Hatch Job

I've had very little respect for Sen. Orrin Hatch ever since the bizarro Thomas hearings, but nevertheless, my husband and I have both remarked on how acceptable he looks when he's speaking on a political topic. That doesn't mean that we aren't suspicious of every word that comes out of his mouth, he seems to be an uncomfortable shill for the Bushes. I wonder if he's always been a shill for Republican leaders or if it's just Bush that inspires him to throw his credibility into chaos. I swear, do they have state secrets on everybody? Is that why almost every Republican, including McCain and Guiliani, is lining up for these historically monster crackpots? Or are they just lemmings by nature? Anyway, Hatch was angrily spinning the Gonzales attorney firings last week on Meet the Press and he attempted to undercut the fired attorneys and the whole issue, which seemed really, well, like a series of big, defensive lies at the time.

It turns out that for anyone who may have been watching this past Sunday, he did issue a statement admitting that he had "accidentally" used Carol Lam's name instead of who he really meant. What? He totally misrepresented her career--and he now "regrets making an error:" Hatch Letter I don't think I've ever seen the propoganda machine so clearly illuminated. If it weren't for bloggers and Air America, the lies would have gone unreported. At least we're making some progress in bringing the truth, or rather the lies, to light on Meet the Press (unfortunately, it's just a chip in the iceberg of media propoganda)!