The Political Chase

Power Line is Smoking Some Powerful Stuff

I can hardly stop laughing. John at Power Line must have written this post in the middle of happy hour. Guess what TPC readers? The White House is a scandal free zone.

The truth is that the Bush administration has been extraordinarily scandal-free. Not a single instance of corruption has been unearthed. Only one significant member of the executive branch, Scooter Libby, has been convicted of anything. Whether the jury’s verdict was right or wrong, that case was an individual tragedy unrelated to any underlying wrongdoing by Libby or anyone else.

This is all about creating a reality based on what they want to believe. Furthermore, it is a huge reflection on the absence of credibility of Power Line’s blog. Commentary is one thing; distorting the facts, to put it nicely, is another.

About six weeks ago, I was less than enthused with the Bush administration’s track record and made this statement, which is in stark contrast to Power Line’s reality.

Every single day, something is revealed about how this administration breaks the law and demonstrates gross incompetence. The exception to revelations may be Saturday or Sunday, but the only reason for the negligible amount of exceptions is obvious. The government does not work on the weekend.

Statements like Power Line’s are exactly what the mainstream media use repeatedly to discredit bloggers. Not only does Power Line make themselves look like idiots, but they taint the blogging world in general.

I’m not trying to toot my own horn here, but I want to make a point. I had not read or revised TPC’s About page in a long time, and just decided to review it earlier today and make a few minor changes. I firmly believe this paragraph from that page says a lot.

The Political Chase seeks to expose the truth and differentiate it from diversionary rhetoric; adheres to an objective focus, but expresses opinions without altering the facts; and draws conclusions on what it believes to be accurate and proper. Those elements combined form the foundation, the infrastructure of its content. (Emphasis added.)

You know the expression, “don’t drink and drive”? I submit a few bloggers might consider a spinoff of that slogan - don’t drink and blog.

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