Every dog has his day, and today Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa. had his. Murtha's attacker in November, U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt, who was booed from the House floor for her now infamous claim "Cowards cut and run, Marines never do", was officially reprimanded on Thursday for violating campaign law. Bravo for poetic justice!
Schmidt apparently made an "oopsy" when she claimed on her website that she had two college degrees when in fact she holds only one. Graduate Emeritus Pre-emptus? What a joke, she actually claims that she never knew of the contents of her website. Right, have you ever heard of a Pole-Cat-icion who did not have the innate ability to quote verse and scripture, every single morsel of press they ever received? Backwards while ice-dancing with the local Bear? Come on folks!
"After a media call to the university revealed she had not, she said she had completed the course work for an education degree but had not received one, said her lawyer, William Todd."
I know this was a short clip from the news today, and yes I hail from Texas, live in Florida, and have absolutely no ties to Ohio. (There was that woman who attended Waffle House University with me, I digress) Wake up! Here we go again, one more time, one more Republican, one more lie. Is this a new prerequisite to the party from which I so adamantly defended a year ago?
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— go to most recent comments1 - Nancy
Look at the quality of your leading GOP today & their hangers-on: Bush, Cheney, Rumsfield, Rove, Abramoff, Frist, DeLay, Chambers, Ney ... Liars, thieves, & morally/ethically bankrupt all; it would seem the GOP has indeed traded its soul to the devil, who is now intent on collecting.
2 - Ruvy in Jerusalem
The Republican party went straight to hell the day after Lincoln was shot. It made a brief exit from there a century ago when Teddy Roosevelt was president, but after WWI it headed straight back down in. And it hasn't left since. Unfortunately, these days the Democrats are good company for them there.
America was great in spite of its leaders, not because of them.
3 - Matthew T. Sussman
Nancy if you have something to say, don't hold back
4 - Nancy
I try not to, Matt, but I'm very shy... ;)
5 - Arch Conservative
Nice to see the thought police are out in full force today.
I didn't know that the editors of BC had such a hardon for illegal aliens.
6 - Arch Conservative
Monday is the great american wetback walkout
www.wehategringos.com
7 - zingzing
pig.
8 - Dave Nalle
Nancy, the 'leaders' you cite are mostly hirelings rather than actual political leaders. Even some of the leaders, like Frist, are minor figures thrust to the forefront because of their basically administrative positions. The GOP's real problem is a LACK of political leadership.
Dave
9 - Nancy
All politicians are pigs; it just happens the GOP are in charge, so they're the ones gonna get the blame this time around.
Arch, I also am sick of accomodating lawbreakers of any stripe, be it illegal wiretapping or illegal aliens.
10 - zingzing
last night i jaywalked whilst smoking a joint and digesting the first of two heavy painkillers that i had no prescription for. i also was smoking within 25 feet of an open door in a public space. breakin the law!
11 - Nancy
Yes, and your butt should therefore be in jail, except you lucked out.
12 - Diane Ensey
It is politics in general, Paul, not just the Republican party. However, the magnitude of the lies seem to be somewhat greater on the Republican rather than Democratic side (at least this year).
13 - Christopher Rose
Nancy, inciting hatred is a crime so I assume you must hate yourself...
14 - Nancy
Yes. As noted, that will change once the Dems are in power long enough to start feeling their oats, so to speak. Altho I must observe that so far thru the sorry history of congress, the GOP so far is way in advance as far as scandals & publicly exposed corruption goes, for the past 100 years.
15 - zingzing
nancy, do you follow every law? what state do you live in? i'm sure i can find a law that you're breaking right now.
16 - Nancy
I'm sure I have, inadvertently. But that's the key: inadvertently. I have never (to my knowledge) deliberately violated a law, except once when I ran a stop sign with no one in sight - and promptly got ticketed by a cop I hadn't seen nearby. In my experience, it just doesn't pay, and it's easier to toe the line, besides being fairer to others in terms of sheer equity. I live in MD.
17 - zingzing
some laws are stupid.
18 - zingzing
do you have thistles in your yard? that's illegal in maryland. also, do not bring a lion to the movies in baltimore.
19 - zingzing
also, if you go to baltimore, do not curse, as this is against the law. if you have to spit, spit onto the street, not the sidewalk. also, do not wear a sleeveless shirt inside of a park.
20 - Nancy
Agreed totally: many laws are stupid, and some are outright criminal; but they're still the law, and until changed, shouldn't be willfully violated, just on the principles that where do you then draw the line? Jaywalking is minor, I agree, but what about if you decided that murder was in the same 'I can ignore it' category? Most laws seem to have been enacted to guarantee the greatest number of people the largest possible amount of respect for their rights or comfort. That may mean that in the process some people are required to restrict their freedom, because it impinges on that of too many others. My freedom - or yours - only extends as far as it doesn't infringe on anyone else's, is the way I was taught to understand it.
21 - zingzing
true. but my smoking a joint or taking pills doesn't hurt anyone else. jaywalking is more dangerous to other people. running a stop sign is even more dangerous.
22 - Victor Plenty
Your joints and pills seem harmless to you, but we all know you're FUNDING TERRORISM with them, and with your illegally copied music files too, probably. That's what the administration officials of our Beloved Dear Leader say.
23 - zingzing
yes, and with my SUV and the associated tax break, i could fund another 9/11. that's our beloved dear leader for you.
24 - RogerMDillon
"they're still the law, and until changed, shouldn't be willfully violated"
Good thing we didn't need Nancy to fight during the American Revolution or for civil rights in the '50s. Nancy, stop while you are way behind.
25 - Matthew T. Sussman
Hey guys, I just noticed a story about Jean Schmidt at the top of this page. Wow! Anyone else see that?