Feeding Frenzy and Partisan Politics

During my 35+ years in the Washington DC area I have seen lots of things: Hijacked airliners, airplane crashes, huge snowstorms, resignation of a president, an incompetent president, corruption in Congress, political bright periods, Frat Boy politics in the White House, media dishonesty on a vast scale, and one way partisan politics.

The media frenzy over the Bush Administration's firing of eight DAa is just the latest evidence of partisan politics by the Democrats and the feeding frenzy of the mainstream media. Bush's handling of this issue has only added to the frenzy. All the DAs in the nation work in theory for the president and at his pleasure. He can fire anyone of them at any time for any reason JUST AS Clinton fired all 93 DAs when he took offfice in 1993. Instead of saying this when the issue was first raised Bush and Gonzales converted a simple task into a media generated "scandal".

It takes a lot of talent to mess up this badly. Perhaps for this reason alone Bush should fire his friend and the AG - Gonzales.

The Democrats never miss an opportunity to play partisan politics. They are good at it because they do it so often. Democrats view every issue in terms of what they can gain politically. The War on Terror, the War in Iraq, education, jobs, health care, every issue is seen through a partisan lens. Yet the media never present the views of Democrats as partisan.

Next time you watch the news see how often Democrats are portrayed as partisan -when they are clearly making partisan statements and looking for an advantage for their party instead of improving the quality of life for Americans- and compare that to how Republicians are presented by the same media.

There is no doubt in my mind there is an unwritten alliance between the mainstream media and the Democrat Party.