Why do Republicans Get Away With Sexual Escapades When Democrats Get Impeached?
A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL Congressman Bill Thomas, a Republican from California, has been selected by an elite GOP House committee as Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the premier committee chairmanship in the House of Representatives. The mainstream press is not bringing up a rather nettlesome ethical issue about the Congressman, however. His conservative hometown paper, the Bakersfield Californian, reluctantly disclosed this summer that Thomas had pursued an intimate relationship with a high-powered drug company lobbyist. Because he headed the Ways and Means Sub-Committee on Health, Thomas had the most influence over any Medicare pharmacy legislation. The Bakersfield Californian noted that the appearance of a serious conflict of interest caused them to disclose the liaison. The Democrats, as usual, did not pursue the issue, even though the GOP would have eaten any Democrat alive who had an affair with a lobbyist representing an industry they oversaw. Now Thomas is assuming
