The Edge does not disappoint

I was so sad when I thought the Conservative Edge had disappeared. I figured somehow it had folded due to all the new attention Kentucky bloggers had been getting. Maybe they had been busted blogging on the clock (a time honored tradition)... but no, they just upgraded.

And looking at their new posts, I'm happy to have them again. Two posts on the Merit Investigation worth mentioning. The first, from Leland Conway, who voices a criticism of his own party which I have felt for some time -- and totally nails it on the head:

But for the sake of the Governor, the Republican Party of Kentucky, and conservative thinkers everywhere, can we drop the arguement that democrats have been doing it for years?

Of course they have, but that's not the point. At first the scandal looked bad, like the Gov. had been caught doing what he said he was going to clean up... but now it looks more like Fletcher is getting unfairly beaten down by a political witch-hunt. Conservative Edge contributor Brian Geottl nails this point with his post on Annecdotal evidence:

a fellow attorney told me the other day: I am a life long democrat, and will always be a democrat. I'm not concerned with what happened in Frankfort, everyone knows the democrats did it too. I think that the AG is wasting the taxpayer's dollars and time. My trusted non-political friend has been a pretty good bell weather for me...

If Fletcher can get through this, he has plenty of time to do some good for the Commonwealth, like improving education or bringing in good, non-polluting factory jobs.

The only thing wrong with Brian's entry: it's "bell wether" not "bell weather." A wether is a sheep and the one in the front of the flock wears a bell that the other sheep follow -- hence "bell wether." sorry to be a pendant, but it's my nature.