Which story would you think has more significance for the republic in the long term?

Question

A search on Google News for "Larry Craig" returns 5,482 articles, mostly from the brand name mainstream news media.


Larry Craig is alleged to have made improper advances in a public bathroom and who will resign his office today in disgrace. The actual incident and his arrest actually happened three months ago. And Mr. Craig is a Senator that most people have never heard of before.


A search on Google News for "Norman Hsu" returns 437 articles, and many of them are from "blogs."


Norman Hsu is alleged to have skirted our sacrosanct campaign finance laws to funnel millions of dollars into the coffers of the Democrat party over the last three years.


The money involved is very possibly from the Communist Chinese government. Hsu has been on the lam from a three year prison sentence for 15 years for stealing a million dollars.


The story involves the Democrat's current presumptive Presidential nominee, their last Presidential nominee, and many of its best known candidates. Moreover, the DNC and the Clintons both have had well documented problems in the past with corrupt contributors, and even several with Communist Chinese connections

Far more significant to me is the way the two parties deal with their crooks, perverts, and miscreants. Democrats re-elect Gerry Studds after he was guilty of homosexual sex with Congressional pages and Barney Frank after his apartment was headquarters for a call boy ring. Republicans pressure Larry Craig to resign

Answer 1

LOL! Oh yes....Hillary NEVER knowingly did ANYTHING wrong. Libs love to say that. How generous of her to donate that money to 'charity'. BTW-is THIS the charity the money is being 'donated' to?

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21297802-663,00.html

Answer 2

Neither. The Craig crime is a short-lived memory that will only be brought up in the future when some Democrat is involved in a sex scandal.

And Hillary Clinton didn't knowingly do anything wrong, so there's not even any point in discussing that situation. No candidate - regardless of party - should be expected to personally know the source and history of EVERY dollar donated to his or her campaign. They don't even handle that stuff personally - it's delegated to a staff member. And it isn't like she's keeping the money - the minute she found out about it, she donated it to charity.

So neither story has any long-term relevance.

Answer 3

Here's the difference, at least from my point of view.
I expect shenanigans from Democrats. They openly support issues that are over the edge, shady, or not what the mainstream considers moral. They support ideals that are clearly socialistic, which to most Americans is immoral in itself.
I don't expect that from the Republicans. They run on a ticket of moral values, which leads me to believe they are open and truthful. The recent domino effect of Republicans being caught it lies, covert homosexual situations, cheating on their spouses, or whatever, pretty much shows the Republican party is just as corrupt as the Democratic party, if not more.
The news about Senator Craig is as mind blowing as a news story that would break about the pope being the leader of a satanic cult. The news about the Democrat would be as expected as a news story about Hugh Heffner getting caught naked in the middle of a WalMart parking lot in a limo full of naked women.

Answer 4

The most important story for the Republic in the long run isn't about sex scandals, it's the emergence of a new Soviet Union.
All the pissing and moaning about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan weren't lost on Vladimir Putin. He can see America's strategic weakness, it's the American people and he is bringing back the Cold War.
This is his best opportunity and he just can't waste it. His old allies, the Democratic party is on the rise and Putin is closing ties with China, Cuba and Venezuela. It won't be long before the Republicans who won the Cold War for us will be out and the Democrats will be in.
No matter how strong our military is, the majority of the American people lack the strength for hegemony. The Russians and the Chinese want it. If we Americans are too weak to hold on to it, they deserve it.

Answer 5

I can answer your question.

Your problem is that you are posting lies. You'll never get to the truth from making stuff up on your wordprocessor or drinking the Kool Aid given to you on ludicrous conspiracy websites.

Try posting a true statement now and then and you won't be so confused.

Here's the true part you left out in your hateful diatribe:

"“In light of the new information regarding Mr. Hsu’s outstanding warrant in California, we will be giving his contributions to charity,” said Howard Wolfson, Mrs. Clinton’s campaign communications director."

And it's not "millions of dollars".

