JASON LEOPOLD: Will Frist Survive?

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By Jason Leopold -- World News Trust

It's one thing to lie in politics. It's another to be caught in a lie. Bill Frist has been caught in a lie. His political future is over. The immediate question is, can he survive as Majority Leader?

The Tennessee Republican claims he wasn’t privy to any inside information leading up to the sale of his stock in Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), the country’s largest for-profit hospital chain founded by Frist’s father, Thomas, and brother, Thomas Jr., weeks before the company reported lower than expected earnings July 13 that sent the stock south.

Now the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the matter, a spokesman for the senator said last week, to determine if Frist broke any laws.

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http://worldnewstrust.org/modules/AMS/article.php?storyid=1090

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1. Oh phooey. I was thinking he was fatally ill.

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[Democrats_win]

5. Looks like Frist isn't the only one diagnosing without seeing the patient.

Just kidding, but he could use a good doctor to heal his political career.

[Fridays Child]

2. Let's hope they're making up his bed at Camp Cupcake...

...or the men's equivalent thereof, as we speak.

[rodeodance]

3. well, he has not lied to a fed person so he will live.

[rodeodance]

4. unethical does not count in this administration. Has to illegal.

[Democrats_win]

7. Rovian method of removing Jeb's opponent.

[Felix Mala]

6. That's Sen. "Martha Stewart" Frist, to you!

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8. Strong similarities. But why did I end up liking Martha more?

She had no power. She was a victim of an over-zealous prosecutor. She stood up, took the penalty and went on with her life.

Frisk? Will he Brownie the MSM?

[Felix Mala]

11. Did he have a "standing sell order" with his 'blind trustee?'

If we get word it's going south, SELL! SELL! SELL!

[swag]

9. The best summary yet of Frist's sleazy dealings.

In fact, Frist had attempted to have it both ways since he created his so-called blind trust in the 1990s: being intimately involved with his investments that directly conflict with his political work as a senator and then claiming that he’s totally unaware of his personal financial investments—and stock sales—because it’s in a blind trust.

The mainstream media, quick to accept Frist’s statements that he’s been in the dark about his HCA holdings, was complicit in allowing the obvious conflict of having a senator who makes national decisions on healthcare that directly benefit the senator’s fortunes and that of his family, fall off the radar screen.

And from a different source:

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10. Oh, nominated, by the way.

And now it's kicked.

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12. Excellent

Also glad to see Jason's article at The Huffington Post - his talent needs to be shared.

This is written in a brilliantly clear way - case made.

Frist family genealogy: Greedy People Beget Greedy People.
;-)

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14. Definitely -- Jason Is Sending His Stuff Far And Wide

The further the better, I say.

[sarcasmo]

13. Let's hope he gets a cell with a Nascar fan named BUBBA.