A rare bipartisan unity was achieved in the House of Representatives this week. What was it that brought lawmakers together? A determination to win the war on terror? A plan to secure our borders? A compromise to save Social Security from bankruptcy?
Nah. Democratic and Republican leaders in the House joined together to protest the search the FBI made last weekend of the offices of Rep. William Jefferson (D., La.), who is under investigation for allegedly accepting a bribe from a Kentucky businessman. Partisan differences are set aside when (and apparently only when) the privileges of lawmakers are threatened.
What a joke this continuing farce is. It brings to mind something approaching (if not achieving QUITE yet) a state of Byzantine decadence….and we’re supposed to respect these people? Give me a break!