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05/14/2003 Archived Entry: "Honor and Integrity"
Honor and Integrity
My brain is smoking right now, trying to figure out how the American people got brainwashed into buying the 'honor and integrity' bullshit. Saxby Chambliss, who defeated a Viet Nam vet who left 3 limbs in Nam by calling him unpatriotic, is today's poster boy for typical Republic behavior:
Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss thought he was chatting privately with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist when he asked for help in securing an appointment for a rich GOP donor who raised "a chunk of money for me." Little did he know Frist had allowed a reporter to listen in and his story would spark allegations by Democrats that the two GOP lawmakers were "selling ambassadorships to the highest bidder."
At issue is a passage from a lengthy profile of Frist, published in Sunday's New York Times Magazine. It details a phone call the Tennessee Republican made to an unidentified junior senator to ask him to deliver the annual George Washington Farewell Address.
Chambliss' staff acknowledged Wednesday the quotes in the article belong to him.
