The attorney who resigned last week from the Bush campaign amid charges that he was “coordinating” with the Swift Boats group writes a sour grapes, whiny op ed in today’s Washington Post:
A $500,000 ad buy made by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth brings searing media scrutiny and “proof” of illegal coordination based on a lawyer (me) representing both the Bush-Cheney campaign and the Swift Boat Veterans; on an accountant working for Tom DeLay’s political action committee; and on a $200,000 contributor to the group who is not a major donor to Bush-Cheney 2004 but who does know Karl Rove.
Meanwhile, the media give practically no scrutiny to a $63 million, five-month, negative-ad buy done by Democratic “527” groups (the Media Fund, MoveOn.org and others) with a revolving door of connections to the Kerry campaign.
My goodness, these right wingers are the biggest freaking hypocrites possible, aren’t they? I will grant his argument that the Kerry camp is culpable in the 527 game, but this guy is indignant that the Kerry camp is getting away with the same thing the Bush camp is doing. These right wingers love to whine about being treated unfairly by the liberal media when the eye is turned on them; and yet, you don’t hear them complaining that the liberal media is scrutinizing Kerry’s service, but not Bush’s. You don’t hear them wondering why the liberal media is not delving into George Bush’s activities 30 years ago, trying to find his cocaine dealer or investigating his wife’s driving record.
In a 50-50 nation, how do the media square this imbalance with the claim of being objective, fair and nonpartisan?
Trust me, pal. You don’t want a truly objective, fair media. They’d actually ask questions, and that’s something the Bush administration won’t tolerate.
