Friday, July 23, 2004

News Break: When the Sandy Berger investigation was revealed, Democrats were questioning the timing of the news. After Richard Clarke began criticizing the president, Republicans accused him of waiting until the election year before speaking up. Now that some of Bush's National Guard records have been found, Democrats say Republicans are trying to interfere with the Boston convention.

Both parties need to get something straight. We are in the middle of an election, and news will continue to happen as always. The fact that an election is underway in no way makes the inevitable news suspect. So quit whining about how such-and-such was revealed at an inconvenient moment and deal with the facts at hand. Any complaining about "suspicious timing" should be interpreted as "we don't have a better answer".