It's $84,000.

don't be another right wingnut. Post credible info and we'll talk to you.

Answer 6

flash! the American republic fights to become first empire of the 21st century on planet, followed by the first Chinese empire of modern age

Answer 7

--- “Far more significant to me is the way the two parties deal with their crooks, perverts, and miscreants. Democrats re-elect Gerry Studds after he was guilty of homosexual sex with Congressional pages and Barney Frank after his apartment was headquarters for a call boy ring. Republicans pressure Larry Craig to resign” ---

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This has to be the most desperate talking point ever. You know things are bad when the Republican Party has to send out Tom —‘I oppose child labor laws and support forced abortion’—Delay to defend its honor.

Stubbs was censured by the House, who did not protect him. Clinton was impeached, and was not protected.

Hastert and the House leadership not only left a child sex predator in charge of the caucus of Missing and Exploited Children, they let him remain in physical contact with other pages. It was only when Foley's sexually explicit and possibly criminal communications were released to the public, was he forced from Congress.

The House leadership had a known child sex predator and, not only did they not try to dissuade him from running to hold his seat; they kept his secret and did not inform law enforcement about it.

Or, are you talking about Bush awarding Presidential Medals of Freedom to Tenet, Franks, and Bremer for bringing us that great victory in Iraq? Or, their rapid investigation into those responsible for the torture at Abu Ghraib; the treasonous exposure of a CIA agent; the loss of billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of weapons in Iraq; Cheney’s energy policy; insufficiently funding, arming and equipping our troops; and the whole corrupt Halliburton thing?

Who was held accountable after the Republican Congress’ own 9/11 and Prewar Intelligence Reports concluded that:

1. There were no terrorists in Iraq before Bush invaded;
2. Hussein did not allow terrorist training camps;
3. Hussein hated al Qaeda before we did;
4. Hussein did not hide al-Zarqawi, he tried to have him arrested, and of course
5. No WMDs or involvement with 9/11?

No? Then you must be talking about holding Bush accountable for these trivial issues:

DECEPTION OF CONGRESS AND THE AMERICAN PUBLIC

•Committing a Fraud against the United States (18 U.S.C. § 371)
•Making False Statements against the United States (18 U.S.C. § 1001)
•War Powers Resolution (Public Law 93-148)
•Misuse of Government Funds (31 U.S.C. § 1301)

IMPROPER DETENTION, TORTURE, AND OTHER INHUMANE TREATMENT

•Anti-Torture Statute (18 U.S.C. § 2340-40A)
•The War Crimes Act (18 U.S.C. § 2441)
•The Geneva Conventions and Hague Convention: International Laws Governing the Treatment of Detainees
•United Nations Convention against Torture, and Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment: International Laws Governing the Treatment of Detainees
•Command Responsibility (for known illegal acts of subordinates in the military)
•Detainment of Material Witnesses (18 U.S.C. § 3144)

RETALIATING AGAINST WITNESSES AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS

•Obstruction Congress (18 U.S.C. § 1505)
•Whistleblower Protection (5 U.S.C. § 2302)
•The Lloyd-LaFollette Act, or "anti-gag rule" (5 U.S.C. § 7211)
•Retaliating against Witnesses (18 U.S.C. § 1513)

LEAKING AND OTHER MISUSE OF INTELLIGENCE AND OTHER GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

REVEALING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION IN CONTRAVENTION OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (EXECUTIVE ORDER 12958/CLASSIFIED INFORMATION NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT)

•Statutory Prohibitions on Leaking Information (18 U.S.C. § 641, etc.)

LAWS GOVERNING ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE

•Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (50 U.S.C. § 1801, et seq.)
•National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. chapter 15)
•Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. § 222)
•Stored Communications Act of 1986 (18 U.S.C. § 2702)
•Pen Registers or Trap and Trace Devices (18 U.S.C. § 3121)
•Laws and Guidelines Prohibiting Conflicts of Interest (28 U.S.C. § 528, etc.)

Answer 8

how many know that the bush gang took bribes from china?