Some are more equal than others

The quickest way for a politician to shrug off irrefutable criticism is to claim that "everyone was doing it." If a Republican is accused of making outlandish negative political ads, they will quickly claim that the Democrats do the same thing. The question of degree, of whether the Republicans produce measurably more or more inaccurate ads than the other side, is too complicated to fit into what passes for mass media political dialog and is therefore never addressed in a wide forum.

A lot of people and political/economic ideologies are to blame for the mess New Orleans is in, going back to the original sin, the choice of location. This provides a lot of fodder for those who would minimize their own blame, a chronic habit of the Bush administration. Currently the response of the powers that be when pressed on who is responsible for the instant third world country (just add water!) we find on our gulf coast is "there'll be plenty of time for that discussion later." But we can be sure that once that discussion is in full swing every citation of the many clear warnings, FEMA budget cuts, tardiness of relief, etc. will be met with some conveniently parallel sin of the other side.

I can't wait to find out precisely how this is entirely Clinton's fault.