I hope.
"Hopefully, this is Reuters misquoting Senator Frist. I hope."
Ditto here. If this is an accurate story, Frist is going to hear from me.
I doubt that Frist was misquoted, but they may have quoted one sentence out of context. Frist may have been talking specifically about the Federal courts and not about Judge Greer's court in Pinellas County, FL. I don't see how any informed observer could say that Greer acted fairly in this case, and if Frist is saying that then he's either uninformed or stupid.