You knew that this was going to happen, just another “Brought to you by George Soros”:

Republicans on panel have ties to Hastert

“WASHINGTON ‚Äî Both Republicans on the House ethics subcommittee investigating the Mark Foley scandal have financial ties to Speaker Dennis Hastert, whose handling of the former congressman’s lurid Internet messages to House pages is under scrutiny.

Ethics Chairman Doc Hastings received $2,500 during the 2000 campaign from Hastert’s political action committee, Keep Our Majority, according to PoliticalMoneyLine, which tracks money in politics. The six-term Washington Republican, who became ethics chairman last year, will lead the Foley investigation.

Rep. Judy Biggert of Illinois, received $6,000 from Hastert’s PAC and $2,000 from Hastert’s own re-election fund during the 2002 campaign, according to PoliticalMoneyLine.

Biggert, whose district neighbors Hastert’s, said personal relationships and financial ties will not affect the investigation: “I think that all of us on this committee were chosen because we are thought to be fair.”

Fred Wertheimer, president of the watchdog group Democracy 21, said the Hastert contributions undermine the subcommittee’s credibility. “They should have brought in an outside counsel,” he said.

Two Democrats, Howard Berman of California and Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio, round out the Foley investigative panel.”

Notice that the obvious is made evil. Sharing or receiving of political donations from your the Speaker of the House of your party isn’t “unethical”, it’s the way things work. Again, with another Soros “watchdog group”, and we thought the slime bucket, drug dealing, money laundering crook, wanted to get out of politics! Silly us.

Now if you want to see “unethical”THIS is unethical!

“Stephanie Tubbs Jones, an Ohio Democrat who sits on the House ethics committee, took a 2001 trip to Puerto Rico that was paid for by a registered lobbyist firm ‚Äî an apparent violation of the chamber’s ethics rules ‚Äî according to documents that she filed with the House clerk.

A spokeswoman for Mrs. Jones disputed those records yesterday, saying “human error” led a staffer to list the name of D.C. lobbyist firm Smith, Dawson & Andrews as having paid the $3,366 tab for Mrs. Jones and her husband to travel to the Puerto Rican island of Vieques in the Caribbean.

“Smith Dawson was put on the form in error,” Jones spokeswoman Nicole Williams said. “The invitation came from Todo Puerto Rico con Vieques. They hired Smith Dawson to handle logistics for the trip.”

Miss Williams declined to provide The Washington Times with any evidence to support her assertion and refused to have either the lobbying firm or the group she says actually paid for the trip provide any documentation to prove her claim. “

Of course, she kind of has the same apron strings to Madam Pelosi.

Note that the USA article notes who had previous ethics problems and it wasn’t the Republicans….

“Two Democrats, Howard Berman of California and Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio, round out the Foley investigative panel.

Berman, who is in his 12th term, is the top Democrat on the full ethics committee. Berman recently replaced Rep. Alan Mollohan, D-W.Va., on the ethics panel. Mollohan stepped down amid charges that he funneled federal money to home-state foundations and increased his own wealth. He has denied wrongdoing.”

Get on with the investigation already.