Why is it so hard for politicians to be honest?

REMEMBER: DENY, DENY, DENY (GET CAUGHT), DOWN PLAY, DOWN PLAY, BLAME REPUBLICANS

I am usually surprised about the double standard that politicians have. Democrats fought tooth and nail over indiscretions of any republican in power. I agree that our leaders should hold higher moral standards and bigger consequences for their failings. We are putting our trust in them to lead us to a greater America. But lately, no offense democrats, the leadership we have found in our 2 week old president, has me quite disappointed. If he is for "Change" (YES WE CAN) and claiming he is for more accountability and transparency in the government, then why do we have a steady stream of non-transparent people and their crimes so soon in his presidency being asked to lead this nation.

Are the Republicans just picking on Barack, because he innocently chooses democrat leader after democrat leader that accidentally breaks the law. Why is there so many dishonest democrats in the pool for Barack to choose from for cabinet positions. This article is more written to show how republicans have seized on the tax evaders, then focusing on the acts themselves. It does go through a list of people at the end of the article.

The list so far, hopefully it won't grow for the sake of the country's morals, that have recently been exposed are:

Timothy Geithner - JOB: Treasury Secretary JOB DESCRIPTION: Oversees tax collection.
His CRIME: Failure to pay $34,000 in taxes after signing a form stating he would, while working at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). OBAMA'S RESPONSE: "My expectation is that Tim Geithner will be confirmed."
TIMOTHY GEITHNER WAS CONFIRMED.

Nancy Killefer - JOB: Chief Performance Officer (Performance Czar) - JOB DESCRIPTION: Still fuzzy on the details. This is a new position. Over government performance and figuring out how to measure government performance. HER CRIME: Paid a household worker under the table for a year and a half. OBAMA'S RESPONSE: "The official said that the matter surfacing during the vetting that took place before her nomination was announced and the Obama team decided to move forward anyway." NANCY KILLEFER WITHDREW HER NAME.

Bill Richardson -JOB IN PRESIDENTIAL CABINET: Commerce Secretary. JOB DESCRIPTION: Make certain industry gets a voice in the way the economy is rebuilt. CURRENT JOB: New Mexico Governor. HIS CRIME: Involved in a pay to play scheme with some members of his Political Action Committee. Awarded them a lucrative transportation contract. OBAMA'S RESPONSE: Although we must move quickly to fill the void left by Governor Richardson's decision, I look forward to his future service to our country and in my administration." RICHARDSON WITHDREW.

Tom Daschle - JOB: Secretary of Health and Human Services. JOB DESCRIPTION: Get Nationalized Health Care up and running. HIS CRIME: Failing to report $80,000 in consulting income. Also, he failed to pay taxes on a perk he received, which was a round the clock limousine and driver to use. OBAMA'S RESPONSE: "I absolutely stand behind Tom." and then after the withdrawal, "I made a mistake". DASCHLE WITHDREW.

Charles Rangel - JOB: Democrat House Representative-Harlem, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. JOB DESCRIPTION: Write the tax laws. HIS CRIME: Failing to disclose over $75,000 in rental income, as well as some other New York side deals on apartments. RANGEL'S RESPONSE: I didn't understand the tax code.
DEMOCRAT RESPONSE: “The American people would be better served if Republicans would stop playing politics and allow the bipartisan ethics committee to do its job." HE HAS NOT REMOVED HIMSELF.

Hilda Solis - JOB: Labor Secretary. CRIME: 15 Outstanding tax liens on her husbands auto business. White House Response: We're not going to penalize her for her husband's mistakes.

Rod Blagojevich - Everyone knows about Rod. Governor of Illinois. Too many crimes to list. Caught on tape. HIS RESPONSE: Of Course he's innocent.

John Murtha - Follow this investigation to see where it leads. PMA is the second company with close ties to Murtha to be raided by federal agents recently. In January, agents from the FBI, the IRS and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service searched the office of Kuchera Industries and Kuchera Defense Systems, as well as the homes of the firms' founders. The companies reportedly have received over $100 million in earmarks, thanks to Murtha's efforts.

Roland Burris - Senator that was given Obama's Senate seat by Blagojevich. Roland wasn't completely honest when he said he didn't talk to Rod's team about paying for the seat.

Senator Robert Brown, D-Macon, "said he needs to pay his taxes and that he’s simply “exercising the same rules” anyone can by filing for extensions. It’s not clear whether that’s actually the case, though. Graham said state law requires people to pay their estimated taxes even if they file for an extension. And extensions merely allow you to file a tax return in October, instead of April. Brown said he is “bearing the same (tax) burden” as any Georgia taxpayer and that he will answer to the voters next year, when he’s up for re-election. “In 2010 I will stand to be judged,” he said. His colleagues may judge him sooner than that. A new rule has been proposed that would give other senators more power to take action against senators who don’t pay their taxes. Similar discussions are taking place in the House, though a rule change may not be required there."

What is wrong with these elected officials. Your smart enough to create laws and force people to live by them, but you aren't smart enough to understand the laws and live by them yourselves.

A REVOLUTION IS THE ONLY WAY TO KNOCK THESE POLITICIANS BACK DOWN TO SIZE.

Who's Next?

Even though these are all democrats, I'm sure there are Republican politicians that are criminals as well. I hope we clear out all of the unethical politicians. But keep in my mind, democrats control The House, The Senate and The President; Or should I say they control US.

---Update 4/8/2009---
I have forgotten about this post for a while. I am adding an article about Barack Obama bowing to the king of Saudi Arabia which is on video. Completely obvious that it is a bow, the white house releases a statement stating it wasn't a bow. Why choose this to add another lie to the list? They must want this to be the headline so we won't pay attention to some other crazy, unethical and unconstitutional thing Barack is doing. I wonder if it is that Timothy Geithner has said we are open to do away with the dollar in exchange for an international currency, or that we are giving Billions of dollars to the IMF.

Probably. But he must have wanted us to catch him lying to distract us. After all, he is OK with being a liar, as long as it helps him to accomplish his goal of socializing America. Then we will be powerless to stop the government.

4/9/2009---This article is about our current VP Joe "the liar" Biden. This is craziness. The man got in trouble in college for plagiarizing 5 pages of a law article and while running for president in 1988 he got caught plagiarizing a british labor party man's speeches. How is it possible that he can lie so easily? How is it possible he can remain in office? Is it because we don't care about a man's character any more? Is it only the rhetoric we care about it?