Political Jiu-Jitsu

So, Rathergate? Was it all a brilliant Karl Rove conspiracy? A failed attempt to discredit the President from a disgruntled partisan hack?

Personally, it looks like they're using it as an opportunity for the greatest rope-a-dope in history, allowing Bush's campaign to now put the pressure on CBS to turn the journalistic lights back on the DNC in order to regain any semblance of journalistic impartiality. And with the latest GOP statement, look for pressure to start. Bush can now talk about a truly biased media, and justify the fact that he doesn't do a lot of press conferences. Kerry, who has said previously that he will do press conferences monthly (suck-up!) has now been apparently incommunicado with the press for weeks - except for an appearance on the Imus show.

This campaign is starting to remind me of a Kung Fu movie - one in which our hero gets beat up in the beginning, and then just beats the living tar out of his opponent. Or the end of Lynch's Dune, when Muad'Dib bends like a reed in the wind, and WHAM, end of fight. It's entertaining as hell.

But what do I know? After all, IRLR. (I Really Liked "Returner")