Steve's problem is that he's still watching CNN (or reading their website). The big networks and the big newspapers are unanimous in their support for liberal policies -- there's no way they're going to report anything that reflects poorly on a fellow leftist.

Hate Bush? Indeed. But he's not the first to get this treatment. Ken Starr endured it not too long ago (he's a madman!). Newt Gingrich took this beating not more than 10 years ago (he's mean-spirited!). And Ronald Reagan got rained on every time the network news aired (he's dumb! he's a cowboy who's gonna get us all killed! he's gonna make the Soviets mad!).

Getting that kind of bad press is actually a good sign -- it means you're being effective.
Funnier still is listening to Kerry in his own words. My favorite trope is the high-handed condemnation of Bush's negative campaigning -- which almost always precedes a scurrilous personal attack on W. This Kerry dude is much too predictable.

But hey, it's part of the game. Are voters smart enough to see through that game? Nah. They'll vote using criteria even more banal and ponderous than the bullshit being spewed by the networks.

Hey, I went to work in the city again today. Made it home without getting blown up. Woohoo!