Before I get started into them not wanting to probe Tom Delay lets take a look at John Murtha. That is right the same John Murtha that called for the troops to come home was threaten with a ETHICS probe by Republicans.
http://www.rollcall.com/...
Republican lawmakers say that ties between Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) and his brother's lobbying firm, KSA Consulting, may warrant investigation by the House ethics committee.
The calls come as Murtha, a former Marine and pro-military Democrat, has made headlines this week by coming out in support of a rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
As you can see Republicans have no problem calling for Ethic probes against Democrats who come out against The President, but when their own who have beeen indicted come underfire for a ethic probe it is a whole different story.
http://www.thehill.com/...
"The reality is he doesn't want to investigate DeLay and he's looking for excuses," said Noble. "What is extraordinary is not the offer to investigate DeLay, but that the House has done nothing to investigate the former leader when charged with serious violations."
Remember its ok to investigate Democrats, but not Republicans. More here.
It may indicate that Hastings's previous desire to launch an inquiry into whether lobbyist Jack Abramoff improperly paid for overseas trips taken by DeLay was due more to his hope of ending a a stalemate with ranking Democrat Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-W. Va.) over committee rules than to any conviction that DeLay had violated ethics regulations.
There maybe hope that a Feds can nail Tom Delay, but there should be no investigation of any Republicans because they are above the law. Oral sex is ok to investigate, but actual crime why we can't have that be investigated. A Democrate who speaks out against us? That is perfectly ok with them. Republicans are Ethically challenged when it comes to their own accountability.