When I launch Internet Explorer (very rare) it automatically opens to netscape.  I just haven't bothered to change it because I really only use Firefox.  Plus, it's a good way to see what news is getting served to the masses.  Today's Headline, Dems Indicted; Clinton, Kerry Targeted

I was shocked.  What was this all about?  Since earlier this morning when I checked the news had the Dems committed a great crime?  Had they been implicated with Abramoff?  No!  They had been "charged" by the head of the GOP, Ken Mehlman, with an inability to find an election-year slogan.

From the CNN piece

The head of the Republican Party, launching a broad indictment of the Democratic Party six months before midterm elections, is expected to charge Friday that the opposition can't find an election-year slogan, let alone agree on a broad agenda.

Now I'd like to believe that most people will follow the article and realize it is much ado about nothing, but the majority of people simply read the headlines and think, "Those Democrats did something illegal again."  Will we see a headline, "GOP Indicted; Bush, Rumsfeld Targeted" with an article about Dems complaining about Bush's staged Town Hall meetings?  Will we see a "Delay Indicted" headline...oh, right.

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Get ready for the revelation of a lifetime.  Bush's mic was left on inadvertently during the Republican Retreat as he delivered his confidential remarks to the caucus.  Oooh, this is gonna be hot.  Maybe he'll call Brownie and "asshole."  Maybe, he'll tell that guy Cheney shot to "Go Fuck Yourself!"  Whatever he says, we are going to get our first look at Bush's real thoughts on the Domestic Wiretapping controversy.  Alright, enough build-up, let's get to the goods...

Reporters Turn Eavesdropping Tables on Bush After Microphone Mistake

"I want to share some thoughts with you before I answer your questions," Bush began. "First of all, I expect this conversation we're about to have to stay in the room. I know that's impossible in Washington."

He was right.

Oh, Snap! That was hot!  He left his mic on and...and...WTF did he say!?  They report that he was about to say something extremely confidential and don't tell us what it is?  Woodward would be turning over in his grave -- if he wasn't busy sipping martinis with the Bush twins and washing Scott McClellan's car.

All hope isn't lost yet, CNN picked up on this and added a bit more.  Let's see what those lefties at the Clinton News Network have to say.

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The Tradiotional Media loves to obsess about "blogger ethics." They have a "How dare bloggers pretend to be reporters," attitude. If reporters did their jobs, bloggers wouldn't have to. The latest installment of the "Abramoff Scandall is Bi-partisan" meme shows just how inept journalists have become. It looks like they are unable to do basic research on a Senators voting record.
From "DailyKos":http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/2/11/13265/5486:

• Abramoff was lobbying against legislation sponsored by Senator Kennedy seeking to increase the minimum wage in the Marianas Islands.
• Senator Reid supported Kennedy's legislation. He was a cosponsor of it, and spoke in favor of the legislation on the Senate floor. Senator Reid was not asked to intervene to block the legislation.

Conclusion, by any reasonable person, there was no quid pro quo by Reid on this issue. But has AP contacted Senator Reid's office to find out his position on this legislation? Have they looked at his floor statements on it, easily available in the Congressional Record? If they have, they're leaving that key information out.

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