This may answer your question. The following quotes are all from Will Rogers who has been dead almost 75 years:

"It has just become almost impossible for a country to have a nice, home-talent little revolution among themselves, without us butting into it. But here we go again. If we ever pass out as a great nation, we ought to put on our tombstone: "America died from a delusion that she had moral leadership."

"If we keep our nose clean and don't start yapping about somebody else's honor or what our moral obligations are, we might not get dragged into it. But it's going to take better statesmanship than we have been favored with heretofore."

"When we start out trying to make everybody have moral elections, why, it just don't look like we are going to have Marines enough to go Round 1. Why, if it wasn't for the movies picturing Marines going from one country to another, we would never know what they looked like. I had an unusual experience the other day -- I seen a Marine in America."

"Europe has got a thing that America always falls for, and that's when they tell us they want our "moral leadership." That's almost like telling an old man he's got sex appeal. It's a line of bunk that this country falls for and always has. Our delegates swell out their chests and really believe that the world is just hanging by a thread."

"America's position in the world is one of moral leadership. It's not about what takes place in the streets of Iran. It is about what takes place in America's conscience."

- John McCain

I can never tell whether rightwingers actually believe that the world is unaware of the torture policies carried out by the Cheney/Bush administration or whether they believe that the execution of those policies is considered no big deal.

The problem with ignoring how the world views the Cheney/Bush/Yoo torture program is that it feeds terrorism against the US incalculably. Is that concept that hard for dittoheads and fox-boneheads to understand? … I guess I just answered my own question.

"He is hanging as tough as political pragmatism allows, and by doing so he is making his preferred outcome more likely. That's not weakness, it's strength — and strength of the sort that ought to frighten us."

-- Andy McCarthy

If McCarthy had finished this thought he would have had to admit that the Cheney/Bush administration was the exact opposite - demonstrably weak. They allowed 2 terrorist attacks to occur - 9.11 & anthrax - and did absolutely NOTHING to get either terrorist responsible. On top of which, they were more pivotal than anyone else in enabling Iran's current position of strength in the Middle East. Turning Iraq into a strong ally of Iran widened Iran's power immeasurably.

Maybe the reason the American people now hate the GOP (and the reason the national media loves them) is for the same reason McCarthy detests President Obama: The GOP are humiliatingly impotent, ineffectual, and irrelevant.

"When EVERY poll or survey taken since 1990 has 75-85% of media as a registered Democrat, what other evidence do you need?"

-- fawfamily

How about a media that doesn't intentionally dismiss outrageous crimes committed by Republicans solely because they're committed by Republicans while simultaneously hyping any & every every manufactured scandal against Democrats when Rush Limbaugh & Matt Drudge decide it will be a top story? Are there any leftwing blogs or progressive radio voices that the media gets it's marching orders from?

Do rightwingers genuinely believe outing a covert CIA agent wouldn't have ended ANY Democratic administration instantly? Solely because that crime (formerly agreed to as treason) was committed by Republicans, the press came to the unanimous decision it would be far too partisan to cover it to the extent of extramarital affairs in a Democratic White House. And that's just ONE egregious crime the media intentionally didn't cover because it was committed by a Republican administration. Even Bush was terrified of the warrantless surveillance becoming national news; little did he know (as usual) he had nothing to worry about thanks to the 'R' next to his name. Torture? Downing Street Memo? Proven election fraud? NONE of that was a scandal equal to a blowjob that dominated headlines for over an entire year under Clinton.

And how about ‘Dead or Alive’ Osama Bin Laden? He was given a free pass by Bush. Nothing was done to pursue him, before, during, or after 9/11, and the press left the story alone. Do rightwingers actually believe if President Gore arrogantly dismissed dire warnings of an attack on the US, did NOTHING while the attack was underway, and boasted 4 months later he didn't think about the mastermind any longer, the national media would have not only dismissed it as not newsworthy, but would then continue to cheer on that administration’s national security performance?

If you were around during President Carter’s administration you’ll remember the nightly news began with ‘Day XXX of America Held Hostage’ during the Iran hostage crisis. You may also remember there was NO similar press coverage of Bush’s non-response in the aftermath of both 9.11 AND the Anthrax attacks to get the people responsible. Is that because blow-jobs and haircuts are really more newsworthy than resolving crimes where thousands of people are killed?