I'm still grumpy
Going nowhere
Fact-based reporting is the lifeblood of a democracy. It gives people shared information on which to make political choices. But as people in new democracies risk their lives to gather such information, in this country fact-based reporting is under more relentless assault than at any time in my more than 40 years in Washington.
On the radio, on the Internet, on cable television and in print, partisans on both sides attack any news reporting that fails to advance their agendas or confirm their biases. Zealous partisans in both major parties have adopted a "with us or against us" attitude. It's not only unhealthy but also, I believe, dangerous.
On the radio, on the Internet, on cable television and in print, partisans on both sides attack any news reporting that fails to advance their agendas or confirm their biases. Zealous partisans in both major parties have adopted a "with us or against us" attitude. It's not only unhealthy but also, I believe, dangerous.
- from Knight-Ridder's explanation of how the GOP attack machine discredited an accurate analysis of scAlito's judicial record.
No one took responsibility
Heads need to roll: let's start by firing all the Dems.
Or at least give them all a good swift kick in the nads. That includes the pussyassed commentators and "strategists" you see all over CNN, and the few so-called 'liberal' columnists that are left. Stop being so fucking civil, for petessake.
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