Short memories confer immunity on politicians, who are rarely accountable for the opportunistic, irresponsible or dishonest remarks they so often utter. In Washington's fetid culture of personal destruction, the powerful and privileged can trash an adversary's reputation without concern that the truth will embarrass them when it emerges months or years later. Consider the case of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.
Last March, Frist rose on the Senate floor to demonstrate his fealty to the White House by attacking Richard Clarke in the ugliest and most personal terms. Seeking to discredit the former counter-terrorism chief after his stunning appearance before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, Frist essentially accused the former counter-terrorism chief of committing perjury.
But now we know who was telling the truth and who wasn't, thanks to the release of a newly declassified document.
Read the rest of Joe conasan
http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2004/11/19/frist/
Read the Declassified report...
http://intelligence.senate.gov/clark.pdf
It is time to start the fight. Today the senate and House are fighting over the h.r. 4818 and as stated on main page posts the message needs to go out. I doubt the admendment will pass a court challenge but it seems that passing bills in this form does anyone left or right in this country a disservice.
The people house is broken and it is time to fix it. It is a travisty that 98% of incumbents are relected. This is a shame on both parties. It is time that a non-partisan group in all states decided house districts and being competitive should be the norm. It is probably a pipe dream but hey I still hope that small market teams in Baseball can compete with the Bostons and New yorks...