Karl Rove: "corruption, not Iraq, will be the No. 1 issue.”

More evidence for the throwing the bums out campaign:
Patterico discussing Rove's remarks and linking to three Instapundit posts on corrruption, pork, and earmarks.

Vote against all incumbents of both political parties in the coming national elections. We have no hope of dealing intelligently with problems like Iraq, Islamic terrorism, social security and medicare deficits, or healthcare when the political process is controlled by pigs at the trough.

Murtha seems to be the posterboy for curruption and greed, read this infuriating article:

A Contractor, Charity And Magnet for Federal Earmarks

Behind the rise of Concurrent is Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee, who helped arrange funding to launch the organization in 1988. Murtha has since arranged millions of dollars more in directed congressional appropriations called earmarks. Now Concurrent has nearly $250 million in annual revenue and 1,500 employees.

Murtha Gorges On The Other White Meat

Porkbusters and the Instapundit note a Roll Call article describing the sleaziness of Rep. Murtha:

Every private entity that Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) favored with an earmark in this year’s defense bill recently has given political money to the lawmaker, according to an analysis of House Appropriations and federal elections records by Roll Call and Taxpayers for Common Sense.

Instapundit links to other articles on the same disgusting subject. Including this from Don Surber:

Rent a congressman

You bought Google at $100 and 3 years later is nearing $600 a share? Big deal. Microsoft has gone up 28-fold over the last 20 years? Yawn. You want to make the big bucks? Rent a congressman. Your return on your investment can be as high as $75 for every dollar invested.