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Another Feinstien Mess

Peter Byrne, MetroActive [1], reports that Dianne Feinstien has resigned from the MILCON subcommitee:

SEN. Dianne Feinstein has resigned from the Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee. As previously and extensively reviewed in these pages, Feinstein was chairperson and ranking member of MILCON for six years, during which time she had a conflict of interest due to her husband Richard C. Blum’s ownership of two major defense contractors, who were awarded billions of dollars for military construction projects approved by Feinstein.

It is puzzling, with a the media buzz about corruption the last few years, we see a prima facie case of conflict of interest and corruption that has festered for six years and it is still below the MSM radar screen.   What are the chances of Feinstien making Keith Olbermann’s ‘worst person” award?   Less than finding a dime pay phone.    

More, Don Surber [2]

(H/T:  photo, Wikipedia [3] )

Addendum I:  John Hawkins, Right Wing News [4]:

Republicans should be doing exactly what the Democrats would be doing right now if the situation were reversed: Screaming about how corrupt the Democrats are and urging Diane Feinstein to resign from the Senate over her lapse in ethics. Then, let the Democrats explain why it was OK for Feinstein to essentially transfer taxpayer money from the treasury to her own bank account through her husband’s companies.

Addendum II:  Ed Morrissey, Captain’s Quarters [5], fingers an irony on wry moment:

Wasn’t it the Democrats who insisted that the Republicans jumped into bed with lobbyists and special interests?

The MSM protested to no end the idea that Randy “Duke” Cunningham was figuratively in bed with Jack Abramoff.   Yet it is reasonable to assume, that Dianne Feinstien was literally in bed with Richard Blum.   Ah the deafening sounds of the media silence.