According to CNN: DeLay Out, Boehner In, Still Corrupt

As soon as Rep. John Boehner was elected Majority Leader by his Republican colleagues in the House, CNN issued the following news release. Read it for yourself, and tell me if it sounds like the Democrats wrote it for them...

I think the blogger does a fine job of breaking down their hit piece:

I have no problem with their decision to add context to the story by describing when and why Tom Delay stepped down.

Still, I think it's a little suspect when a self-described objective news source starts spouting off about the Democrats' Culture of Corruption campaign against Republicans.

Here's what the average person is supposed to get out of this news release:

1. Rep. Boehner is the new Republican Majority Leader in the House.

2. The spot was open because the old leader was too greedy and had to quit.

3. The old Leader was close friends with a very bad man who doesn't care about you.

4. Actually, lots of Republicans are close friends with very bad men who don't care about you.

5. This election was held so the Republicans could pretend they don't like the bad men anymore.

6. The Republican that Boehner beat was close with the old Leader who was close with the bad man who doesn't care about you.

7. The good Democrats said that all Republicans are bad and always have been.

8. The Republicans have a 232-203 majority over Democrats, so they're in charge.

9. There's an election this year, so you have time to change that of you vote correctly.

10. If you don't know what to think about the situation, then look at our poll that tells you what everyone else thinks:

We asked hundreds of Americans who is most trustworthy and least corrupt. They trust Democrats the most, and so should you.

I don't think it's that bad.

Let's not be ninnies about this. Agreed, the article went over the line citing the poll and the name of the democrat campaign, but the ten points from the blogger are a little extreme.

Okay, I'll subscribe to that. It isn't as if they have an audience to corrupt anyway. I mean, who's watching CNN besides Mikey Moore and the folks down at the gay bar?

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