The “Review & Outlook” section of the Wall Street Journal today echoed my sentiments regarding what they call the “Abramoff Republicans:”

This week’s plea agreement by “super-lobbyist” Jack Abramoff has Republicans either rushing to return his campaign contributions in an act of cosmetic distancing, accuse Democrats of being equally corrupt, or embrace some new “lobbying reform” that would further insulate Members of Congress from political accountability.

Here’s a better strategy: Banish the Abramoff crowd from polite Republican society, and start remembering why you were elected in the first place.

I recommend reading the full article.  Will some of our Republican congressmen in Washington soon be doing their own walk of shame?

And were some of these same individuals on the bandwagon not long ago when Congress was calling for greater corporate integrity?  Wouldn’t that be ironic?

Not that Republicans are the only ones who are going to be investigated.  But I expect this kind of thing from Democrats.  I guess I’m just disappointed to find that Republicans have so much in common these days with the opposition party.