Let's review, okay class... House Majority Leader (former) Delay Indicted on Criminal Conspiracy charge. Senate Majority Leader Frist under SEC investigation for Insider Trading. Karl Rove up to his neck in political scandal, Jack Abramoff embroiled in many, many scandals, including 3 associates on gang-style murder charges for the Gus Boulis killing. Hurrcane Katrina and now Rita relief efforts in complete disarray, and in congressional hearings to find out what went wrong.

Got that so far? Good. So, what do the Republicans do in response???

Well, says the The WaPo it seems Republicans rely upon the continual investigation of Bill Clinton and his administraion.

It goes like so; This spring, Republicans and Democrats voiced outrage over the news that independent counsel David M. Barrett was still pursuing a decade-long, $21 million investigation into a crime long confessed and paid for. Without debate, the Senate unanimously agreed to strip Barrett of further funding for his inquiry on former housing secretary Henry G. Cisneros.

But, prodded by conservative commentators, House Republican leaders grew convinced that Democrats were trying to suppress embarrassing revelations about the Clinton administration. The Senate provision was ditched behind closed doors, and Barrett and his staff continue to work -- at a cost to taxpayers of nearly $2 million a year -- on an inquiry that seemingly ended 13 months ago.

In its semiannual audit, the Government Accountability Office said yesterday that Barrett spent $930,742 from October 2004 to March 2005, six years after Cisneros pleaded guilty to the charges Barrett was appointed to investigate -- and more than a year after Barrett submitted his 400-page report for final judicial review. The GAO did not indicate what Barrett has been doing since he finished his report, other than maintain staff and office expenditures that have continued to rise since the investigation ended.

I do recall reading something not too long back, that the Starr Investigation had 'recently ended'. What's up with that shit? I would imagine it included on-going funding Mr. Starr's (last I knew anyways) $74+ million legal escapade.

What a fucking waste of money and resources. And, here all this time I thought adults were in charge.

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