Hate to see him go
Republican Congressman from California Duke Cunningham admitted to taking bribes, under oath, in court. That's atrocious. To a conservative, nothing could be more eviscerating that compromising your principles and voting how special interestes PAY you to vote. A TRUE conservative votes on principle, consequences be damned.
Cunningham has announced he will not run for re-election, but he's going to serve out the rest of his term. That is also atrocious. Cunningham should step down now. He is guilty of a crime. As an admitted criminal, how, in good conscience, can he continue to serve in Congress in ANY capacity.
Now, Cunningham has received a 95% lifetime rating from the American Conservative Union, but that does not excuse taking bribes. My only hope is that Cunningham steps down now and is replaced by an even harder core right-wing conservative. Last thing we need in Congress is another moderate or even a lefty.
Cunningham has announced he will not run for re-election, but he's going to serve out the rest of his term. That is also atrocious. Cunningham should step down now. He is guilty of a crime. As an admitted criminal, how, in good conscience, can he continue to serve in Congress in ANY capacity.
Now, Cunningham has received a 95% lifetime rating from the American Conservative Union, but that does not excuse taking bribes. My only hope is that Cunningham steps down now and is replaced by an even harder core right-wing conservative. Last thing we need in Congress is another moderate or even a lefty.
posted by New American Rebel at 10:06 AM
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Well, isn't a Congressional vote just a commodity, like everything else? So why can't it be bought and sold?
In a truly capitalist free market, a vote would simply be sold to the highest bidder, or bargained away in some other contractual exchange, to the benefit of the parties invloved.
What principle is higher than that? How does such a thing impinge on anyone's freedom?
Allowing votes to be sold to the highest bidder would threaten American sovereignty and national security. Similarly, this country does not hire or rely on mercenary units to defend the nation. Conceivably, a tyrannical wealthy nation could buy Congress' votes to force the U.S. military to stand down while the oppressive wealthy nation invades. That certainly would put a damper on individual liberty.
I'd also hate to have some foreign power setting US policy against the national interest by buying off Congressional votes.
Profit and money certainly are awfully high goals, but there ARE principles, upon which profit depends, that are higher. If the individual desired money most, and didn't care if he couldn't be trusted to keep his word, eventually, he'd create enough uncertainty that no one would deal with him and he'd make little profit other than to rob others. That makes integrity and honesty a necessary component of generating profit.
I'll close with the notion that when the voters vote for a candidate, they are, in effect, hiring that individual to represent the voters will with no more profit than their Congressional pay. I would assert that taking more money to represent another's interests would be a violation of the contract that the elected official accepted when he took office.
In reguards to Mr. Cunningham, yes it is a shame, as he was a member of my late great grandfather's church and apparently a family friend. Not only that but it puts those that belive in Christ as Saviour in a bad light politically.
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