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Dark Conspiracy? [SocioPolitico]

Third Superpower takes me to task for fearing a 'dark conspiracy' over the Texas Walkout. I doubt there was any concerted campaign of media silence at the time of my posting (although I suspect only Republican voters will be worried about the fact that the Democrats used the only tactic open to them in the face of an uncompromising opposition ) and I wonder if it got picked up in a Google trawl.

My comments were meant to point less to those specific actions and more to the general fact that the US media that was being dumped heavily outside my hotel rooms last week was previously able to hit a frenzy of outrage over Mr Clinton's indiscretions and yet has hardly a word to say about the (apparent) gerrymandering, nepotism and elitism in charge of the US at the moment. That's less a matter of conspiracy, which requires co-ordination, and more a matter of the political affilliations of the commentators, in my view.

Now, the stuff Ed Cone and Josh Marshall are pointing to is much more of a potential blockbuster. If Tom DeLay is indeed orchestrating a conspiracy then it needs a name like 'Watergate' because it could be huge. Or at least it would be if it was the Dems doing it.

posted at 8:56 PM (UK) | |