ONE PERSON'S BAD NEWS IS ANOTHER PERSON'S GOOD NEWS
WASHINGTON (AP)- Heading into a midterm election year, Republicans find themselves with not one, but two congressional leaders — Bill Frist in the Senate and Tom DeLay in the House — fending off questions of ethical improprieties.
The news that federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission are looking into Frist’s sale of stock in HCA Inc., the hospital operating company founded by his family, comes as a criminal investigation continues of Jack Abramoff, a high-powered Republican lobbyist, and his ties to DeLay of Texas.
Less than a week ago, a former White House official was arrested in the Abramoff investigation.
For Republicans, the timing couldn’t be worse.
The rest of the article is at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9507677/ . It looks as if a criminal indictment of Tom DeLay is a distinct possibility.
Snave's notes: I enjoy seeing the GOP squirm, but I doubt much will come of these problems re. punishments with Frist and DeLay (should they be guilty of what they're accused of), especially when one considers the degree to which the GOP currently controls things, and the degree to which the GOP tends to protect its own no matter how sleazy the politicians might be.
On the other hand, this does provide the Republican party with some much-needed bad publicity. It seems like Bush has been hogging the spotlight lately when it comes to bad PR for the Republicans, so I think it is nice to see some other GOP leaders coming under fire too. I think this will make it harder for lots of Republicans to say they don't like Bush but that they still believe their party is on the up-and-up. Some right-wingers who are trying to distance themselves from Bush may be able to do that successfully, but they may have a harder time distancing themselves from the GOP itself. The more powerful Republican leaders in trouble, the merrier!
The news that federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission are looking into Frist’s sale of stock in HCA Inc., the hospital operating company founded by his family, comes as a criminal investigation continues of Jack Abramoff, a high-powered Republican lobbyist, and his ties to DeLay of Texas.
Less than a week ago, a former White House official was arrested in the Abramoff investigation.
For Republicans, the timing couldn’t be worse.
The rest of the article is at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9507677/ . It looks as if a criminal indictment of Tom DeLay is a distinct possibility.
Snave's notes: I enjoy seeing the GOP squirm, but I doubt much will come of these problems re. punishments with Frist and DeLay (should they be guilty of what they're accused of), especially when one considers the degree to which the GOP currently controls things, and the degree to which the GOP tends to protect its own no matter how sleazy the politicians might be.
On the other hand, this does provide the Republican party with some much-needed bad publicity. It seems like Bush has been hogging the spotlight lately when it comes to bad PR for the Republicans, so I think it is nice to see some other GOP leaders coming under fire too. I think this will make it harder for lots of Republicans to say they don't like Bush but that they still believe their party is on the up-and-up. Some right-wingers who are trying to distance themselves from Bush may be able to do that successfully, but they may have a harder time distancing themselves from the GOP itself. The more powerful Republican leaders in trouble, the merrier!
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Maybe I'm beng too hopeful but I really believe both Frist and Delay are going down. It sounds like there solid evidence in the Delay case and I think Martha going to prison for insider trading set a precedent it's going to be hard for Frist to skirt around.
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