Then there are the stories reporters keep dragging up about Conyers' staffer years ago babysitting his kids. The Republican Party is throwing an orgy in the Watergate for a $40 billion spy agency that couldn't find its ass with a map and two hands, and this is where our intrepid reporters are digging? Why?
Why this bombardment of efforts to paint the longest-serving African-American in Congress as a fringe extremist, whereas in reality he is balancing carefully between the demands of voters and the spinelessness of his party's leadership?
The sad thing is that the RNC may be doing what the DNC has failed at, finally announcing to the public that the Democrats will boldly charge ahead for justice.
And, knowing Conyers, it might even be true.
But that's between you, me, and the NSA. Don't tell Tim Russert or Nancy Pelosi.
Why this bombardment of efforts to paint the longest-serving African-American in Congress as a fringe extremist, whereas in reality he is balancing carefully between the demands of voters and the spinelessness of his party's leadership?
The sad thing is that the RNC may be doing what the DNC has failed at, finally announcing to the public that the Democrats will boldly charge ahead for justice.
And, knowing Conyers, it might even be true.
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