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October 21, 2005
Senate Does The Right Thing
Several weeks ago we wrote about investigator David M. Barrett's continued taxpayer-funded effort against former HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros, over a decade after the investigation began and six years after Cisneros plead guilty to a misdemeanor.
The Senate had voted unanimously to discontinue Barrett's $2 million a year operation, since the matter was effectively resolved years ago. The House put the money back in, but today the Senate once again removed it.
We suggest the House's efforts (under the leadership of that persecuted by partisanship leader Rep. Tom DeLay), have been nothing more than insurance against a once, and perhaps future star in Democratic politics. An "ongoing investigation" and its attendant legal bills would likely be enough to discourage the immensely talented Mr. Cisneros from taking another political shot, even though this personal matter was resolved years ago.
Just remember that when Mr. DeLay and his gang whine about a partisan vendetta against them. They created this political climate over a decade ago -- they made this bed. Now DeLay, Karl Rove and others are finding out what it's like to be on the other side of the equation.
Karma's funny that way.
Posted by houtopia at October 21, 2005 09:54 AM