And people tell me I'm a raving, foam at the mouth, drama queen?

When that happens, our movement will destroy itself, and our government will be as unresponsive as ever. Our work will have been for nothing. We can't allow that to happen.

Obviously, I haven't been paying much attention to the Jefferson bribe thang; I find it not mildly racist for our media to focus on his small time shennanigans while dozens of white politicians are busy making billions for their corporate pals and committing treason. It's an obvious and time-honored ploy to hoist up a black politician for "corruption" when too much attention is being paid to real rape, murder and pillage perpetrated by rich white men. Jefferson is probably guilty, but he was also probably "in reserve," being fed dirty money so that when needed, he could be the "next big scandal" and draw focus from his white peers. (No, strike that- Jefferson is an amateur compared to today's Republicans.)

That said: oh, Denny! I really, really feel for you. I guess it isn't the case that as a Republican, you can enjoy a properly constitutional relationship with the Executive branch after all:

The unprecedented FBI raid on Jefferson's office triggered an extraordinary chain of events. Hastert, long one of the president's staunchest allies in Congress, and his chief of staff, Scott Palmer, were immediately angered by the tactic. On Monday, Hastert pushed Bush strongly on the issue during a trip the two shared on Air Force One coming back from Chicago. "Hastert was white-hot," said a senior administration official.