Did I hear Lindsey right ....Mexico is not corrupt???

Lindsey Graham said most of our illegal immigration problem was due to people coming from corrupt governments. He initially listed Mexico as one of the corrupt.

Rightfully so, but Lindsey the politician, ever willing, able and ready to straddle the fence came back and said No, I am not talking about Mexico.

What kind of leadership do we have in this Senator. Say what you mean, mean what you say and have the backbone to stand by your comments.

Well before we look at the news report of Lindsey’s comments lets look at just a couple of literally hundreds of available articles and sources that deal with Mexican corruption.

Excerpts from various news sources:
Mexidata.info http://www.mexidata.info/id148.html

“Monday, March 8, 2004Mexican corruption scandals go on and onBy Carlos Luken

Nobody smiles in the Mexican version of “Candid Camera.”In what is seemingly a pattern, Mexican audiences are being repeatedly roused with illustrations of politicians engaged in corrupt activities
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www.southalabama.edu/internationalstudies/sdmweb/crptn%20and%20political%20culture.pdf

Contemporary Mexican political history brims with dramatic, soap-opera-like scandals, wild accusations, seemingly credible evidence of widespread corruption (high and low; bureaucratic and political) ........
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http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/951127/lomnitz.shtml

Lomnitz: Understanding history of corruption in MexicoConference to be held on campus Nov. 30-Dec. 2 Although inhabitants of Mexico decry the presence of corruption in their society, corruption has been a force in public life there since colonial times, said Claudio Lomnitz, who joined the University faculty this fall as Professor in History. ……………………In Mexico, corruption consists of an intricate system of exchanges in which support for public officials is given in return for certain privileges.
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http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9902/25/us.mexico/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As a decision nears on whether to certify Mexico's anti-drug efforts, the Drug Enforcement Administration says Mexico's efforts against narcotics trafficking are failing and corruption is hampering joint programs. ==============================================
AND FINALLY !!!! http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070809/NEWS01/708090306/1004/NEWS01

Mexico not corrupt, Graham clarifies
Senator was referring to other countries in immigration remark, spokesman says

Published: Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 2:00 am By Tim Smith CAPITAL BUREAUtcsmith@greenvillenews.com

COLUMBIA -- A spokesman for U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said Wednesday the senator wasn't referring to Mexico when he told reporters in South Carolina on Tuesday that immigrants coming to America are from countries with "mainly corrupt" governments........"The people who are coming here from Central America, Mexico and other places have one thing in common -- they are impoverished and their governments are mainly corrupt."

Wes Hickman, a spokesman for Graham, told The Greenville News he talked with the Republican senator Wednesday about the comments and Graham wasn't referring to Mexico. ……U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, a Columbia Democrat, said he was glad Graham clarified his remarks. “
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A Senator needs the backbone to stand on the truth and no back down when confronted. Graham had the statement right the first time but when faced with potential objection he appears to have recanted.

Mexico is not corrupt, Lindsey is not too liberal, and the people of South Carolina are not fed up with this kind of representation.

Just remove the little word ‘not’ from the above statement and we will have it correct.