We’ve seen former president George W. Bush take the blame for the economy, lack of jobs, and even the BP oil spill. Now, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) has found something new to blame ole’ W. for: her own ethics violations.

Embattled Rep. Maxine Waters on Friday blamed the Bush administration for her ethics problems — saying she had to intervene with the Treasury Department on behalf of minority-owned banks seeking federal bailout funds — including one tied to her husband — because the Treasury Department wouldn’t schedule its own appointments.

The California Democrat said in a Capitol Hill news conference — an event rarely held during a congressional recess — that she reached out to then-Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson in late 2008 when his department failed to respond to the National Bank Association’s request for a meeting.

Of course, this sort of corruption shouldn’t come as a surprise from someone who, from 1996-2004 had relatives earning a collective total of $1 million from companies that Waters had helped in her role as Congresswoman.

Unfortunately, Maxine Waters is black, however. Therefore, I’m a racist.