February 02, 2005
Frist off the deep end
Majority Leader Frist needs to lay off the formaldehyde.
"I can play hardball as well as anybody," he said, unprompted, at the end of a recent interview. "That's what I did, cut people's hearts out. On the other hand, I do it to cure them, to heal them, to make them better."Is this supposed to be intimidating? You're a doctor: you didn't cut people's hearts out to teach them a lesson. "This is what I do, I gas people. I did it for anesthetic purposes, but they knew who was boss. You ask me if I have a God complex. Let me tell you something. I am God."