GOP corruption in the crosshairs

It blows my mind how a guy like Captain Ed, who's really a decent sort in spite of his Bushtopian tendencies, can defend a scumbag like Tom DeLay. The Hammer as you've probably heard by now dodged half a round of bullets this week when a judge dismissed one of the charges against him. Unfortunately the Exterminator's dream of getting greasy palms back on the steering wheel of power are still thwarted by the remaining charges.

What doesn't surprise is that the scumbag in chief, Dick Cheney, will be headlining a fundraiser for DeLay's legal fees although it seems to be a rather singularly stupid move politically, as Joe Gandelmann points out.

Cheney is — once again — providing the very worst imagery for the GOP. To be sure, there are many Republicans who will defend DeLay...but there are also some that will want to keep a distance because the DeLay story is going to reinforce perceptions that the GOP has grown arrogant and corrupt in power.

From his pleading for permission to torture to his unflagging support for his criminally corrupt cronies, Cheney has become a walking political disaster area. It suggests to me that he knows he's going down in the Plame scandal and is using his position to sweep up whatever shards of shattered neo-con dreams he can, for as long as he still holds it.