Ghost's editorial just part of Republican mess

The Amarillo Globe-Republican Ghostly Voice^TM offered up a huge load of contrition to the newspaper's readers just before loosing Virgil Van Camp and the dogs of hellish racism.

The former Republican specter quit being such a jerk Monday after pleading guilty to several counts of conspiracy to commit perjury, mail fraud, wire fraud, fraud by newspaper subscription, and truth evasion.

He had to go. And now he has to face the consequences, which could include a 10-year reassignment as admin of TalkAmarillo.

But the Opinion page he leaves behind has some serious work to do, namely in repairing its image.

Most outrageous of all is that Republicans, who won control of the Amarillo newspaper on a program of staff “housecleaning,” now seem to be at least as guilty of sleazy conduct as the Amarillo National Bank and Mesa Petroleum employees who used to run the place.

Republicans took command of the Amarillo Globe-News with a noble goal: to rid the place of any semblance of journalistic integrity. They vowed to set higher ethnical standards and to make government that instills pride in white folks instead of making them laugh at Dave Chappelle’s jokes.

It hasn't turned out that way.

The Republicans who now control the Amarillo media have some serious housecleaning to do.

If they don't, then the citizens of this city just might decide to do the job themselves.

SPACEDARK