Politics and Crime:

When will voters in this country wake up to the tight relationship between the Republican party and criminals?

The Republican National Committee is paying for the legal defense of James Tobin (more that $722,000 to date!!!). Tobin has been indicted for suppressing voter turnout and using auto-dialers to block get out the vote efforts. He is suspected of working with people here in Virginia to do the same thing. Of course the races in Virginia last November did not look that close, but in New Hampshire, Republican Rep. John Sununu narrowly won the race, possibibly in part because voters were prevented from getting to the polls. Waldo Jaquith is busy connecting the dots on a similar situation in Virginia, though as yet it is only an investigation.

Then there is the case of Jack Abramoff, indicted yesterday in a fraud scheme and under investigation for campaign finance scandals in the Delay and Bush and Ney campaigns. Abramoff has also drummed up donations for the "Capital Athletic Foundation" by saying donors would get access to Tom Delay and contribute to urban youth participation in sports, but the sports turned out to be arming Isreali militias to terrorist Palestinians. This list goes on, and on, and on... Google it yourself.

So even if you did vote for George W. Bush, why the heck aren't you ashamed of that now? Carefully remove your "W04" sticker and replace it with these: