Pelosi and Jefferson

Don Surber:

When Republican House leader Tom DeLay was indicted by a state grand jury in Texas, Nancy Pelosi wasted no time denouncing him.

On Sept. 28, 2005, Pelosi said:

“The criminal indictment of Majority Leader Tom Delay is the latest example that Republicans in Congress are plagued by a culture of corruption at the expense of the American people.”

That followed a remark she made in on November 2004 about a Republican rule that would bench its leaders if they were indicted. Said Pelosi:

“There’s not even a question in our Caucus about allowing leaders who are indicted to continue to serve.”

Yes, no question at all: Indicted Democrats continue to be hailed by the Democratic Party.

Democrats have never, ever had a strip-the-leader rule.

That became crystal clear today. Pelosi said:

“If these charges are proven true, they constitute an egregious and unacceptable abuse of public trust and power. Democrats are committed to upholding a high ethical standard and eliminating corruption and unethical behavior from the Congress.”

If?

If?

They found $90,000 in cold cash in his freezer.

I said this when they indicted Duke Cunningham and Bob Ney, and when the Mark Foley scandal broke: Guilty, guilty, guilty. Throw the bum out.

Elected officials are entitled only to the presumption of guilt because it is so hard to indict them.

She wants to give Jefferson the benefit of the doubt she never afforded DeLay.