The Hastert / Jefferson thing is not bizarre

* from Reader John:

"The Hastert/Jefferson thing is not bizarre. Sure it’s a blatant and egregious violation of the constitution, but that doesn’t interest most of today’s Republicans. What interests them is that it is apparent that the White House’s strong arm and unconstitutional tactics can be turned on any one of them at a moment’s notice. Bush Co. runs the Republican party like a mob operation - you’ve said it before. This is Joey Nine Fingers complaining to the boss that he ain’t interested in becoming Joey Eight Fingers. Doesn’t mean a goddamn thing though because the boss gots the goods on almost all of ‘em – probably a helluva lot more than he has on the Dems, actually. It’ll take a full-scale revolt, but there are too few American Republicans in congress and too many Republican Americans to make it happen. It is the abject cowardice of those poltroons that is to blame for the failure of this generation to live up to its constitutional obligations and heritage. "

I couldna said it better myself.

* in case you missed it, the DeLay team is using a Colbert/Greenwald interview in support of DeLay. head exploding.

* jack cafferty tees off about congresscritters being scared that the FBI might investigate them.

* cannon has more about CocaineOne and Hopsicker. he's breathlessly excited (i havent heard the interview that he points to - so i still have my breath)

* xymphora continues his lonely argument about traitorgate:

"You know I’ve been going on a long time about how I feel Plamegate is just an CIA operation against the White House. Confirmation comes in this report of an allegation in Libby’s court filings that it was the CIA itself that told Libby about Plame’s identity. If the allegation is true, Plamegate was a CIA set-up. "

i don't think xymphora is right. and i also don't think leftblogistan is right about their take on the story (which seems remarkably narrow). remarkably, despite their record, i even suspect that some elements of rightblogistan might not be entirely wrong about their interpretation (although i have no clues as to which parts might be accurate). I'm also pretty sure that our particular version of the story is incomplete too. i wonder if we'll ever know.