Name That Party: AP Stops Tagging Troubled 'Centrist' Wu As a Dem

Newsbusters ^ | 2/28/11 | Tom Blumer

[Nachum]

Oregon residents and news followers nationwide can be forgiven for shaking their heads over the Associated Press's latest item on the misadventures of Congressman David Wu. All of a sudden he's apparently not a Democrat -- well, at least he's not identified as such by the wire service's Jonathan J. Cooper. (Snip) The theory here is that now that Wu's woes have become a more prominent national story, the AP has decided that the party identification of Wu should came to a halt, lest readers get their minds polluted with the craaaaazy idea that politicians in various forms of trouble

[Steely Tom]

They're not identifying him as a Democrat because he's nuts?

They're still identifying Sheila Jackson Lee as a Democrat, arent't they?

Racism.

[Ouderkirk]

We all understand by now....no party affiliation mentioned in the first three words of an article = democRAT.

[OCCASparky]

Nah, he's not crazy.../sarc

[KarlInOhio]

What is the story behind that picture? If it's from a Halloween party then he's just in a goofy costume. Or maybe he's a huge Auburn or Clemson fan. Either one of those might be a little undignified, but not a sign of insanity. On the other hand if he goes out on dates like that, well maybe the Dems need to shuffle him aside as quickly as possible.

[OCCASparky]

Apparently, this the low end of his goofy scale...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110224/ap_on_re_us/us_congressman_mental_health

[mirkwood]