The Supreme Irony of Life...: The Sad, Sad State of Our Discourse

CNN sympathizes, not with the Frost family, but with the radical right:

I think in this instance what happened was the Democrats didn’t do as much of a vetting as they could have done on this young man, his situation, his family.

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More and more, Congress is acting less like a deliberative legislative body, and more like a political campaign. We’ve been seeing the politicization of every aspect of government.

Those damn Democrats, and their attempt to put a face on the problems of uninsured children in this country.

This is one of those cases where I shouldn't be surprised. Honestly, the reaction from Right Blogistan was predictable. Maybe not how far they have gone in distorting the story (well, maybe), but the reactions of the Freepers, Michelle Malkin, Rush Limbaugh, and their cohorts is well within established patterns built up pretty much since the attacks on the Clinton's in the 1990's.

However, the media continues to follow them, despite the fact that everything about this story has been proven to be opposite of what is claimed by these people.

It is as Maha said:

In other words, it’s the Dems fault that the Frost family is being ripped to shreds by the Right? This is like saying “it’s your fault if you lead your cow into a river full of piranha.” Yes, righties are behaving like a school of piranha, and the Dems should have known this would happen.

It's the Democrats fault that the Republicans are acting like a bunch of boorish imbeciles.

*sigh*