There are few paths available to cleanse the nation of this filth. Unfortunately, those who have the power to execute the cleansing are too afraid or too well-positioned to get off their asses and make a difference. So we’ll fester and ooze the sewage and stench that rots our national life.

Kate O’Beirne’s husband James O’Beirne ran the office at the Pentagon that was in charge of selecting candidates for the Coalition Provisional Authority, charged with reconstructing Iraq. According to the Washington Post, “To pass muster with O’Beirne, a political appointee who screens prospective political appointees for Defense Department posts, applicants didn’t need to be experts in the Middle East or in post-conflict reconstruction. What seemed most important was loyalty to the Bush administration.”

Seems awfully reminiscent of words describing Goodling’s method of screening DoJ applicants.

and reminiscent of Delay’s method of hiring K Street lobbists, etc., etc.

Now what are the odds of that?
Who is giving these hirers their marching orders?

As the head of a major news organization’s Washington, DC, operation, his failure is tantamount to complicity in the wrongs he has chosen to ignore. It’s as if, instead of covering the Valentine’s Day Massacre, he talked about the feds’ being unkind to Scarface Al Capone’s tax accountant.

earl o’ hunt… well said! PLEASE make your voice heard over at Meet the Press!

and … yep, shuster rocks. when he’s talking issues with keith olbermann, you just know you’re hearing righteous reporting.

Tim Russert has a law degree and decades of political reporting experience. He cannot plausibly deny knowing what the most important questions are. He can’t explain at all why he hasn’t asked them.

As the head of a major news organization’s Washington, DC, operation, his failure is tantamount to complicity in the wrongs he has chosen to ignore. It’s as if, instead of covering the Valentine’s Day Massacre, he talked about the feds’ being unkind to Scarface Al Capone’s tax accountant.

euuw

go pups!

Yikes!
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As for Russert, I was disgusted but not surprised by the crap on MTP, having seen him on Tucker’s show last week. He was pushing the idea that Cheney would be pressing Bush for a pardon because Cheney likes Libby so much. Yeah, Cheney likes ol’ Scooter so much that he hasn’t spoken to him in months and was too chicken to write a letter advocating clemency, but they’re best buddies. As if pardons should be granted to the winners of popularity contests. What utterly rancid reasoning.