THE NEWS HACK'S CREED:
I know more than you.
I make lots more money than you.
I'm smarter than you.
I'm sexier than you.
I appear on TV all the time.
I work ten minutes a day.
I rule the universe.
I'm going to live forever.
You are an idiot.
THE NEWS HACK'S CREED, No. 2:
A lie isn't a lie when it tells THE TRUTH.
THE NEWS HACK'S CREED, No. 3:
I've come to realize that the looseness of the journalistic life, the seeming laxity of the newsroom, is an illusion. Yes, there's informality and there's humor, but beneath the surface lies something deadly serious. It is a code. Sometimes the code is not even written down, but it is deeply believed in. And, when violated, it is enforced with tribal ferocity.
--JOHN "OMERTA" CARROLL.
THE NEWS HACK'S CREED, No. 4:
News isn't news when we don't report it.
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In his 20 years in Congress, Representative Weldon had never faced a serious challenger. This year, his opponent is a political novice - but a well-funded one, retired Navy vice-admiral Joe Sestak. By April 3, just 60 days after announcing his candidacy, he had raised $420,000, including $70,000 that came in after Sen. John Kerry (D) of Massachusetts sent out an appeal to his 3 million-strong e-mail list on behalf of Admiral Sestak and two other military veterans running for Congress.
In Arizona, Representative Hayworth faces his first serious opponent since 1998 in the person of Harry Mitchell, who was a popular mayor of Tempe for 16 years and then, until recently, a state senator. Senator Mitchell jumped into the race only in late March, but as a seasoned politician, is seen as a threat.
I doubt Congresspoops Able Danger and Rush Limbaugh have a problem. Incumbents are the next best thing to members of the House of Lords, and Gen. McClellan and ex-Sen. War Hero teach us that most military Democrats are preening-peacock COPPERHEADS. Nonetheless (to repeat) the GOP is in richly deserved trouble, thanks to its smug corruption and its total torpor. If they escape it should not be a tribute to the party.
Meantime the WaPost isn't so hopeful.