What [DeLay] and Hastert wanted was a timeserver.
Unintentional irony is always the most entertaining.

Posted by: Night Owl | Sep 29 2005 18:34 utc | 3

I just came across a little story about Mr Roy Blunt that is quite amusing. I am glad that he always has our best interests at heart when dealing with evil terrorists attempting to fund their dastardly deeds by selling tobacco on the internet.

Representative Blunt’s ethics drew greater scrutiny in 2003 when he was named House Republican whip. The Washington Post reported that in the final hours before a vote on a domestic security measure Mr. Blunt had tried unsuccessfully to insert a provision blocking the sale of tobacco over the Internet.
Mr. Blunt, who had divorced the previous year, was dating Abigail Perlman, a lobbyist for Philip Morris, the tobacco division of the conglomerate Altria, which considered the measure vital. Mr. Blunt’s son Andrew B. Blunt worked as a lobbyist for Philip Morris in Missouri as well. (Mr. Blunt’s daughter, Amy Blunt, also works as a lobbyist.)
Ms. Burson, his spokesman, said the measure was germane to the domestic security bill because of news reports that terrorists were selling contraband cigarettes to fund their activities. She provided a July 2004 letter from the former House majority leader Dick Armey attesting that he and others had also favored the measure.

you really can’t make this stuff up.

Posted by: dan of steele | Sep 30 2005 10:26 utc | 5