Pelosi's Picks

Here goes that roller-coaster again. Nancy Pelosi, of the "I will clean up corruption in Congress" has set her sights on Alcee Hastings as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee (an obvious oxymoron right there). In case anyone's memory fails to go back to 1988, Hastings was impeached for conspiring to take bribes as a federal judge in Florida.

Eighteen years ago, Democratic Rep. John Conyers came to believe that Alcee Hastings, at the time a federal judge in Florida, was guilty of impeachable offenses. Hastings stood accused of conspiring to take bribes, and, although it is little remembered today, Conyers served as the chairman of the House Judiciary subcommittee that investigated Hastings and unanimously recommended his impeachment. After the House voted 413 to 3 to impeach Hastings, Conyers went on to serve as one of the House impeachment managers who successfully argued before the Senate that Hastings should be convicted and removed from office.

I was able to obtain a declassified copy of Karl Rove's Vast Rightwing Conspiracy Playbook. Pelosi is playing right into his hands according to page 4, paragraph 3:

People are who they are. They don't change. If the Democrats are in control, sit back and watch the circus; they can't help themselves and will inevitably 'step in it'. It only takes time, so be patient.

This hasn't taken any time at all. Rove, you are a genius.