| Compulsive "borking"
It's the frenzy that's the giveaway. This is a stupid non-story that belongs in a gossip column somewhere. Instead we have Newsweek and the AP treating like it's really heavy news. Now come the rest of them, with torches and pitchforks. "We've found a witch! Attack! Attack!" They look like those yahoos dancing on the downed Apache with their AK-47's. Hello? We've captured Baghdad, suckers. I guess these days, liberal journalists have to take their victories where they can find them. Since there aren't any in the actual news, they have to make stuff up. |
"Compulsive Borking" is a useful insight, because it is about the only explanation for the truly pathetic fascination with Bill Bennett's gambling. Who cares about Bill Bennett? Who cares about gambling? It's like watching a re-run of the Salem Witch Trials. "Oh look! A Republican! He must be a witch! Let's throw spears at him! If they pass right through, we'll know he was a witch!"