Monday, June 30, 2003

Republican shamelessness

Altnough Mike Robinson of the Associated Press, in his article "Prosecutors push for tough sentence in Illinois campaign scandal" somehow forgets to mention that Scott Fawell (the convicted top aide of Governor Ryan) is a Republican, he does come up with a beautiful telling detail:

Witnesses said at the trial that Fawell, working as Ryan's chief of staff and campaign manager, used state workers and taxpayer dollars to fuel Ryan's campaigns and pressured employees for campaign contributions.

Witnesses also said Fawell.. shredded campaign documents and even billed taxpayers for the shredder.

Billed taxpayers for the shredder ... That's really the beauty part, isn't it? I just love these Republicans. They are so ... so themselves.