The Mississippi run-off for the Senate is shaping up the last chapter in the wretched midterm saga, and it's getting ugly.  The press is out there making a big deal about Republican candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith's offhand use of the term "public hanging," which it is playing up as a gaffe.  This being Mississippi, the first thing that comes to the New York Times' mind of course is "racism," despite having nothing more than the common term to work with.  But rest assured: they are making a big deal of the turn of phrase. Here's what they are ignoring: Mike Espy, her Democratic rival, has a grotesque record as a swamp thing, drawing from one trough in exchange for influence-peddling after another.  One hand washes the other, and boy has it been lucrative.  Not just lucrative, but with taxes for little people. Look at this thorough and disgusting investigative report from the Washington...(Read Full Post)