Hi Mallory
I understand, I do get long winded at times and that I seemed to be dumping on her. In a way I am. It's because for the most part my centrality offers little room for the third in command to be as hypocritical regardless of party. I call them all as I see them. I didn't give ,Bob Livingston, Dennis Hastert or Newt Gingrich or especially Tom Delay any greater leg-room either. Hastert did a terribly unethical deed against Joel Hefly, Kenny Hulshof, and Steve LaTourette, re: the ethics committee removals and replaced them with Lamar Smith and Tom Cole perhaps to protect Tom Delay. Also with his earmark for highway funds to build a road right past his house. Though not illegal, it should be::: that road fixed to double the value of his property and he sold it. Some of these resignations dealt with stronger issues than having a "bad memory" and as badly as I wanted to giver her the benefit of the doubt, it's hard to criticize and condemn (justly so) a war and all it's bizzar attributes while agreeing to their scope and purpose behind closed doors. Realizing that she wasn't taking bribes or committing constitutional homicide, It's still hypocrisy. Gingrich resigned under much worse circumstances true, after championing the ethics charges against Jim Wright and calling profusely for Clinton's impeachment while cheating himself, obviously hypocrisy abounded, lying to congress, possible tax fraud, and then 300,000$ fine and finally resigned.
It's not just that, it's also her financial interest in the scope of natural gas technology, that's fine, but she doesn't see how that can become an ethics issue for her. Her use of military aircraft for her and family members trips. Her exempting home town businesses from the minimum wage laws. Her sidestepping of the what she knew and when issue is just one problem I have with her. But please don't think I am head hunting here, it's far from the major ethical issue of her predecessors, but she must do better and soon. She has to realize how important her purpose is and think more about how closely she is watched. I have looked at that web site you offered and agree with most of what I read and will continue. It is simply that all our leaders are in the same boat, if they don't get it right every day and start to work on fixing all these problems soon::: we all sink with them regardless of party.
Lucy