A master narrative, once formed in the collective mind of the mainstream media, becomes impervious to interference from inconvenient reality. Today the political narrative demands that the Democrats be derided for their "disarray." Yes, George W. Bush is the most unpopular President since Nixon in the days before his forced resignation. In the most recent AP/Ipsos poll, nearly 70 percent of those questioned believe that the country is on the wrong track. The Bush domestic agenda ispolitically dead, and his Iraq adventure looks increasingly like it contains the seeds of a regional Armageddon. Yet according to the accepted story line, none of that matters. The Democrats' disarray on how to handle the war dominates the reporting of ....
Personally, I have a hard time understanding why, if it was the Administration that created the Iraq quagmire with its toxic combination of mendacity, incompetence and ideological obsession, it is somehow the responsibility of powerless Democrats to solve it. Given the right wing's stranglehold on both the political process and public discourse, Democrats cannot hope to address this problem or even have their public proposals treated fairly.
Indeed Senator Feingold is hardly getting the support his censure resolution merits. I personally believe now is the ideal time to expose the Mighty Wurlitzer. The media shilling the Rove spin with the President unable to appear before any audience that hasn't been vetted is clear to many Americans. Plus we've got Iraq and Claude Allen and NSA/FISA and Gitmo and Katrina and Iran/North Korea and Dubai World Ports and Dead Eye Dick and Abramoff/K Street and DeLay and Armstrong Williams and Jeff Gannon and Plamegate and Neil Bush and Gale Norton and Duke Cunningham and No Child Left Behind and ... Yet the media is getting after the Democrats? And we/they are letting them? WTF? Peace ... or War!
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