11.    ANY group honoring the Duke is a ripe target for derision.

The only dissention I have with any of that is that it's not the government honoring him, or DeLay for that matter. That's my only point. If you're going to rip someone for doing something stupid, which I agree this is, at least make sure you accurately point your derision. Otherwise, it just undermines your credibility.

 

[zeke12]

I think it's a fairly ambiguous thing to be arguing about, but whatever.

They're still idiots for honoring Cunningham, which was, I believe, the point.