Ken Lay's Appearance

I must agree with Reynolds on today's Congressional grandstanding.

I'm sure that members of Congress think they are coming across as great populists pursuing justice. Some people in the country may even view them that way. But to more thoughtful people, they just look like a bunch of opportunistic jackasses concerned with getting camera time. Senator Hollings' reference to "Kenny Boy" is a case in point, a comment that seems a little too colloquial even for the collection of jackasses known as Congress these days.

And no, I'm not a Ken Lay fan or an Enron fan. But I am a student (and fan) of American constitutionalism and American institutions. They were not served well by today's spectacle.

[Posted at 23:58 CST on 02/12/02] [Link]