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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." --C.S. Lewis

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:: Monday, September 20, 2004 ::

Collusion?

You gotta stop for a minute and think about RatherGate--It's bad. Were the shoe on the Republican foot, the liberal media would most certainly make it the central issue of this Presidential campaign cycle, likely tilting the election in favor of the Democrats. However, because the scandal damages Kerry, MSM is poo-pooing the radical implications of collusion by a major media icon as if it were merely an understandible mistake! The gall.

I could give a damn about Rather--he's always been a surrealistic clown--a buffoonish characature right up there with Andy Rooney and Larry King. It's far more disconcerting to me that an American electorate would roll-over and accept this stunning mutation of the truth without insisting on punitative consequences for those who would perpetrate such an outlandish scheme. If it's ultimately proven that CBS was colluding with the Kerry campaign, Rather and his minions should be ostracized from the profession of journalism as Pete Rose was ostracized from the sport of baseball--for ever.

If it's true--if Rather cheated, if Rather lied, and if Rather attempted to manipulate a contentious Presidential election--fair-minded Americans will insist the participants pay a steep price for their arrogant abuse of the public trust.

:: Max 9:34 PM [+] ::
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