[LarryG1978]

Nothing new here really, Santorum is just another shitbag politician in DC.

CREW Releases Second Annual Most Corrupt Members of Congress Report

Washington, DC – Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released its second annual report on the most corrupt members of Congress entitled Beyond DeLay: The 20 Most Corrupt Members of Congress (and five to watch). This encyclopedic report on corruption in the 109th Congress documents the egregious, unethical and possibly illegal activities of the most tainted members of Congress. CREW has compiled the members’ transgressions and analyzed them in light of federal laws and congressional rules.
Two members have been removed from last year’s list of 13. Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-CA) is now serving an eight-year jail term for bribery and Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) has agreed to plead guilty to crimes that will likely result in a minimum two-year prison term.
CREW has also re-launched the report’s tandem website, www.beyonddelay.org. The site offers short summaries of each member’s transgressions as well as the full-length profiles and all accompanying exhibits.

CREW’s Most Corrupt Members of Congress:

Members of the Senate:
Conrad Burns (R-MT)
Bill Frist (R-TN)
Rick Santorum (R-PA)

Members of the House:
Alan Mollohan (D-WV)
Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO)
Ken Calvert (R-CA)
Richard Pombo (R-CA)
John Doolittle (R-CA)
Rick Renzi (R-AZ)
Tom Feeney (R-FL)
Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Katherine Harris (R-FL)
John Sweeney (R-NY)
William Jefferson (D-LA)
Charles Taylor (R-NC)
Jerry Lewis (R-CA)
Maxine Waters (D-CA)
Gary Miller (R-CA)
Curt Weldon (R-PA)
Five Members to Watch:
Chris Cannon (R-UT)
J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ)
Dennis Hastert (R-IL)
John Murtha (D-PA)
Don Sherwood (R-PA)
“CREW created this exhaustive go-to guide on corruption in Congress to expose and hold accountable those members of Congress who believe they are above the law,” Melanie Sloan, executive director of CREW said today. “The officials named in this report have chosen to enrich themselves and their families and friends by abusing the power of their office, rather than work for the public good. Their collective corruption affects all Americans.” http://www.citizensforethics.org/ind...ngress-report/

[dosyrotsbop]

Seems like it mostly involves which house he lived in at the time in VA and how his kids were educated and who paid for it.
I was curious how Barney Frank escaped the Senate list of most corrupt until I checked out Discover The Network's page on CREW (CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS IN WASHINGTON):
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=7309

I'm indifferent to Santorum, neither for nor against.
His saber rattling has me concerned, besides that he does have some good ideas.
And he just doesn't come across as dishonest to me.
Does he 'work the system' some in DC? Perhaps.
It's one of the reasons why the Congress has a low approval rating.
Most of them do.

[nryFBa9i]

I got no problem with that statement, if you also add in that the Neo Conservatives are really liberals, ex Troskyite's aka Marxist.

[opergolon]

Citing an opinion poll from a socialist hatchet group. That's the best you can do?

[Anteneprorid]

I don't know if he's corrupt, but he's not very conservative. He's very socially conservative, in the vein of GWB.

"Compassionate Conservative".

[andrekuper]

No Pelosi. No Reid. No Hillary. No Barney Fag. Murtha only on the watch list.

Not a comprehensive list by any means. And Santorum doesn't stand a chance anyway. So what's the point?

[MondayBlues]

No Pelosi. No Reid. No Hillary. No Barney Fag. Murtha only on the watch list.

Not a comprehensive list by any means. And Santorum doesn't stand a chance anyway. So what's the point?

Of course he stands a chance. Anyone in the race has a chance. There has yet to be a single vote cast.

[Snocioncilm]

Of course he stands a chance. Anyone in the race has a chance. There has yet to be a single vote cast.

Reality check, please.

[Vapepreab]

Reality check, please.

Reagan had "no chance". That's reality.