Most Americans Are Tired of Bullshit
From the National Review:
THE CHENEY STUFF [Mark R. Levin]Yes, Cheney is a public man so his actions are public — but in this case, they are public and unimportant. David Gregory and his band of pampered colleagues may be offended but many of us are not. Sorry, I don’t see any great offense or principle on display here. And I dare say most Americans are tuning out. The vice president is safe, his lawyer friend is okay, and nothing tawdry occurred. Now, back to the war.
This is Standard Conservative Blowhard Operating Procedure (SCBOP): Bad news breaks for the righties, the media gives it some play (usually minor play), then right-wing gasbags like Mark Levin announce with authority that “most Americans are tuning out” on the story—presumably because right-wingers have some sort of special batphone that taps straight into the heart of “most Americans.”
The Rs use this tactic with everything. Bush eavesdropping without a warrant? Most Americans don’t care. Abuse at Abu Ghraib? Most Americans aren’t paying attention. Bush’s buddy Ken Lay and that whole Enron debacle? Most Americans have moved on.
But here’s the thing Levin and his fellow right-wing dust bunnies should probably consider: Their Dear Leader Bush has an approval rating stuck at 40% approve. The Republican-controlled congress has even worse numbers. Could it be that maybe, just maybe, most Americans are no longer buying their bullshit? If you continually hitch your wagon to, and defend, a President unpopular by the majority of the nation, doesn’t that make you out of touch with most Americans? So why exactly would you know whether or not most Americans have tuned out?
The only problem with the flap about the shooting (which I do have to chuckle over every time I hear about it), is that the last few days had the possibility to be worse news days for the administration–with the Cheney role in the Plame leak, the LA debacle, the FEMA hearings, etc, and this episode has really stolen the spotlight. Not that I mind when there’s bad publicity for Cheney, Bush, or any other R.