A Roll of Honor --Of Sorts--That Kneecaps The GOP


There has been a lot of speculation as to where and when the much feared Karl Rove 'October Surprise' will land. I am becoming of the view
the October Surprise is that there is no surprise. Not that the Rovian
minions wouldn't (some have on small,local scales) if they they thought
they could.I still think that in desperation something may bubble up to the top of their septic tank view of the political world. But it is hard,very hard to sling
any serious slime when your own party is single
handedly contributing to prison over crowding,
all by itself. A number of Republican Congressmen have found themselves not only
Sex scandals dominate midterm elections - Yahoo! News GOP pride
mugshotted and fingerprinted,in some cases they actually went to jail. Randy Cunningham is currently

serving a prison sentence in a particularly sad story of a fall from grace. Bob Ney is about to enter prison in a plea bargain,yet still clings to his office in a stubborn refusal to do the decent thing. He says he will be vindicated. Exactly how you can be vindicated when you have pleaded guilty escapes me but I guess thats Republican't delusion And of course can we forget Tom Delay? Whose seat is going to the Democrats pretty much by default because of Delays own resignation shenanigans. Pity really. It denied Nick Lampson the chance to open a can whup ass on Delay and beat him at the polls. Oh well. Instead we see a steady parade of Delay infected individuals resigning or going to jail such as his freind and fellow gang member Jack Abromoff,while we wait for Bugmans own turn in front of a judge.

There are other Republicans in trouble with the law,Curt Weldon for one,and many with some pretty dubious stuff behind them as evidenced by the link above,but these three are special. They epitimomize the culture of greed and self agrandizement that has flourished under the carefull stewardship of many in the GOP. And they got caught. Three pretty good reasons why the 'October Surprise' can't get out of the gate.