Washington, D.C. needs Wyatt Earp

[kentuck]

The lawlessness has gotten to the point where no one is held accountable. There used to be opposition Parties that were capable of holding those in power to the letter of the law. But those days are long gone. It's like a poker game down at the Silver Dollar. They are marking the deck and passing cards under the table.

They compete to see who can carry the largest bag of cash back home to their districts, and they always manage to get their fair cut, either in a campaign contribution or a job for their wives. They believe they are exempt from the law because they make the laws. They have robbbed from the taxpayers about a $trillion per year for the last 5 years. And they are all smiles as they lug home the motherlode for themselves and their friends.

We need Marshall Wyatt Earp in the Capitol. First thing, check your guns and your lobbyists calling cards at the gate. The next person that takes a bribe will be prosecuted. We want to see a reporting of every dollar you have raised and every dollar you have spent, including the legislation you have sponsored or endorsed. There's needs to be a new Sheriff in town. That's what we need in Washington. Someone that will crack heads and make sure the laws are obeyed.

[Sammy Pepys]

1. We want to see a reporting of..the legislation sponsored/endorsed

That's pretty easy to find.

[Selatius]

2. Unfortunately, what isn't illegal is often quite unethical or barely legal

Special interest money has shown us that, yes, it can bend the power of the federal government to serve those with the money. From free-trade to outsourcing and war, the policies that enabled the corporate agenda to destroy the middle class would not be possible if it weren't for politicians being bought and made to vote in favor of these policies.

This is the price of greed. Payment will be in the form of flag-drapped coffins.