Corruption in business and politics is nothing new but it seems the Democrats have a real problem in their midst. It is a common refrain to insist that both parties are corrupt but basic empirical evidence indicates otherwise.

Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon was recently indicted for perjury as was Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick some months ago. Charles Rangel did not pay some property taxes, something that could have and should have been quickly remedied.

Elliot Spitzer and John Edwards apparently can not be trusted by their own spouses. Louisiana Congressman William Jefferson prefers freezer space to bank accounts.

The Senate Subcommittee on Military Construction awarded a number of defense contracts to contractors that Diane Fienstein’s husband had a stake in. She was on the Subcommittee but has since resigned. Nancy Pelosi exempted American Samoa from recently enacted minimum wage laws. The main employer on American Samoa is a tuna packing company with substantial stakes owned by her husband. Nancy is still speaker of the house.

Both Bill and Hillary Clinton had serious problems with campaign fundraising, in my opinion their most serious allegations. Bill had to return million in funds traced to a Chinese national, a seriously illegal and treasonous act. Hillary third largest fund raiser and bundler went to jail, and she had to return a large sum of money. There were other suspected campaign issues such as her ‘cattle gate’ profits and the comingled funds from her husband who got substantial board and speaking fees from foreign nationals.

Even more recently Acorn was indicted in several states for campaign irregularities, all in the name of Democrats.

And I have not even mentioned Blagojevich.

Yes there are Republicans who have been less than exemplary as well, most recently Ted Stevens and Larry Craig. But the number of indictments and resignations in Congress since 1990 are slanted toward Democrats by a factor of three.

The Democrats have an elephant in the room and it ain’t Republican.

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