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So.... is there any good news today?
A shameful silence on Coulter's spewing
Joe Conason rips skankbeast, senators, and the sclm some new ones --
What is most disturbing about this episode is not that these women can be victimized by a brutal bully like Ms. Coulter, nor even that the mainstream media, which abandoned traditional standards of fairness and decency years ago, would eagerly assist her. That is our hideous political culture. What is most disappointing is the abject dereliction of the prominent politicians who worked so closely with the Jersey Girls.
John McCain and Joseph Lieberman, the Senate sponsors of the bill that created the 9/11 Commission, both believed that an independent investigation was essential for reasons of honor and national security. They both know that they could not have prevailed against the White House -- and the Republican Congressional leadership -- without the help of the widows.
But that was then, and this is now -- and these two pious politicians remain silent in the face of a malevolent attack visited on their erstwhile friends. Both men know that it is a lie to call these women partisans or profiteers. Both know that these women -- and the families they helped to lead -- brought honor and purpose to a legislative process that is often petty and corrupt.
Shame on the silent Senators. And please, let's hear no more from either of them for a while about tolerance, respect and decency.
John McCain and Joseph Lieberman, the Senate sponsors of the bill that created the 9/11 Commission, both believed that an independent investigation was essential for reasons of honor and national security. They both know that they could not have prevailed against the White House -- and the Republican Congressional leadership -- without the help of the widows.
But that was then, and this is now -- and these two pious politicians remain silent in the face of a malevolent attack visited on their erstwhile friends. Both men know that it is a lie to call these women partisans or profiteers. Both know that these women -- and the families they helped to lead -- brought honor and purpose to a legislative process that is often petty and corrupt.
Shame on the silent Senators. And please, let's hear no more from either of them for a while about tolerance, respect and decency.
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