Monday, June 13, 2005
Why Don't Republicans Want Ethics Reform?
Imagine my disappointment to get home from a wonderful Bessie Smith Strut to find that the GOP has decided that they just can't leave ethics well enough alone as a bipartisan reform effort. Not even close, it would seem.
The Republican party in the State of Tennessee is so blinded by politics as to not see the real issues facing our state. Instead of working to enact real, bipartisan ethics reform in the Legislature, they try to connect John Ford and Phil Bredesen through some twisted game of connect-the-dots.
Let's talk turkey for a minute, shall we? The Republicans are in charge of the State Legislature (John Wilder and Jimmy Naifeh notwithstanding). It is clear that they have the biggest interest in dragging their feet and obfuscating real ethics reform. The system in Nashville is designed to make kings and queens of legislators with no accountability in place. The TFP made this point today.
So, the GOP stands to benefit from lax ethics rules. They feel left out of the game. Thus, they make ridiculous insinuations about a Governor who almost everyone agrees has brought strong ethical leadership back to Tennessee after eight years of utterly corrupt Republican rule under soon-to-be-jailed ex-Governor Sundquist.
Let's focus on the real need here: cleaning up the Legislature's ethics rules and bringing some accountability to the table. Democrats want it. Republicans, it seems, would rather waste time on quixotic quests of partisan politics. Who do you trust more?
The Republican party in the State of Tennessee is so blinded by politics as to not see the real issues facing our state. Instead of working to enact real, bipartisan ethics reform in the Legislature, they try to connect John Ford and Phil Bredesen through some twisted game of connect-the-dots.
Let's talk turkey for a minute, shall we? The Republicans are in charge of the State Legislature (John Wilder and Jimmy Naifeh notwithstanding). It is clear that they have the biggest interest in dragging their feet and obfuscating real ethics reform. The system in Nashville is designed to make kings and queens of legislators with no accountability in place. The TFP made this point today.
So, the GOP stands to benefit from lax ethics rules. They feel left out of the game. Thus, they make ridiculous insinuations about a Governor who almost everyone agrees has brought strong ethical leadership back to Tennessee after eight years of utterly corrupt Republican rule under soon-to-be-jailed ex-Governor Sundquist.
Let's focus on the real need here: cleaning up the Legislature's ethics rules and bringing some accountability to the table. Democrats want it. Republicans, it seems, would rather waste time on quixotic quests of partisan politics. Who do you trust more?
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