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Post #288,825 by bepatient 7/12/07 9:07:31 PM Reply	Deal is only one is actually mentioned by party. Yet they are all the same party. No, its not sexual misconduct...but if these crooks don't deserve a mention by party, how can the media be trusted to report in kind? Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #288,861 by Another Scott 7/13/07 1:50:08 PM Reply	On trusting the media reporting... [link\|http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/12/world/middleeast/12cong.html?_r=2&oref=login&oref=slogin\|NY Times]: Senate Narrowly Backs Bush in Rejecting Debate on Increasing Time Between Deployments As the [link\|http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/015349.php\|TPM] notes, the Senate voted 56 to 41. Against Bush. I guess it's that Liberal Media^TM up to its old tricks again, eh? IOW, one can find lots of isolated examples of headlines or summaries of stories that seem to be slanted when other explanations are more likely. Cheers, Scott.
Post #288,880 by crazy 7/13/07 5:11:32 PM Reply	Nah, I think you missed the real issue why people care It's the "family values" stuff the Republicans are always screaming about. That is why that particular behaviour strikes a nerve. Each party has its hot button list of political planks, and when they do something that is opposed to the plank, they become fair game. When Clinton got in trouble for Monica (and others), you'll note that his supporters mostly said, "So?" It's not like this behaviour was unknown, or unexepected. He certainly didn't claim that his party was against this behaviour, and that other people shouldn't do it, and THEN did it anyway. I think they key issue is we love to destroy hypocrites. Especially ones that are in a position of creating laws that affect how we can behave. We especially love to go after them, since they are in a position to inflict their bullshit on the rest of us. And the people who create laws that impact interpersonal behaviour with a religious foundation are almost always right wing republicans. So, as far as your example with Bryant and other, yes, politicians in general are scum, and yes, a certain subset of them will be stealing from the public. BUT: We expect that. No matter which party. It is when some anti-business tree hugging democrat who tries to champion a bunch of causes is found to own a substantial amount of stock in Exxon-Mobil is what becomes a problem. Not for offering blowjobs in the bathroom. Because he was already expected to be doing that.

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