Comments on: The Martha Factor http://poliblogger.com/?p=8251 A rough draft of my thoughts... Sat, 18 Nov 2024 05:29:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: A Stitch in Haste http://poliblogger.com/?p=8251#comment-232245 Tue, 27 Sep 2024 15:58:27 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=8251#comment-232245 <strong>Frist Insists Conflicted Trade was to Avoid a Conf</strong> Frist's explanation is all well and good, but it fails to address the systemic deficiencies in the Senate's ethics rules that this incident has exposed... Frist Insists Conflicted Trade was to Avoid a Conf

Frist’s explanation is all well and good, but it fails to address the systemic deficiencies in the Senate’s ethics rules that this incident has exposed…

]]> by: Admiral Quixote http://poliblogger.com/?p=8251#comment-232132 Tue, 27 Sep 2024 14:56:18 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=8251#comment-232132 I tried to leave a trackback by using both the suggested trackback url (http://poliblogger.com/wp-trackback.html?p=8251) and your permalink. Neither appeared to work unless they will show up after quite a delay. I agree this will harm Frist, but for reasons that I discuss here (http://www.solport.com/roundtable/archives/000880.html), Frist was dead-on-arrival anyway. I tried to leave a trackback by using both the suggested trackback url (http://poliblogger.com/wp-trackback.html?p=8251) and your permalink. Neither appeared to work unless they will show up after quite a delay.

I agree this will harm Frist, but for reasons that I discuss here (http://www.solport.com/roundtable/archives/000880.html), Frist was dead-on-arrival anyway.

]]> by: The Misanthrope http://poliblogger.com/?p=8251#comment-232116 Tue, 27 Sep 2024 14:47:53 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=8251#comment-232116 The smoking gun in Martha's case was the secretary who pointed out that Martha destroyed/forged evidence. Also, her "best friend" spilled the beans about the phone call from the stockbroker with inside info. Frist will easily walk away from this. Maybe the GOP ticket in '08 will be Frist and DeLay, and they can count on the sympathy vote since the GOP will present it as the liberal media picking on them. The smoking gun in Martha’s case was the secretary who pointed out that Martha destroyed/forged evidence. Also, her “best friend” spilled the beans about the phone call from the stockbroker with inside info. Frist will easily walk away from this. Maybe the GOP ticket in ‘08 will be Frist and DeLay, and they can count on the sympathy vote since the GOP will present it as the liberal media picking on them.

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