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York and inside the beltway, i mean, you do travel all over the country. you know whats going on here. what district, what candidate in what state is getting hurt by this? >> it doesnt motivate anybody to come out and support the democrats because they look just like the republicans and all of the ethics problems that they had. im amazed rangel took that moment that the democrats needed to stand up and pontificate about his future, which is going to get handled. i thought it was poor timing. err...

Talk programs, hes not introduced as an accused felon. hes introduced as a former majority leader of the house. hes introduced as the man from "dancing with the stars." why are these people. >> im on radio one time with g. gordon liddy. i have no problem with him personally. i like the guy personally, but he was a white house burglar. he was a burglar. one time we were on television with pat, and or i was listening to him on the radio. pat and i worked together in the white house. pat was a spee...

Husband had, quote, financial ties to a bank that got a $12 million federal bailout after she arranged a meeting between bank officials and the treasury department. well in a radio interview last night, waters explains why shes fighting back. >> democracy demands fairness. i have 30 years in this business, and i think its only fair that i be given a chance to be heard. >> she should get a chance to be heard. is this good for the democrats? >> well, i think clearly what the democrats want is for ...

Indicted for -- >> accused, yeah. >> indicted for money laundering. and hes -- when he goes on news talk proms, hes not introduced as an accused felon. hes introduced as forper majority leader of the house. hes introduced as the man from "dancing with the stars." why are these people -- >> im on radio. i have no problem with him personally. i like the guy personally. he was a white house burglar. one time -- one time we were on television with pat. i was listening to him on radio. he was saying ...

Accused terrorist has a right to defend himself, why doesnt a member of congress? i dont think it hurts the democrats either, they have so many problems because of unemployment and the economy. by the time you get to their ethics problems -- i with a hasten to add on the republican side you have senator ensign embroiled in a tawdry scandal, senator vittor of louisiana, his opponent i did some consulting for so i have some bias there. neither party has a monopoly on virtue. >> i have to say, im v...

Many problems because of unemployment and the economy. by the time you get to their ethics problems -- i with a hasten to add on the republican side you have senator ensign embroiled in a tawdry scandal, senator vittor of louisiana, his opponent i did some consulting for so i have some bias there. also involved in aettics scandal. neither party has a monopoly on virtue. >> i have to say, im very impressed by paul, because a lot of democrats who are in tough competitive districts would love to se...

Has that been vingdy indicated by the fact that he slinked away seeing the public resistance? >> i want to talk about maxine waters, charlie rangel, both facing charges of violating congressional ethics. should they step aside for the good of the democratic party? >> heck no. im a dissenter on this. >> you think they should go to trial and play it out in trial? >> you bet. you bet. >> wow! >> they are entitled to a defense. we heard the charges against them, they are very serious, and they are t...

Own ethics problems. can republicans make this stake in the same way that democrats seem to make the quote culture of corruption work against republicans in 2006? >> i think republicans would be followish. they should just shut up. a bipartisan ethics committee. let the process go forward. there are plenty of congressmen in both parties empirical and arrogant. mark foley. everybody says, i went back and looked at the polls. they were exactly as bad for republicans the day before the foley scanda...

The swamp and we did. we have sweeping ethics reform in the congress and personal respect in this section. having these people makes us sad about the course of events but we have to unhold the highest standard and none of our personalities is more important than that. bill: juxtapose that are rangel and now waters and what comes of this, karl? >> the problem for the democrats is that its not just these two individuals with their ethics problems. the standing of congress and public opinion is ver...

Republicans dont have their own ethics problems. can republicans make this stake in the same way that democrats seem to make the quote culture of corruption work against republicans in 2006? >> i think republicans would be followish. they should just shut up. a bipartisan ethics committee. let the process go forward. there are plenty of congressmen in both parties empirical and arrogant. mark foley. everybody says, i went back and looked at the polls. they were exactly as bad for republicans the...