If soon-to-be Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi plans to "drain the swamp" of Congress, why is her first step to endorse John Murtha as House majority leader?
Murtha, you may recall, was caught on videotape in the ABSCAM Congressional bribery scandal. He didn't take the money and run, so to speak, but he sure took a good, long look at it. Ruth Marcus says Pelosi has just flunked her first test.
I guess what Pelosi really meant was that she would drain the "swamp" of gay Republicans like Mark Foley and replace them with Democrats who are willing to "chat" with friends of Arab sheiks willing to pay $50,000 for immigration papers.
Maybe Pelosi was misquoted. Maybe she isn't planning to drain the swamp, just stir it around a bit. She certainly is bringing some old muck to the surface.
Update: Murtha's out. Steny Hoyer's in. Pelosi is still measuring for the drapes in her new office, but she's not humming to herself anymore.
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