Whereas the week’s media entertainment has been entertaining I must confess (now that we are in the “scandal” era officially – even MSNBC is oozing queasiness.) that having 3 scandals (or is it 4? 5?) erupt at once is rather ingenious. It keeps one from focusing too long on any one scandal.
Fox News – led by what is often certifiable, foaming (and yet still whiney) coverage by Hannity – is over hyping every “revelation”. The result being that nothing is startling or damning – it’s just a D.C. mess that can be swept away with whatever next week’s media drama turns out to be. (North Korea? A wider war in the Middle East?, A wildfire in the Kardashian’s backyard?) Many on the Right are so smugly livid in their allotted 5 minutes of air time that they neglect to tell a story, connect the big dots (The “story” is: Chicago Politics Are How Obama‘s Government Works.)
MSNBC is doing due diligence – reporting, commenting, and playing defense – waiting for some GOP gas bag to say something shockingly dumb – which a GOP gas bag will do – at which time they can return to form: adulation for Obi, contempt for the racist rabble who doesn’t adore Obi.
Unless the I.R.S. scandal can be brought into the White House (and it might just go there) I doubt any of this will matter in 2 months. The GOP is so driven by an addiction to fury at Obama – they are neglecting to weave a narrative. These 3 scandals can and should be thematically connected. It’s about abuse of power and arrogant contempt. (Eric Holder embodies both.) Obama’s White house is running rough shod over reporters, political opponents, and the truth in the pursuit of power. Again, look at Chicago politics for the template.
Telling the broader story takes dispassion. (Think John Dean.) So far no one on the Right can get past their screaming resentments long enough to lay out the over arching narrative….which, BTW, is pretty damning.
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