w2--I was struck by the paragraph below from Levin's piece ....one just has to wonder and compare it to any other elected Democrat and/or Republican official ...This paragraph could, and probably should, be used as a standard against which we compare both prosecutors, and the media.....Democrats seem to get one type of treatment, and Republicans another type.... i.e. what did Lott do again? or Livingston? versus Packwood? or Jim Wright? and of course, there are many others who have been hounded out of office.
The reason we had all better pay attention, is that we wonder why we aren't getting the caliber of person we would like to have as our elected Representative..... IS THERE REALLY ANY WONDER?
Early on, prosecutors claimed they had evidence of over ten felonies.
They demanded that Rush plead guilty to some felony—any felony.
He refused, always insisting on his innocence.
So, they leaked more lies to the media, hoping to intimidate him.
They seized his medical records.
They gave his medical records to the media.
The media took those records and turned them into graphics for television.
Reporters and commentators were studying his prescriptions, discussing both the kinds and amount of medicine he had taken.
They were beside themselves with glee.
Newsweek, AP and the Palm Beach Post, Rush's local paper, were especially vicious, serving as lap-dogs for the prosecutors. |
