Gimme a Break

8 Random Items for 12/11/2008 #3

Well, the Blagojevich scandal continues to burn, but the press is once again showing their collective rank stupidity. Here's how the media critics at County Fair put it ...

The scandal "may or may not implicate members of Congress." That's a completely meaningless thing to "report." Klein may as well write that the scandal "may or may not implicate" the Easter Bunny. It's just as true!

Let's put the facts on the table, there is nothing in this case that even remotely suggests any wrongdoing by the President-Elect and his staff. However, the press has decided, while egged on by Neil Boortz, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and other bottom feeders, that because this case involves Illinois, and Obama is from Illinois, then somehow Obama could be tainted by it.

What are they basing this on? If there is any taint from this scandal on Obama, it is because of stories like this in the press. Again, there is nothing in this scandal that has implicated Obama or his staff in anything. So why would this taint him?

If I were Obama, I'd have long conversation with my new Secretary of State about what happens when the press decides there's a scandal despite the facts. They can bring the business of this country to a screeching halt.