Methinks the Cat Killer Doth Protest Too Much

Thanks again to Carpetbagger Report.

Bill "kill-the-kitten" Frist and his syncophants are getting awfully testy. Maybe it's just me, but this sort of behavior is usually results from having something to hide:

Tired of questions about their boss’s stock dealings, aides to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) angrily confronted an Associated Press reporter in the Senate chamber and in a nearby hallway yesterday after a question-and-answer session on the floor.

Frist’s top aide, Eric Ueland, took exception to Jonathan M. Katz’s line of questioning during the “dugout,” loudly chastising Katz as reporters filed out of the Senate chamber and into the hallway...

The testy exchange demonstrates sensitivity among Frist’s aides to both the legal and political questions posed by the timing of the majority leader’s divestiture of HCA holdings just before a sharp drop in the company’s share price. Frist is widely expected to seek the presidency in 2008, but the story could jeopardize his political viability...

During the “dugout” yesterday, Katz asked Frist whether comments he made to Fox News this weekend that he did not know how much stock he held comport with requirements that he be informed when assets are bought or sold.

Frist initially deflected Katz’s question. After an interceding question on another topic, Charles Babington of The Washington Post followed-up on Katz’s query.

Frist indicated that he does not read everything that comes across his desk.

A third question, from yet another reporter, led Frist to declare all HCA inquiries off limits.

When the session closed a few minutes later, Ueland and Frist Communications Director Bob Stevenson blasted Katz for continuing to ask their boss about his stock sale.

You know, it'd go a LOT smoother if Bill-kill just came out and told the truth--the whole truth. Of course, there'd be a price to pay--I doubt the public is ready for a really creepy looking cat killer and securities fraudster being elected president...even IF Shrub, another noted securities fraudster, small animal killer--and genuinely creepy person--holds the office at present.