Chris Bell on Ethics
Chris Bell continued what should become the Democratic Party's crusade to promote and install a strong ethics plan to clean up the "culture of corruption" that exists in Washington and Texas.
Bell proposed banning procurement lobbying, banning pay-for-play, imposing reasonable limits on campaign contributions, restructuring the Texas Ethics Commission, banning phony “issue ads,” closing the lobbyists’ revolving door, and adopting non-partisan redistricting reform.
Said Bell, “I want to turn the conversation from how bad one man is to how good we can all be. The culture of corruption is about a heck of a lot more than Tom DeLay.”
Well said, Mr. Bell.
A PERSONAL RANT: Perhaps we should also promote (since we can't legislate) clean campaigns that keep personal attacks against candidates and their families out of politics. It's about time we have some class in our campaigns, especially within races in which it's Democrat -vs- Democrat. There's nothing wrong with attacking candidate records on policy issues and decisions, but let's keep personal lives out of this!
Bell proposed banning procurement lobbying, banning pay-for-play, imposing reasonable limits on campaign contributions, restructuring the Texas Ethics Commission, banning phony “issue ads,” closing the lobbyists’ revolving door, and adopting non-partisan redistricting reform.
Said Bell, “I want to turn the conversation from how bad one man is to how good we can all be. The culture of corruption is about a heck of a lot more than Tom DeLay.”
Well said, Mr. Bell.
A PERSONAL RANT: Perhaps we should also promote (since we can't legislate) clean campaigns that keep personal attacks against candidates and their families out of politics. It's about time we have some class in our campaigns, especially within races in which it's Democrat -vs- Democrat. There's nothing wrong with attacking candidate records on policy issues and decisions, but let's keep personal lives out of this!
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