Frist's thing looks like all smoke and no fire, unless there is specific evidence that someone told him to sell.
The details of Delay's indictment basically speak to the way PACs get around funding rules. Everyone does it, and unless the prosecutor has specific evidence of a quid pro quo- we'll give the national PAC this much money and the national PAC will give us at least that much back- the charges are going nowhere. Delay is damaged goods, though. The OMB guy is done for, and rightly so. Louisiana Democrats, not federal Republicans, are the big losers in the Katrina scandal. Governor Blanco is totally incompetent and should be impeached by her own legislature. The really big story, though, is that the massive re-location of people may swing the balance of power in the state from the Democrats to the Republicans. Valerie who? ;-) That story is so 2003. Judy Miller is out of jail. Scooter Libby was her source, although apparently he already testified and told everything he knew. The grand jury ends this month. My prediction- no indictments. In other words, business as usual in Washington, DC. >> Sam wrote: >> There's a charge of conspiracy but no explanation or evidence. > >That's a disingenuous argument - the Republicans have been hit hard by >MULTIPLE corruption scandals: > >* Delay >* Frist >* That acquisition guy >* Katrina (cronyism) >* Valerie Plame > >And then there's more discretionary domestic spending that even Pres. >Johnson not to mention a nation-building boondoggle. > >In a nutshell, things ain't goin' well. You can quibble all you want, >if it makes you feel better, but you'd be deluding yourself. > >Now, will any of these charges amount to anything? Who knows? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175716 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
