What's Good For the Goose....

“In the last election, the message was loud and clear: It’s time to change the way business is done in the nation’s capitol,” Senator Feinstein said. “Passage of this ethics reform package is the straightest, simplest thing we could do to show we have a different Congress in place.” http://feinstein.senate.gov/07releases/r-rules-bill.htm

These words, culled from the Senate website of the illustrious Senator Feinstein should (though I doubt they will) be coming back to haunt the Senator in the form of a resignation, hers, if there is any shame left within the Democrat party. For those of you who have missed the mediocre news coverage of Senator Feinstein’s hasty retreat from her position as Chairmen of the Senate Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee this is the basics.

The Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee (MILCON) is tasked with overseeing the appropriations of funds for military construction as well as quality of life issues for service men and women, such as housing and medical care ( e.g. the much and deservingly maligned Walter Reed). For six years as the ranking member of MILCON, Feinstein oversaw and approved billions of dollars worth of defense contracts awarded to Richard C. Blum, the owner of two major defense contractors, and who, by the way, is Senator Feinstein’s husband. And to think that the media had me convinced that the GOP had a lock on corruption.

While the cup of Kool-Aid passed me by when it comes to thinking all Republicans are pure as wind driven snow I would like to ask when the press conference demanding independent investigators, resignations and who knew what and when did they know it is going to take place. I would hate to miss a chance to hear Harry “Shady Land Deal” Reed pontificate on the evils of Republican… I mean Democrat corruption or Uncle Teddy Kennedy try to figure out where he is on live television. It’s not that I want to take away Alberto Gonzales’ moment in the sun but I was really looking forward to the all new ethical Congress I was promised by the left last November.

By the way Dianne, as a member of the military I would like to thank you for the excellent job your committee did providing congressional over site for hospitals like Walter Reed. Job performance like that is deserving of a whole lot of time off.