Know a Leader by His Enablers

While one does not always agree with comments posted on the Free Republic web site, sometimes those Freepers hit the nail on the head. Viz today’s response to the indictment yesterday afternoon of South Carolina state treasurer Thomas Ravenel and acquaintance Michael L. Miller on charges of cocaine distribution.

The indictment alleges that beginning in and around late 2005, and continuing up to the date of this indictment -- June 19, 2007 -- defs knowingly and intentionally did combine, conspire and agree together . . . to knowingly and intentionally and unlawfully to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute a quantity of cocaine.

Short and sweet. As the Freepers and several news reports note, Ravenel -- scion of a politically connected Republican clan in SC and touted as potential challenger to Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) in the 2008 Republican primary -- is also Rudy Giuliani's South Carolina campaign chairman. Here's what Free Republic has to say about that:

"Fruity Giuliani’s SC campaign chairman goes up in flames. Again, be in awe of Fruity’s judgment...

- Russel Harding (child porn, graft, cronyism)
- Bernard Kerik (whores, graft, illegals, cronyism, incompetence)
- Michael Chertoff (incompetence)
- Thomas Ravenel (crack)"

Link.