The theater of the ridiculous

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/terrorism/first-read-joins-chorus-rapping-robert-gibbs-for-being-mean-to-cheney/

The other day when Chip "the Democrats rear the ugly heads" Reid had the temerity to chastise Robert Gibbs for being disrespectful of former Vice President Cheney, I thought the rest of the press would split their sides laughing. So it is not disrespectful of Cheney to say that Obama has made us less safe and that he has used the economic collapse for political gain by expanding government, but if Gibbs says anything about Cheney it is not OK? Cheney is a war criminal who according to Sy Hersh ran an extra legal assassination squad, who directly approved torture, who had zero respect for the Constitution or any branch of the government other than himself, is deemed worthy of respect. Under the Bushies it was considered unpatriotic to question anything, now these same supine reporters question Gibbs for making an off hand remark joking that Rush might have been busy and that the White House was not about to take economic advice from Dick Cheney. The press echo chamber within the Beltway is in high dudgeon. Ridiculous.