To claim to be above politics is to affect superiority over those who accept the fact that others disagree with them--who accept that their own point of view has a name.Voles said ACT believes "that right-wing Republicans control the Congress and the White House.To make the claim of being above politics is to assert that you speak for the Establishment.
To make the claim of being above politics is the most common form of partisan extremism.
"They've seized power and are using their extremist agenda, and the government is no longer working for the people," Voles said. When pressed on whether she considered President Bush a right-wing extremist, Voles replied, "Sure," then backed off a bit.
Apparently Voles thinks that one-party rule of Congress for 40 years is unexceptionable, as long as the Democratic Party is doing the ruling. To see Republicans in the majority in Congress, the Senate, and WH, is however cause for alarm.Because her POV doesn't have a name, you see--anyone who seriously disagrees with her is "extreme." </sarcasm>
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A statement put out last week by Mr. Hatch's office says that the accused staffer "improperly accessed at least some of the documents referenced in the media reports." That accusation bears scrutiny in light of how the committee's computer system is organized: Until Nov. 16, all Judiciary staffers used the same computer server and had access to a shared drive, a system put in place when Sen. Leahy took over as chairman in 2001 and hired his own IT staff.Isn't this the same crime that Watergate consisted of?The Leahy techies neglected to put up a firewall between the GOP and Democratic staff, making it possible for all staffers to read everything posted on the shared drive.
No one hacked into anyone's private files. These are, in effect, Leahy leaks.It is as if you found a web site that had information that the owner of the web site didn't intend to make public. Are you the one at fault if you read it--and expose his shady dealings?
So why is the hapless staffer being hounded? And why is no one reporting the much bigger story of the memos?
Well I guess that is obvious. Commercial journalism (apart from frankly opinionated commentary) is inherently slanted against conservatism because that's what sells. Even--against our own instincts--to conservatives. And because journalism is anticonservative, anticonservative people make the most profitable editors and writers.
To such people, a scandal which damages the Republicans is a great story, whereas one that damages the Democrats is scarcely news at all. And certainly doesn't have legs.