The Wolf and the Cockroach

Tom DeLay is an ex-congressman who was repeatedly called on the carpet for ethics violations, and eventually lost his powerful post because of his apparent lack of morals and scruples. And yet, there he was in the CNN Situation Room being interviewed by Wolf Blitzer, who fawned on this exterminator while asking his opinions about potential GOP presidential candidates in the 2008 election. This is wrong on two levels. DeLay's expertise is in the area of strongarm, corrupt politics. He should not be considered as a source of intelligent information concerning legal political affairs. There is also no reason for the election of 2008 to dominate the news. With hundreds of our soldiers being killed monthly, New Orleans still in shambles, people starving and having to choose between food or medicine, and the destruction of our planet, why are we forced to listen to prognostications that will probably be meaningless when 2008 arrives?