Monday, August 27, 2007
News Vick rides to Gonzo's rescue
Posted by John F. Sugg on Mon, Aug 27, 2007 at 3:38 PM
It must be a coincidence. I'm sure the Bush regime wouldn't try to time the announcement of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' resignation with today's circus in Virginia involving Michael Vick pleading guilty to charges stemming from dogfighting. Nah, Bush wouldn't be so craven, would he?
An old spin tactic is to announce bad news at a time when the media are distracted. Bush has been good at that. Gonzo, who likely has committed perjury more than once in recent months, and who has been unrelenting in his attacks on Americans' constitutional liberties, finally has been run out of office. His likely replacement, Michael Chertoff, will be worse.
But Vick rides to the rescue, press-wise, by falling on his sword in Richmond today. The suspended NFL star rightly deserves every bit of punishment he gets, and much more. But I'll bet (or as Vick does, I'll give some money to associates who will bet) the cable and network news devote much more time to the dog abuser than they do to the Constitution abuser.
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