Fantastic read, thank you.
My inital views on why this has happened, was that Frist needed to appeal to the conversative groups which will make him their preferred leader when it comes to the presidental race. Making it harder for anyone else contest against him as the preffered republician leader.
What better way then to attack an industry such as internet gambling( myths and mis truths to get people to follow you), and then to gain further support by using terms such as terrorism without evidence to back up such unsubstanitated claims.