Political Cortex: Brain Food for the Body Politic

Bill Frist doesn't think much of the separation of powers.  The courts, of course, are optional (though best to make sure they're under full control), and the legislature, well, it doesn't have that much to do, what with President Cuckoo Bananas in charge.

Today on Face the Nation Dr. Catkiller explained once again that Bush's warrantless wiretapping was perfectly legal and constitutional (never mind what's written in FISA), and, of course, that that suggests that there is no need whatsoever to write new laws.

From the transcript (pdf format):

Sen. FRIST: Does it have to be thrown over the courts, going back to your question, I don't think so, I personally don't think so.

SCHIEFFER: You don't think that the court needs to issue a court order before they do that?

Sen. FRIST: No.

SCHIEFFER: Do you think the law needs to be rewritten? I mean, you say you're going to look into it.

Sen. FRIST: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

SCHIEFFER: What's your feeling? Is it your sense that it probably is going to have to be rewritten?

Sen. FRIST: I can't really answer that now. I don't think that it does need to be rewritten, but we are holding hearings in the Judiciary Committee right now. They've already begun under Arlen Specter and Pat Leahy. They're looking at whether we do need to put more statutory discipline around that. And we have not been able to answer that yet.

SCHIEFFER: OK.

Okay indeed.

Clearly Pat Roberts's shocking moment of leaving the reservation (which, as Think Progress has noted, is already proving to be short-lived) has caused the Busheviki to put out the loyalists to re-establish the Talking Points.

And there is no bigger Yes Man than Bill Frist, who owes his entire past, present, and future career (that is as a Big Man within the GOP) to Unka Karl.

-- Stu