Byron York says:
The word on Capitol Hill this morning is House Republicans are increasingly irritated with Speaker Denny Hastert over his stand in the William Jefferson corruption case. First, they think Hastert is wrong on the law — that the Constitution does not, in fact, give members of Congress a right to use their offices to hide evidence of felonies. Second, they're mad about Hastert's handling of the politics. "We had a chance to even the score on the ethics thing," says one GOP aide, mindful of months of Democratic "culture of corruption" attacks. "There's no way we're going to win it, but we could have fought it to a draw." Now, that chance is gone, thanks to Hastert. "Members are ticked off," says the aide. "There's $90,000 in William Jefferson's freezer, and that's not the story."
"Increasingly irritated" ... you have to be kidding, Byron, right? Irritated doesn't even begin to cover it ... I am appalled, disgusted, ashamed, mad as a hatter, and a whole host of other descriptors that I will allow your imagination and way with words to conjur up.
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Idiots in the House "Let me see...what words am I looking for? Oh yeah....IDIOT! MORON!! Along with Hastert, I believe some members of the House have lost their collective minds."
Reckless Fools: Has Someone Trampled The Collective Grey Matter of Congress?
So far as I can tell, there is absolutely no one, even on the rabid left seems okay with this search, is there anyone who is not currently a sitting Member of Congress who feels affronted by what happened last Saturday? And even crediting some childish affrontery, is there no one on the staff of any of these Congresspersons (say, maybe, a lawyer? Or perhaps a law student? Someone with access to LexisNexis?) who could give these preening fools a "Come to Jesus" moment? Right now, the only thing dumber than these hearings is the name they have been given.
Hey Congress who do you think you are?
If only we could get the NSA to start spying on members of Congress. Tap their phones and read their email, no warrants necessary. We could call it a "Corruption Surveillance Program," and leak the details to the New York Times to make sure everyone in Congress is made aware they're being watched. I'm being facetious, of course, in part to help elicit an image of the howls of righteous indignation such a program would prompt in Washington D.C.
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