Now Where Was Your Spine Back In 2003?

Because if reporters like Joe Kline had shown a fraction of the skeletal fortitude back in the run up to Iraq that he has in St. Paul this week...

There is a tendency in the media to kick ourselves, cringe and withdraw, when we are criticized. But I hope my colleagues stand strong in this case: it is important for the public to know that Palin raised taxes as governor, supported the Bridge to Nowhere before she opposed it, pursued pork-barrel projects as mayor, tried to ban books at the local library and thinks the war in Iraq is "a task from God." The attempts by the McCain campaign to bully us into not reporting such things are not only stupidly aggressive, but unprofessional in the extreme.

...then maybe this country would be far, far better off now than it is currently.