PentaPost opines, "As Post writer Thomas B. Edsall reported last week, the Westar executives believed, as is evident from documents disclosed in a federal investigation of the company, that their donations to political groups linked with the four key Republicans would cause Congress to exempt their firm from a federal regulation they regarded as troublesome. Whether the campaign contributions were a quid pro quo for legislative action on a measure sought by Westar should not simply be a subject of debate between press secretaries and the media. Given the political game plan described by Westar executives and the subsequent legislative action that was taken, the matter warrants prompt investigation by the Department of Justice." Are we dreaming? Is the Pentagon Post REALLY demanding an investigation of Republicans???

Westar's incriminating internal email names four GOP Congressmen, including Billy Tauzin, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Tom Delay, Joe Barton and Senator Richard Shelby, as requesting campaign contributions to GOP candidates. Chairman Tauzin says he never heard of Westar and did not know the language had been inserted into the bill HE negotiated. Was he merely stupid or incompetent? Is he really so arrogant as to believe the public would believe his lame tale?