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September 26, 2005
A Pair of Scandals
I've spent a lot of time this week working on the new house, so I missed some recent scandal stories out of Washington. The first deals with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee's recent, um, examination of Maryland Lt. Gov Michael Steele's credit records. It's a wonderfully Nixonian scandal, and I look forward to finding out what other records have been unearthed by the DSCC.
The second scandal involves one of my least favorite politicans, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. Turns out the good senator may have used inside information for a recent stock sale. I don't know whether Frist committed a crime, but I certainly agree with Captain Ed:
That brings us to the other aspect that Paul and Stephen miss: the political aspects. In January, he told his constituents that he had no clue whether he owned HCA stock. If the AP documents prove authentic, he had set up his trust to keep him informed of the components of his portfolio. That means he lied about the blind trust. That may not rise to a violation of the law, but it certainly amounts to a violation of the trust that Frist needs between himself and the voters. Under those circumstances, Frist doesn't belong as a party leader in the Senate, and perhaps his constituents might want to rethink his representation of him there in any capacity.Frist is not a very good leader, and quite frankly isn't worth the fight. If it's revealed that Frist did lie, or that he's been dealing in inside information, Republicans should be the first to call for his resignation as their leader.As I posted earlier, we need to ensure that those documents are authentic. If they are -- which is what I said earlier -- then Frist needs to step down as Senate Majority Leader, regardless of whether he engaged in insider trading. Lying about the blind trust will give us enough headaches, and given Frist's generally lackluster performance in his leadership role anyway, he isn't worth the political capital that the GOP will have to spend defending him.
Yes, the Democrats are going to make political hay out of this scandal. But Republican senators should not let their disdain for the glee of political opponents lead them to knee-jerkedly defend Frist. If he did something wrong, he needs to go. It's that simple.
Posted by slublog at September 26, 2005 12:00 AM
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This is exactly the feeling I had when Trent Lott had his troubles. If he had been someone worth fighting for, then maybe. I'm more than happy to see someone else take the reins.
Posted by: Tony B at September 25, 2005 11:27 PM
Hang Frist out to dry. We'll see now if Bush has any guts, this is all the excuse he needs.
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