[Cicero]

Wouldn't you think congress had better things to do than waste their time hounding someone like this just because she has a famous name? If she's guilty of insider trading, take her to court in the usual way.

I don't especially like Martha Stewart, but this is ridiculous.

[goodnesswins]

I agree with you.....unless she'll provide names of other insider (liberals) in order to plea bargain her way out - she's just the one who got caught, but I betcha she knows a whole lot more......(a couple of clintoons come to mind.)

[what's up]

No, no! She's vital to the cause. In the midst of the anti-Corporate bashing which the Dems stirred up in order to win brownie point agains the Repubs, some smart Repub came up with Martha Stewart as a scapegoat.

She's a Dem AND she's a household name! Bingo! The Dems have backed off. Every household in America knows that Martha Stewart tried to cheat and we get the political brownie points because of her party affiliation.

Brilliant.

[SJackson]

Wouldn't you think congress had better things to do than waste their time hounding someone like this just because she has a famous name? If she's guilty of insider trading, take her to court in the usual way.

Yes, they've milked it for all it's worth and then some. She was worth, at most, 15 minutes of the committees time. A referral to Justice is appropriate, and overdue.

[jackbill]

If she's guilty of insider trading, take her to court in the usual way.

No way, no how can she be guilty of "insider trading" - on her Imclone stock. She in no way meets the SEC definition of an "insider". No way, no how.

Others at Imclone can be found guilty, even for spreading the word to small shareholders like Stewart, but not her. By all definitions, she is an "outsider".

As for her selling of shares of her own company - which the Congress doesn't seem to want to confront - she is definitely an insider. That's a whole nother game.

[Utah Girl]

I am with you. Aren't there bigger fish to fry than Martha Stewart?