If It Weren’t For Public Records, Alcee Would Be A-OK!
Poor guy came unglued last week and blamed his problems on the vast right-wing conspiracy. The problem is, if you refer to this source, Alcee found his impeachment hearings to be fair. Even the NYT’s found them to be fair. Imagine that! Byron Preston weighs in on Pelosi’s decision here, while Byron York recaps Conyer’s judgement against Hastings and highlights Article 16, which charged Hastings of using secret information from a wiretap to tip off a friend to steer clear of someone who was under investigation. Crew weighs in here and here. Some at Huffington Post are less than thrilled, while Front Page Magazine has written articles here and here, and even brought up recent ethics violations here. Ethics, schmethics, I guess.
November 27, 2006 - 01:05 PM on November 27th, 2006
Hastings Isn’t Helping Himself
Representative Alcee Hastings (D-FL23), is set to become the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, when Democrats take Congress in January. On November 20, Hastings bashed “anonymous bloggers in general” and specifically named Miche…