Ran across this over at RedState.

How much proof is needed (in their own words) before folks realize Congress had the heads up long ago that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were run by corrupt individuals and headed for serious trouble?

This is a bit long but the comment at the very end from President Clinton is most telling.

Sandy Berger, President Clinton’s National Security Adviser, who was caught stuffing documents from the National Archives, in his socks, pants and who knows where else, is voluntarily giving up his law license he hasn’t used in 15 years and doesn’t intend to use again.

The reason? If he had to go before the Board on Bar Counsel he would have risked having to tell more than he did when he got his slap on the wrist punishment for the crime he committed.

You can’t call him stupid. That’s a pretty smart move and if Hillary gets in office he can count on a job and probably even get his security clearance back. Won’t that be wonderful.

Democrats gained control of Congress in part by using the slogan of “Culture of Corruption” to talk about the last Congress, and promised changes that would make the government more transparent.

Now it seems the very people who screamed about changing the way things are done with lobbyists are going weak-kneed on actually following up on their campaign promises.

House Democrats are suddenly balking at the tough lobbying reforms they touted to voters last fall as a reason for putting them in charge of Congress.

Now that they are running things, many Democrats want to keep the big campaign donations and lavish parties that lobbyists put together for them. They’re also having second thoughts about having to wait an extra year before they can become high-paid lobbyists themselves should they retire or be defeated at the polls.

The growing resistance to several proposed reforms now threatens passage of a bill that once seemed on track to fulfill Democrats’ campaign promise of cleaner fundraising and lobbying practices.

“The longer we wait, the weaker the bill seems to get,” said Craig Holman of Public Citizen, which has pushed for the changes. “The sense of urgency is fading,” he said, in part because scandals such as those involving disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and former Rep. Duke Cunningham, R-Calif., have given way to other news.

The situation concerns some Democrats, who note their party campaigned against a “culture of corruption” in 2006, when voters ended a long run of Republican control of Congress. Several high-profile issues remained in doubt Friday, five days before the House Judiciary Committee is to take up the legislation.

They include proposals to: (more…)