Congressman Dana Rohrabacher from the Long Beach/ Orange County area find himself under 
scrutiny over his ties to an accused swindler/ producer who gave him a $23,000 option on the rights to his script called “Baja.” Rohrbacher then helped the accused swindler/producer meet various government officials. Read the story here.
I want to be clear about a couple things.
Rohrabacher generally has been a good conservative congressman. Great on immigration. Awesome in fighting Communism during the cold war. Less so on things like homosexual marriage and stem cell research.
I don’t believe Rohrabacher broke any laws. This isn’t a replay of the problems facing Congressman Cunningham in San Diego.
I hope “Baja” gets made. Not so sure a show about Homeland Security Department though. You can imagine the shows. “How Banning Nail Clippers Prevented High Jacking”,”The Ins and Outs of the Orange Threat Level”, The Mexican Border Maybe Easy to Cross, but No Terrorist Knows.”
That a producer may be a swindler really isn’t news.
But what is clear Republicans have to have a higher standard than Democrats when it comes to the perception of integrity.
Tom Delay is being prosecuted for we still really don’t know what. Libby Scooter is trouble forgetting all his conversations about a White House leak. Which is good if you are bringing down Nixon, but bad if you expose a questionable source like Amb. Wilson.
The liberal media attacks Republicans for things Democrats do all time. Even things that are neither wrong nor illegal. That is Hollywood’s dream.
Remember Hill Street Blues? Republican officeholders and candidates have to, “be careful out there."