Kentucky GOP Official Indicted in Probe

[NVMojo]

do I hear the music of "another bites the dust" in the background??

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A grand jury investigating alleged political influence in state hiring and firing indicted the Kentucky Republican Party's treasurer and another GOP official Thursday.

Dave Disponett, the GOP treasurer who is also on the state Board of Elections, and J. Marshall Hughes, a party district chairman, were accused of plotting with administration officials and others to make personnel decisions on the basis of applicants' political affiliations.

A 1960 Kentucky civil service law makes it illegal to take political allegiances into consideration.

Previously, 11 current or former members of GOP Gov. Ernie Fletcher's administration were indicted.

more...

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2005/oct/20/102006108.html

[WI_DEM]

1. The National and State GOP is filled with crooks, but their day

is coming.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

2. They're dropping like flies.

That's what a culture of corruption will get ya.

[Walt Starr]

3. Teh governor will just pardon him

like he has every other Republican criminal in the state.

[racaulk]

4. Steve walks warily down the street, with his brim pulled way down low...

I am loving this!!! :woohoo:

[powwowdancer]

5. Nah...

What the national nooz ain't tellin' you is that Guv Fletcher, (known by we locals derisively as BG, or "Boy Governor") has issued blanket pardons for most if not all of these yahoos. This shitbag ran on an "End the waste, fraud & abuse" in Frankfort platform. Now he's got Tom DeLay green with envy at the depths to which he has sunk to keep from payin' the fiddler for his waste fraud and abuse. He shoulda said, "I'll end the democrats waste fraud and abuse, (which, like wild bill, involved mostly sex and a real pea-brained Lt. Gov.), and replace it with REPUBLICAN style waste fraud and abuse." That's the same shenanigans sans the sex, cuz nobody wants to fuck these losers. Unless this noise goes all the way up the food chain to BG, don't look for anyone to do time, or even lose their jobs. He's actually issued pardons for anyone who "may be indicted." That's pretty goddam cheeky if you asked me. Meanwhile, he's drumming on the "Bush-Cheney-DeLay-Frist" It's a witch-hunt defense. TO DEATH. These ass hats fail to realize that slinging accusations is skulduggery, whereas a grand jury handing down indictments is a whole nuther animal. An indictment has to be made based on evidence by a jury... not rantings by politicians. If the GJ indicts, there's EVIDENCE, and the EVIDENCE is compelling. The witch hunts end at the doors of the grand jury, and the prosecution of CRIMINALS begin. Unless, of course, they have a blanket pardon. I betcha bush gets out his pardon pen when his cronies start getting close to the stoney lonesome. Wait and see. Ernie didn't invent this shit, Nixon did.

:dem:
powwowdancer out

[FiveGoodMen]

6. Is such an unspecified, blanket pardon legal?

[JoZbean]

7. Yeppers. Done deal

[powwowdancer]

13. Apparently so...

Remember, Nixon's pardon was granted before he was charged with anything; it was for anything he "may or may not have done. That's a big-ass blanket. I'd say Kentucky's pardon rules are similar. BG's all ready pardoned nine, with an eye on issuing more, but since the "I" word (impeachment) has been bandied about, he is treading these waters very carefully. Besides, legality seems to matter little to the GOP. And before some lurking freeper twit gets his/her panties in a bunch, blow jobs are legal, reprehensible when they're not from your wife, but legal. Laws have been broken. Only time will tell whether justice will be served. I rather doubt it. These clods are rich and white. Different rules apply. Sad but true. That's why I'm a socialist democrat. One set of rules. Fairly applied regardless of race or class.

:dem:
powwowdancer out

[hatrack]

10. And here I thought we in Missouri had cornered the market on BGs

What with Baby Blunt (who is almost making John Ashcroft look good as governor), I thought we had the edge in callow well-connected clowns.

Guess again, I guess! :hi:

[powwowdancer]

14. Yep

I got the blue state blues.

:dem:
powwowdancer out

[sadiesworld]

8. Let's see how the Courier Journal does tomorrow.

This story and the Delay story should both ABSOLUTELY be front page news. Will the CJ put two stories about criminal repub behavior on the front page?

[Roland99]

9. Don't hold your breath.

But, I'd love to hear McConnell's or Bunning's thoughts on this. I'm sure they'll be as silent as a corpse on this matter, though.

[Name removed]

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[powwowdancer]

19. Jim Bunning's Thoughts?

I can give you a hint: "Duh, I had jello today. It was red. I like the brown eggs. Who are you? Are you here to fix the toaster? My name's... uh... I had jello today!" Bunning's had no balls in his batting cage for many moons. Only in Kentucky could someone in the throes of advanced dementia continue to hold office.

:dem:
powwowdancer out

[sadiesworld]

21. Well, the CJ had both stories on the front page...

above the fold even. However, the lay-out is damning. I love how they have the SUPERSIZE headline on the unrelated story in the middle and the Delay story boxed to the right with a teeny headline and his campaign-brochure booking photo above it. My husband (an avid news consumer) said he would have missed it if I hadn't alerted him.

I'm also pretty unimpressed with the corresponding story on page A3 entitled "Delay booked in donation case". Donation case?! :WTF:

[powwowdancer]

17. Da Skinny On Da CJ

The Courier Journal is widely perceived, (especially among the GOP), as being a "liberal" leaning paper. That said, they've also shown the typical, (mythical), liberal media penchant for kow-towing to the nouveau fascisti with alarming alacrity. I'd be curious to see if they did. Once again, if the shoe doesn't drop on Ernie, it's not a story. Just another corrupt crony getting dragged over the coals... it's SO yesterday's news. I think they'll circle like buzzards until they smell gubenatorial blue blood, then they'll nose-dive into the gore beak first. By the way, seen delay's mug shot? He's not holding a number, though it is on the card with him. He's grinning like an idiot. Only a rich, pompous, white GOP bastard could grin like it's a glamor shot when he's been handed his political head on a plate. Even if he walks, (which I doubt), he'll never enjoy the same "hammer" status, since he will forevermore bee seen as "vulnerable," in a political sense. That said, he'll still make the moves behind the scenes to see that his ilk still maintains their death-grip on power. BG is the same. Everyone is waiting for him to go down, but until he starts sinking, it's dangerous to poke a cornered polecat. I'd love to be proven wrong and find some serious investigative journalism done to expose BG for the horse's ass that he is. I'm just not going to hold my breath. Liberal media my ass.

:dem:
powwowdancer out

[ShockediSay]

11. Repugnantkin Ethics Steering Committee candidates

Sign'em up.

[TygrBright]

15. "GOP Official Indicted...." Ho-hum....

...anything NEW happening?

"GOP Official target of probe"

"GOP Official under investigation"

etcetera, etcetera, etcetera...

Now, let's have some REAL news, hmmm?

"GOP Official Discovered to be Honest, Ethical..."

Now THAT would be NEWS!

cynically,
Bright

[Kingofalldems]

16. Indictments come in clusters

Their roots are connected.......

[Bonescrat]

18. Ahhh ha ha ha!!!! Nice... I'm series... eom.

[mandyky]

20. Oooohhhhhhhhh!! this is getting good!

This has been brewing for almost 6 months! Good to see more indictments.