Allow me to add to the chorus of giddy cheerleading that has sprung up far and wide across Left Blogtopia today. Today may well be the most joyus day for the last 5 years. Indeed, at this moment it seems that the chickens have come home to roost, the other shoe has dropped and "that" has been inserted into pipes and smoked. After years of shameless, undisguised corruption and cronyism, the wheels seem to be coming off the republican graft-mobile.
Let's review some of the fine events of this momentous day:
1. House Majority Leader Tom Delay has been indicted by a Texas Grand Jury on a conspiracy charge related to his campaign finance activities for TRMPAC. He has stepped down as majority leader, and is claiming this is all partisan politics.
2. On the other side of the Capitol, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is being investigated by the SEC due to his apparent insider trading of his family's company HCA Inc. earlier this summer.
3. And crossing back over once again, a House panel was hearing pledges from government auditors that they will closely examine millions of dollars in contracts the Bush administration awarded to politically connected companies for Hurricane Katrina relief.
Lord knows I'm trying hard not to get too excited, here, but damn if right now I am not (to steal from atrios and The Editors) singing the "Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy" song while doing the Snoopy dance. After all these years of watching this go on, seeing some form of censure being levelled against these crooks is the best present anyone can give. Sigh.....!
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