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This must surely be the hundredth Eureka moment that finally awakens the public and the press to the current "white house horrors" to vanish into thin air amid the roar of crickets.
From the energy meetings to Enron, from the Downing St. memos to Abu Ghraib, from Hurricane Katrina to the the Libby trial, each gross violation of American law and tradition was duly reported, and quickly forgotten.
While congress clearly has been complicit, I think that the slavish devotion lavished on the right by the media is the real cause. Democrats refuse to honor their offices because to do so would be tantamount to self-immolation; not just on Fox but in the Washington Post on down.
Courage simply is not rewarded, unless it's the false kind that dresses up for TV.
Admittedly, it's a chicken or egg question, but Democratic leaders' pathetic acquiescence is rational, albeit unacceptable.
Of course, it's hard to test this theory......
Cowardice seldom ruins careers, and if everyone's doing it, no one wants to take bravery out for a spin.
