interesting point on relocation. Who needs gerrymandering when the levees can fail ;) I tend to agree on Frist. You are overlooking the significance of the K street tie to DeLay however. Dana
On 10/3/05, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Save $10 Download ZoneAlarm Security Suite http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=66 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175724 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
