The Defeaticrats were against the benchmarks before they were for them.They take a position. Change their position. Lie about ever having had different positions. And the media works with them hand-in-glove. And a few people on Fox News call them on it, in a disorganized way... but they're drowned out by the overall tone of Fox News these days, which is to be more balanced than dedicated to getting the story out.
This is the biggest story since WWII. How a political party and the media are conspiring to lie to the American people. And though there are plenty of people writing about it, like Steyn, and a few people talking about it on Fox, on the whole, this story is being covered up. Certainly on network TV its being covered up. Completely.
It will disappear down the memory hole. History departments in every university in the Western World (not to mention the Arab World) are busy rewriting history. It's a work-in-progress. The whole sordid history of the defeaticrats which includes their loud denunciation of benchmarks followed by their loud braying demand for benchmarks (after the benchmarks were already achieved), is being covered up by the media and rewritten by the historians.
It's a conspiracy. Not centrally led, but a conspiracy of like-mindedness. The biggest conspiracy of the modern era.
How is it a secret conspiracy if the libs lost the 2004 elections? What about 2006? Think they will make any gains? Fact is, 50.5% of the people know what's going on and vote against the Dem party. After Iraq has settled down, we'll get down to domestic business. We know who are the internal enemies are.