I think that we need a new benchmark for this failed Democrat Congress. They need to get their microphones working, or we should set a timetable to pull the pork out of their districts.

Some thoughts from Eric Scheie:

I was immediately reminded of the unresolved Peter Paul case, but if we think back further, there’s Johnny Huang, Charlie Trie, Moktar Riaddy. The Craig scandal is pathetically simple, even sad by comparison, does not involve the presidential election, nor money corruption, and probably wouldn’t be much of a scandal if it involved the Democrats. That the public perception would be that “both parties have scandals” shows only how easily manipulated the public can be.

…I think the Hsu case is bigger than Vick and Craig combined. It has a creepy, tip-of-the-iceberg feel to it, and it’s a perfect reminder (as if anyone needed a reminder) of the deep, hard-core corruption which has long characterized Bill and Hillary Clinton. (I don’t believe they have changed at all.) What sickens me more than seeing this corruption resurface is to see so many naive people behaving as if they’re shocked and surprised. (And what will sicken me more than that, I’m sure, is the speed at which they’ll forget.)

Yes. That people still don’t understand the depth of corruption of the Clintons is a failure–no–a criminal unwillingness to inform the public, or even an ongoing effort to deliberately misinform them–by the press in the nineties. It was journalistic malpractice.

And it continues, as long as they remain Democrats, and Bill maintains his (always unnoticeable to me) charisma level. Who has been reporting on the upcoming Peter Paul trial? Very few.

And Eric implicitly offers a challenge to the poetically gifted among us–come up with new lyrics for “Runaround Sue.”

At least for me. He seems to be interested in, and understand technology.

David Bernstein makes some good points, but I think the real question is not, why should Larry Craig resign, but why shouldn’t most of the Senate? Of course, I’ve been asking that question for years.

American is gone, but Hillary! (and Bill) will bring it back. Can’t wait.

[Update a minute later]

I loved this comment:

Maybe she means the American people will get their silverware back.

If the global warming evangelists had the slightest sense of irony, they’d never even attempt things like this. They have no concept of what laughing stocks they make of themselves.

I would ask him to forgive me for taking great pleasure in this. Guess that’s what schadenfreude is all about.

…to hear that Venezuela’s currency is collapsing. Such are the wages of socialism. No doubt he’ll blame it on George Bush.

Let’s hope that it leads to the collapse of Hugo’s government. I would think, at a minimum, that it bodes well for lower oil prices, because he’s going to have to start selling it off faster to prop up his national shell game.

…to hear that Venezuela’s currency is collapsing. Such are the wages of socialism. No doubt he’ll blame it on George Bush.

Let’s hope that it leads to the collapse of Hugo’s government. I would think, at a minimum, that it bodes well for lower oil prices, because he’s going to have to start selling it off faster to prop up his national shell game.

…to hear that Venezuela’s currency is collapsing. Such are the wages of socialism. No doubt he’ll blame it on George Bush.

Let’s hope that it leads to the collapse of Hugo’s government. I would think, at a minimum, that it bodes well for lower oil prices, because he’s going to have to start selling it off faster to prop up his national shell game.