If you’re a Democrat and you want an ethics pass, go see Melanie Sloan, Executive Director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. Today she discussed the Anthony Weiner mess with MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell. Her analysis:
“It’s hard to see what the [House] Ethics Committee would hang its hat on here to say that this conduct would violate the ethics rules. Others have said maybe it’s the lying. What! So no politician has ever lied to us before? That’s the kind of thing we see all the time. So he did behave discreditably (!!) but I don’t think it’s enough for a full fledged ethics censure. David Vitter is still there.”
I wonder what kind of behavior Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington would consider irresponsible or unethical.
Tags: Anthony Weiner, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, CREW, David Vitter, ethics, House Ethics Committee, Lawrence O’Donnell, lying, Melanie Sloan
Ethics Bob 
June 9, 2011 at 11:37 pm |
[…] As“Ethics Bob” writes, “If you’re a Democrat and you want an ethics pass, go see Melanie Sloan.” Bob muses on what kind of behavior Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington “would consider irresponsible or unethical.” […]