What's it all about, Alcee?
Michelle Malkin
Last week, disgraced and disgraceful Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) fired off an unhinged rant to fellow House Democrats denying he was corrupt and attacking "Newt Gingrich, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin, Michael Barone, Drudge, anonymous bloggers, and other assorted misinformed fools" who have cited his House impeachment and Senate conviction on bribery and perjury charges.
Hastings complains that there's "a whole lot of information that is not being discussed at all" about his impeachment and his career. By all means, let's discuss. I've compiled a handy bunch of links and dug up some helpful nuggets to help ensure that Alcee fools no one.
At Thomas, you can look up much of the impeachment record for yourselves. I found these answers from Hastings about whether the impeachment was fair quite illuminating:
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On Nexis, you can find out what the New York Times editorial board--those rabid right-wing fools--said about the fairness of Hastings' impeachment. The race card is also torn to shreds. A sample:
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Bryan Preston reviews Nancy Pelosi's impending decision on nominating Hastings to chair the House Intel Committee here.
Byron York recaps Conyer's judgement against Hastings and highlights Article 16, which charged Hastings of using secret information from a wiretap to tip off a friend to steer clear of someone who was under investigation.
York reminds us of Pelosi's vote (and the votes of Hoyer, Conyers, Rangel, Frank, and Waxman) to impeach Hastings here.
Liberal group CREW has posted transcripts of the House proceedings and a post-trial memeorandum.
Lefty Stephen Kaus reviews the docs at the Huffington Post: ...
Video: Barney Frank accuses Chris Wallace of bias on Fox News Sunday
Allahpundit
This makes three Democrats who have used Fox’s air time to complain about Fox since Clinton had his meltdown a few months ago: Barbara Boxer, Dean-o (on election night, I believe), and now Frank.
Mr. Frank said the questions were “appropriate” but misleading because of an introduction in which Mr. Wallace said the interview would inform viewers about what the Democratic chairmen planned to do with their new majority. “It was misleading advertising,” the congressman said.
O’Reilly said today on his radio show that sources tell him that the DNC is putting people up to this. ...
