Soccer Dad

Where's the culture?

At the very least there's been Elliott Spitzer, Laura Richardson and, now Rep. Jim Cooper. All of them have a "D" after their names. (Yes, I know that Jim Gibbons is a Republican.) It seems that, unlike 2006, 2008 is the year of the Democratic scandal and yet I haven't heard the catchphrase "culture of corruption" in connection to this election season. Why not?

The NYT that got so exercised over the leak of Valerie Plame's name, then disregarded the request of the CIA and revealed the name of one of its agents! I wonder if the Times will get upset by the treatment of Scooter Libby's successor. (via memeorandum via Hot Air.)

In other words, many of the hot button topics that steered the coverage of political races two years ago are now being ignored. It's not just that the media is going easy on Sen. Obama.

What Charles Krauthammer wrote:

Election Day is their day of revenge -- for the Florida recount, for Swift-boating, for all the injuries, real and imagined, dealt out by Republicans over the past eight years.

applies just as much to our supposedly neutral watchdogs - the media - as it does to their openly partisan colleagues.
Posted by SoccerDad at June 27, 2008 3:12 AM | TrackBack