Greenwald today:
But I'm really wondering: as serious as it is when a member of Congress is the target of government eavesdropping, can we really afford to investigate this? After all, we have so many very important things to do. It really seems like we need to be looking forward, not backwards. The Bush administration is gone. This all happened in 2005 — years ago. Is this really a time to be pursuing grudges, to be re-litigating old disputes? What kind of partisan witch hunt is Harman after? We can, and surely should, reflect on what happened to her — in fact, let us now pause together for a moment of quiet reflection on what was done to Jane Harman — but this is not a time for retribution or looking back. "Most Americans" want the people's business done, not "abuse of power" investigations. . . .
I wonder how long it's going to be before Harman joins the ACLU? What's that old saying — a "civil liberties extremist" is a former Bush-enabling, Surveillance State-defending Blue Dog who learns that their own personal conversations were intercepted by the same government that they demanded be vested with unchecked power
How is it possible that we take people like Harman, Boehner, Cheney and so many others seriously? How did it get this bad that people as transparently corrupt and just plain wrong as so many of these pols are be given any responsibility for our governance at all? As Jon Stewart asked last night regarding Cheney: Why does he have any credibility at this point? Asking his
advice or opinion about anything is like asking Wile E. Coyote's advice on how to
catch road runners.The really frightening thing is that their stupidity or corruption are more the rule than the exception. Or perhaps more accurately, they set the rules, and every one else has to fall into step with their stupidity and corruption if they want to be players.
But we will put up with it as long as the media gives them a platform, and they will continue to give them a platform because idiots like this represent the interests of big media more than people like Russ Feingold or Gleen Greenwald.
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