Alabama scheming

Anyone who doubts the existence of conspiracies -- Republican conspiracies, at least -- should read Scott Horton's new piece on filthy politics in Alabama.

With the collusion of the Bush Justice Department, Alabama's Republican governor has decided that it can arrest on trumped-up charges any Democratic state legislator. The state's newspapers are all outrageously biased in favor of the GOP. Meanwhile...

Recall that a Missouri criminal attorney conducted a detailed investigation into the service of Mark Everett Fuller as District Attorney in Coffee and Pike Counties. His study, presented in a sworn affidavit and backed up with documentation, showed that Fuller was an absentee district attorney. He drew his salary for the job, but he spent his time out of state, largely in Colorado, attending to the business that he owns and operated and which continues to provide most of his income–Doss Aviation. The affidavit was submitted to the U.S. Attorney and the Justice Department. No investigation of its allegations occurred.