Dan Rostenkowski (Crooked Poltician)

"During my career as a public official, I always tried to steer away from the minority of my colleagues who viewed public service as a potential commercial enterprise. They've always been there and can be found in state capitols and in Washington."

- First paragraph in a recent article Rostenkowski wrote regarding the Governor Blagojevich scandal, defending Chicago politics......The title of the article is: In Defense of Chicago Politics.

**Uhhhhh, Dan Rostenkowski (D - Illinois) was booted out of the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994 after being indicted on 17 felony charges, including the theft of $695,000 in taxpayer and campaign money....Hardly the actions of someone who should be writing about political ethics and morality.

I can't believe Rosty has the audacity to show his face in general, let alone during a Chicago bribe scandal.......I also can't believe the Democrat Party wants this felon piping up to defend the Chicago machine. It doesn't make sense, but my sense of logic and decency has always been far different from that of the Democrat Party.

Don't get me wrong, both parties have their share of crooks, but the Republican Party distances and buries theirs when they are discovered.......Democrats always seem willing to find excuses for their scum, however.**