Give a bully an opening and they don't disappoint. A bully will always abuse their power to twist and distort and to punish those they feel are not worthy of their respect. The Seattle PI, the LA Times, and of course the NY Times continue to polish their oppression to perfection. The Libby verdict is a good example. Vice President Chaney's chief of staff is found guilty of telling a lie when he said that he didn't spread the name of a Bush critic's wife. Prosecutor Fitzgerald tells all that this lie obstructed justice and disrespected the system. Maybe or maybe not. But that's Libby's problem.
The truth is that a guy's wife got him sent to Niger and when he lied about what he found, the administration rightly pointed to his wife to answer why on earth a Bush hater had been sent on a sensitive mission.
The Seattle PI among many other media bullies use the straw man theory of oppression not by answering the president but by answering their own feelings. The bullies accuse that there's no proof that Iraq bought uranium in Niger. But then the president didn't say they did. He said and the British agree that Iraq sought uranium in Africa. And guess what? Wilson, the liar according to the Washington Post, agrees.
Bottom line again is an abuse of the media's constitutional protections and privileges. Without the protections, we the people could take the PI and other bullies to court by proving they lie and misrepresent facts. Not just about their hate for President Bush. But also in defense of other government abuses and failures. Education? Lies, lies lies. Economy? Lies, lies, lies. Environment? Lies, lies, lies. Time has come to make the media accountable.
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