Douglas 'appalled' at Republicans
October 22, 2006
The Associated Press
MONTPELIER -- Gov. Jim Douglas, who co-chaired President Bush's election campaigns in Vermont in 2000 and 2004, now says he is "appalled" at the behavior of Washington Republicans and lays some of the blame on the White House.
Douglas said he would like to see a change in his party's leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives, saying House Speaker Dennis Hastert should be replaced even if Republicans retain a majority in Congress.
Hastert has been criticized for his response to the scandal surrounding former Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., who resigned recently amid allegations that he had sent sexually explicit text messages to underage congressional pages.
Douglas, who is running for his third two-year term, is usually reluctant to criticize Washington Republicans, particularly President Bush. But now he says the administration is part of the problem.
"I certainly don't want to imply that only the congressional branch of government is at fault," he said. "Both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue are caught up in scandal to some extent, and I don't want to suggest that the executive branch is excluded from responsibility for the breakdown of ethical standards."
Douglas said he is feeling more disillusioned than at any time during his three decades in politics.
"I'm appalled, I'm discouraged, I'm offended and, frankly, as someone who's been in office for many years, it's awful to see how some people who are given the public trust can breach it," Douglas said. "It's not exclusively a Republican problem down there, but it certainly seems that those caught up are predominantly Republicans."
In the end, I was stuck between every man forhimself and don't let the door hit your *ss on the way out.
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