We knew he had a questionable safety record for his coal mines. We knew that he blames an imaginary earthquake for his Utah mine disaster. We heard him use a tragic moment to rail against everything from global warming to Hillary Clinton. So I guess this shouldn't surprise. Excerpt:

"Mitch McConnell calls me one of the five finest men in America, and last time I checked he was sleeping with your boss," Murray told the [MSHA] inspectors...

Heckofa job, Bob! Heckofa job, Mitch and Elaine!

Oh, you can always find corrupt individuals in both parties. William Jefferson comes to mind. But this really continues the Authoritarian pattern of today's GOP as orchestrated perfectly by the Bush administration. The same Bush the whole GOP proudly hung its future (and that of the world) on not so very long ago. And the same Bush who was the GOP's hero up until about the past year.

"W" "THE PRESIDENT"! We hardly knew ya. But many of us knew better.

BONUS!: Is Ragsdale really any more guilty for things that have happened under his watch than W is for those under his? How is the evidence different?