Republican Theme Song:We Shall Overcome...Reality!

Yep, this post is just another WHAT THE HOLY HELL IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE? mini-rant.

Here's the deal...

Lawmaker Should Step Aside in DeLay Inquiry, Groups Say

By ANNE E. KORNBLUT and PHILIP SHENON

WASHINGTON, April 29 - Campaign watchdog groups said on Friday that it would be inappropriate for Representative Melissa A. Hart to oversee any potential inquiry of the House majority leader, Tom DeLay, because she had received $15,000 from his political action committee and held a fund-raiser at a restaurant owned by a Republican lobbyist at the center of a growing corruption scandal.

Ms. Hart, a Pennsylvania Republican, has been named by the House ethics committee chairman to look into accusations about Mr. DeLay, who is under scrutiny for overseas trips organized by Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist. Mr. Abramoff's far-reaching political work is now the subject of a federal grand jury investigation. Campaign records filed with the Federal Election Commission show that Ms. Hart held a fund-raising event at his restaurant, Signatures, in Washington.

And here's the NYTimes Wham! Bam! Thank you, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette! ending...

On Friday, an editorial in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette praised Ms. Hart for "her willingness to take on party leaders in her earlier service in the State Legislature."

"But her dogged party loyalty could cloud the independence she needs to follow the facts" in the investigation of Mr. DeLay, the editorial said. "She also needs to overcome the reality that she accepted $15,000 from one of Mr. DeLay's political action committees." LINK

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial board actually approved this truly weird statement?

Pardon me, but I simply have to paste it again...

"She also needs to overcome the reality..."

How about suggesting SOMEONE, ANYONE ELSE WHO'S NOT IN DELAY'S BACK POCKET?

Am I supposed to believe that the editors can overcome the reality that she's not the best person to investigate Tom DeLay?

They know she'll pretend to make a half-assed attempt to investigate the Bug Man. And that's OK with them. But they don't stop there. Gilding the lily, they offer their carefully chosen words of wisdom: "She also needs to overcome the reality that she accepted $15,000 from one of Mr. DeLay's political action committees."

If you live in Pittsburgh, I hope you have alternative news sources.

Overcoming the reality of a seriously heavy sigh.