Democrats Need To "Beware the Log In Their Own Eyes"

Democrats try on ethics issue for size
Republicans poised to counter any attacks with claims of their own

By BENNETT ROTH and SAMANTHA LEVINE
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - As Republican political troubles mount on the national scene, Democrats hope to pick up seats in Congress next year by portraying the White House and its allies as incompetent, corrupt and lacking in compassion for the poor.

Republicans, however, dismiss the Democratic strategy, arguing that their opponents have failed to offer any plans to deal with pressing issues.

If Democrats try to exploit the ethics issue, Republicans threaten to hammer away at the legal problems of Democratic lawmakers over the years.

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., suggested at a news conference on terrorism Wednesday that the White House has mismanaged a range of issues.

"As with Iraq, as with Katrina, so too with fighting terrorism, the Bush administration does not have a plan," she said. "America can do better," Pelosi added, using the Democrats' new slogan.

Democrats, surrounded by victims of Hurricane Katrina, this week criticized efforts by Republicans to make deep cuts in social programs to pay for storm relief.

With the prospects of indictments of top White House officials in the leaking of the name of a CIA agent, Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean said his party will stop the "culture of corruption that the Republicans have brought to Washington and to statehouses all around the country."

Okay, if you don't like Biblical quotations, how about "People who live in glass houses..." I've been talking about this for some time. The corruption in the Democrat party is so prevalent that they are taking a big chance in using "corruption" as a central pillar of their campaigns. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. Okay Pelosi, Dean, bring it on!

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