Media and Best Laid Plans

Firedoglake - Firedoglake weblog: "...Meanwhile, the Democrats — whose policy proposals are more popular with Americans than are Bush's — are described with all manner of negative adjectives and modifiers, and the media gleefully aids and abets the Republicans in crafting bogus stories about Democrats like Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

This is why it's so gratifying to see that, after three solid weeks of nearly-nonstop slimestorming by the GOP/Media Complex, Speaker Pelosi's ratings have actually gone up. (Hat tip to Atrios.) We've also found that all BushCo's constant harping on Iraq has done is reinforce it with Americans (who do not like this war and occupation) that the Democrats are the ones trying to bring the troops home. Meanwhile, the war profiteer Republican congresscritters like Duke Cunningham and Rick Renzi are being caught, one by one — Duke's good buddy John Doolittle's next in line for an orange jumpsuit, methinks (that is, if Renzi doesn't elbow in front of him in line)..."