[The Wizard]

Ever since the Times tried to controll the news in the trial of Jim Garrison, they have used a formula of giving everyone on their payroll the same story, making it look like everyone across the media was in agreement with the current lie....

Since Drudge and the internet, it has become impossible to "sell" the same story as there are just too many sources of information, and truth can get out on it's own.....Thank God....

Do you think that Smilin' Bill "Capone" wouldn't have gotten his buddy elected if there hadn't been all those sources to fight the continous lie machine that supports all the news media except Fox and a couple of papers?

[LS]

Two days ago I would have completely agreed with you, and still do to an extent: the Dems/Media don't know which story they want to tell---that Bush "did something inappropriate" (which was the original spin) or the Waxman spin that Bush "did nothing." The latter, of course, is true, but the problem is the media already cut the legs out from under any populist appeal that might have had (you know---the "poor employees who lost their pensions" and "the poor helpless stockholders").

HOWEVER, there is a REAL DANGER here, and that is the Return of the McCainiacs. That's right, "campaign finance reform" is already being touted again by Capt. Queeg, and if the media latches onto this it diminishes concerns that "the Dems did it too." So far, the media boobs don't appear to have glommed onto this approach, but it's only a matter of time. That is why it was important for Bush to move fast and decisively to fix the problems at the pension/stock ends of this. But even then it may not be enough.