democratic congressman's corruption scandal Options

[Seeker]

Undoubtedly you have all heard about the Democrat Congressman taking a $100,000 dollar bribe and storing the money in his freezer and the subsequent FBI raid on his office.

One would believe that the Republicans would be jumping all over this opportunity to smear Democrats; however, Republicans and Democrats are coming together in an unprecedented collaborative effort to oppose the FBI ever searching the offices of Congressmen (Democrats and Republicans) ever again.

This makes you wonder... what do Republicans and the rest of Congress (Democrats included) have to hide? Massive corruption in Congress?

Article about the raid:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/21/washingt...age&oref=slogin

Congress pissed off about the raids:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3626796/

[Hartmann]

In this case everything the feds did was compeletely legal. What this is about is Congress thinking that federal laws applies to the normal American citizens and not to them. This elitist behavior from Congress disgusts me.

Know what you're talking about from now on before you try to call me out.

It's not elitist, it's called prevention of another Watergate. I don't agree with what the congressman did, but when we start tapping people's phones and raiding there government offices, especially if ordered from someone higher up *cough*the president*cough* then we'll have problems. These guys are keeping their butts in the clear. I think that since he refused to turnover the requested information then he had every right to be raided. But what if it goes beyond that? What if the FBI just starts raiding offices without asking for the information first? 1984.

And just for the record, I never said the feds went in without a warrant, I just said that's what you want. Just for clarification.