As hesitant as I am to jump into this, (I mostly come here for the music), I can't help but worry about statements like:

"I don't think there is much chance of proving illegal wrongdoing on Bush or Cheney's stock deals. However, the appearance of gross impropriety is, I believe, a credible threat to the electability of Republicans in November."

and

"The Washington Post has been publishing articles since Sunday about the Bush stock sales at Harken, and the Cheney stock sales (much, much larger) at Halliburton, without actually suggesting legal wrongdoing, or calling for an investigation."

Not to inject facts into a perfectly good political argument, but didn't the press hound B & C to sell off their stock before the election because owning it would be a "conflict of interest"?

And maybe I'm missing something, but in reference to:

"They just want to punish the Republicans for the decade long greed binge."

ummmm..... am I wrong, or wasn't there a Democratic Administration for 8 of the last 10 years?

Oh well, I'm off to a jazz festival.

Bix Lives!

Peace, Blues