The Conduits

Only the major media could fall for a White House talking point hook, line and sinker and push what the public would perceive as a strong point of changing Congress into a weakness. Knowing they have been lied to and spun by liars for five and a half years, they simply swallow more GOP-choad than ever before. Fat Tim was doing his all during a visit by Pelosi yesterday. God forbid he ever pose a question to a Republican leader, like say, Frist in recent weeks, why the Congress NEVER seems to engage in any oversight of the executive now?

But, of course, as the talented and lovely Firedoglakers (who's departure from Minneapolis in 1960 is a sore spot) have noted Fat Tim is nothing, if not an agent of GOP status quo in Washington:

It is also relevant to note that Russert has treated an asserted waiver of the reporter’s privilege quite differently when convenient. When Richard Clarke published his book Against All Enemies and testified before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the September 11 Commission), Clarke became subject to intense media scrutiny. On March 24, 2004, the White House disclosed Clarke’s identity as the "senior administration official" who gave a "background" briefing in August 2002. When Clarke appeared as a guest on Meet the Press on March 28, 2004, Russert noted the White House had been aggressive in attacking Clarke’s credibility and had identified Clarke as the source for the background briefing — without indicating any concern about the "voluntariness" of the waiver, in which Clarke apparently played no role. (Copy of the March 28, 2004, Meet the Press transcript, Exhibit 1). Russert did not hesitate to broadcast out of any concern that such disclosure might chill future background sources.

The new talking point being pushed is that a functioning democracy is a weakness in the "War on Terra" because Chimpy will be destracted from fucking up the battle full-time because Democrats will investigate all his prior fuck ups and prevent him from committing new ones.

The guy is in the low 30s for popularity and they still carry his water.