Well, at this point, same here.
But you know, if this story is true (and not a plant to shore up J. Bush's image, which it could be), then I have this to say:
They are looking at this and saying, "How can we do this?"
I think that by now I truly am convinced that we actually are seeing a well organized criminal conspiracy, small Southern town style, the stuff that used to happen. The main guys are the town leaders - former sheriff Rice, now Republican state representative Rice; hires Mikey, keep him happy and occupied, doing the gang's bidding. Felos the devious, cunning attorney, the brains behind the deal: he saw how you could catenate the emerging case law on "terminally ill" patients with Medicare payments and use it to make millions, while killing off the people who were causing too much expense.
Greer is not really in on the deal: he's been identified as a useful idiot, a has-been who never was, played for a sucker. The moron who gets sent to do the gang's dirty work without understanding how they're working him. And why? He wants to be a big man, and they contribute money to his campaign. Probably tell him what a brilliant guy he is, too. So he gives them what they want.
Those cops out front? Bought and paid for. Sheriff Rice's boys. They know who buys the donuts.
They're all in on it. Even Greer probably has an inkling, but he goes along. 'Cuz now he's a Big Man. Finally, after all those years of being a bumbler and a buffon, screwing up even the little cases.
What should the Governor do? If I were him, I would have a team working overtime to make state conspiracy charges against the whole goddamn group. Bring in his brother's guys, the Feds, make a RICO case out of it, IRS and everyone else.
And then, simply go in with state troopers and Bureau of State Investigations SWAT teams. The cops there are, as I said before, now in open defiance of state law. They have to be taken down.
Maybe some people will compare this to Waco, Elian, etc. It's just the opposite: this would be a case where the government would be used to stop government crime.
Bush needs to end this little rebellion by a criminal gang operating under cover of a corrupted judge. Big Time. Now.
Incredibly cynical and conspiratorial...
...and likely true as well!