Dean: McCain Lacks ‘Ethical Compass’

Right, “the RNC is a culture of corruption” according to Howard Dean.
That’s why the DNC was fined over 700, 000 dollars in 1996 by the FEC. Barney Frank had a male prostitute on staff amongst other things. The jury is still out on what Sandy Berger took from the National Archives and was previously fined for a conflict of interest. Of course there’s the infamous William Jefferson Clinton and his embarrassing stint in the White House (his “culutre of corruption” is too numerous to list herein).
Then we have former New Jersey governor James McGreevy and his foray into his own sexual preference (not that there’s anything wrong with that). Jesse Jackson and his extramarital affair. San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom’s affair and subsequent divorce and remarriage. Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa who also had an affair and remarriage. Have we forgotten Gary Condit? What about John Murtha and ABSCAM? James Trafficant Jr. currently serving an 8 uear prison term. James Celona, charged with mail fraud.
What about Mel Reynolds? 12 counts of sexual assault on a child (including fraud, and child pronography). He was sentenced to 5 years plus 42 months. Robert Torricelli, bribery. Bruce Babbit, accused of lying to congress.
Finally we have the New Jersey Democratic scandals of the previous years which led to at least 11 arrests under Federal charges – specific charges are too numerous to include here.
This is a very short list and all of the above scandals and criminal events involved Democrats.

If nothing else, Howard Dean is ethical as they come. Maybe wrong on this or that. But the guy plays by the rules. You have to admit the obvious if you want to argue with libs.
Look, even the fact that he said he “doesn’t care” about McCain’s sexual affair shows you what a stand up guy he is.

What on earth is Howard dean talking about?
In the late 1980′s McCain finally distinguished himself in the Senate with the help of a man named Charles Keating. The Lincoln Savings and Loan, headed by Keating, had become embroiled in scandal and federal regulators were looking to shut it down and investigate. Keating, who had known McCain since the latter’s days as a layabout schmoozer for his father-in-law the Vice President of Public Relations for the Phoenix Budweiser distributor, began looking for a way to get the government to drop the investigation.
Between 1982 and 1987, Keating had given McCain $112,000. Of course, it is possible that Keating had given McCain this money out of the goodness of his heart with no strings attached, simply out of a heartfelt love of the democratic process. It is also possible that R. Kelly just has a healthy interest in helping 16 year-old girls negotiate the rocky shoals of late adolescence.
Directly after two meetings with Keating, McCain called Edwin J. Gray, the chief of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, which was investigating Keating, and requested that Gray ease off the investigation. Gray testified that four other Senators, all of whom were recipients of political donations from Keating, had also contacted him with the same request. These became known as the “Keating Five.”
The saddest part of the entire situation, even more sad than the 21,000 mostly elderly people who had their entire life savings completely wiped out, was that it brought the appearance of conflict upon Senator McCain. As McCain said, “The appearance of it was wrong. It’s a wrong appearance when a group of senators appear in a meeting with a group of regulators, because it conveys the impression of undue and improper influence.”

Howard, please leave the campaigning to the candidates. Not sure they need this kind of help.

At least Obama and Huckabee are taking the high road on this.
I still say its some Republican party smear because the right-wing hates him and wants him gone.
The reporters at the NYT just outed themselves as total tools as well. Hell, Perez Hilton researches a gossip story better than this.

Tell it like it is……..Dean “rocks”