This makes my blood boil so I have to vent on this.

 

The NYTimes chooses today to trumpet a phony and misleading story about how Bush approved eavesdropping on some Americans after 9-11.  I have too much to say here, but its not worth it.  I'll let Michelle and Powerline do the talking.

 

Why today?  To coninside with a book release and to cover up the good news about the election in Iraq.

 

The Washington Post has this gem today -- Experts (liberal) cautious in assessing Iraq election:

I am simply at a loss of words here.  I guess a democratic nation must be completely devoid of "lingering political disputes" for it to have any redeeming value.  After all history tells us that Democracies are always created all the time without any violence or turmoil as they are being established.  Having 15 million people formerly under tyranny and torture come out and vote in numbers greater than the US participation rate can't be allowed to be viewed as good news -- it might make Bush look good. 

 

That 65% or more (according to forecasts) came out to vote to exercise democracy in dramatic fashion, reveals a "sobering reality" that the vote did not resolve lingering political disputes?  Do these people even understand what Democracy is???

 

How would they characterize our Democracy when Republicans and Democrats don't agree -- a morbid failure?

 

The article quotes RINO's like Lindsey Grahm out of context to make it appear that this is viewed the same by Republicans.

 

Apparently what ever doesn't fit their vision of a socialist utopia is a "sobering reality" for them.

 

Only questions is do they really beleive this or are they just trying to tell their audience how they want them to think?

 

The NYTimes and others in the MSM are completely invested in failure in Iraq and dismantling our national security.  Petty partisan politics and negative portrayals of the President and the country are more important to them.

 

To them, I'll refer them to the words of an Iraqi Voter: 

 

"Anybody who doesn't appreciate what America has done, and President Bush, let them go to hell!" 

 

UPDATE:  I was driving to the doctor to get some drugs for bronchitis and I heard Rush read the exact same paragraph I quoted above from the WaPost and made similar comments.  My blood is still boiling but I guess it is some small consolation that the arrogant, ignorant, buffoonish, sophist, destrictive activity of the media is being pointed out to a wider audience.

 

It occurs to me that if the Democrat's can't stop Iraq from being a success, then they have to resort to painting Iraq with a black brush at every opportunity.  Otherwise, people might begin to understand what is happening in Iraq and might begin to turn away from the defeatist Democrats.

 

BTW I heard voter participation rate in Iraq was above 75%.  In America we are thrilled if 50% vote.

 

First it was we won't win the invasion without 20,000 US dead, then it was that the Iraqi's don't really want freedom, now that they've been proven wrong time and time again all they can do is ay "we can't win" , Kerry with another 1972 Gengis Kahn moment has our troops terrorizing Iraqi families in the "Dead of night", and try to suppress any good news on Iraq -- otherwise the media's favorite political party might find 2006 a difficult year at the polls....