Talking Points Memo doesn't dig very deep into the Corleone canon:
Who got to Sherry Boehlert? Did they make him an offer he couldn't refuse?
We knew the day would come, but we can see here that the days of trials have begun for the Conscience Caucus.
Just shy of two weeks ago Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R) of New York told his constituents: "I’ve never been a gambler … I don’t want to gamble with Social Security trust fund moneys. And so I am very, very skeptical of the so-called plans to privatize. And I think a disservice is being done to a great many Americans by sort of sounding the alarm that everything’s going to hell in a hand basket and we’re going to be broke by 2018. That simply is not so."
But look at today's Poughkeepsie Journal and see what a change a few days back in DC has wrought: "Boehlert said he needs to hear more details before deciding whether to support the [President's Social Security] plan. But he praised Bush for trying to tackle the politically difficult issue."
Josh, you could have tried a little harder. A horse's head, bringing the brother over from the village in Sicily, maybe even the dead hooker in the bed...
Meanwhile, Mad Doctor Frist is talking like he's read the Luca Brasi how to guide, telling the New York Times: "I can play hardball as well as anybody. That's what I did, cut people's hearts out." So if you find a dead cat in your bed...
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