<p>Right you are, xiggi. The morning blogs are full of DeLay critics, most of which speculate hopefully that he won’t resume his post of Leader. But they don’t think he should be destroyed by a sham prosecution either.</p>
<p>ah, blame the prosecuter…typical</p>
<p>And yeah, Delay deservses criticism…he is sleezy…good at what he does, but still sleezy</p>
<p>Your here is in trouble</p>
<p>whimsical badge of honor…I think not…watching Frist and Delay scurry around claiming they are targets of partician politics is pretty funny…so much for openness, character and honor</p>
<p>If they had any honor, they would step up, and be honest</p>
<p>Don’t say I don’t know nuthin, when in fact you got reports on it…</p>
<p>Frist is a liar, Delay is a liar</p>
<p>I’ll be surprised if it’s proven that Frist engaged in insider trading, but news accounts I read today report that he has falsely and publicly claimed for years that he is completely ignorant about the contents of his blind trust.</p>
<p>Someone who is familiar with the SEC told me that it would be unusual for them to proceed this far if they didn’t have a fairly good case on Frist. And it’s already pretty well documented that his “blind trust” was only slightly astigmatic. And a datum I would like to see followed up on is that HCA, the company in question, reached a substantial settlement with a long-running investigation just days before Frist became majority leader. Remember, Frist’s brother is on the board of this company. The settlement may have been the expedient way to turning off Bad News then. This is all teaser quality stuff but I’d be, as Ken Starr once said, curious to know more.</p>
<p>Remember the Republican mantra of Character</p>
<p>He lied to the press on several ocassions, guess lying in public is okay as long as the hand wasn’t on the Bible</p>
<p>He lied on the record</p>
<p>Lying to the Public seems to be okay with these good Christians. But of course, its all the SECs fault.</p>
<p>Let’s lighten up. </p>
<p>The administration declares we are all about to be killed by weapons of mass destruction, gets us into a war over it, insulting many of the worlds leaders…</p>
<p>The Chorus sings: “not our fault; blame bad intelligence.”</p>
<p>A hurricane comes and a great American city is destroyed, Bush stays on vacation until he is forced by public pressure to come back to Washington.</p>
<p>The Chorus sings:“Not our fault; blame the cities and states involved”</p>
<p>The Senate Majority Leader sells off long held stock in his family corporation, just before it tanks.</p>
<p>The Chorus sings:"Not our fault; blame over zealous prosecuters at SEC.</p>
<p>The Speaker of the House is caught violating house rules three times and a state law forcing him to step down.</p>
<p>The Chorus sings:“Not our fault; blame the politically biased prosecutor.”</p>
<p>I think I know why George Bush is tired of the “Blame Game” its the only game the Republicans know.</p>
<p>Okay, got the data. HCA reached a $630 million settlement in a Medicare fraud suit two days before Frist became Majority Leader. Frist’s brother was due to be deposed within the month. Another instance of interesting timing.</p>