So…Iran stopped developing nucular weapons in 2003 as Fearless Leader warns us of an impending World War III. A couple of days ago, Rove tells us that it was the Dems that rushed that paragon of strategery into a war that he really didn’t want. And Rove sticks to his story despite the fact that insiders like Andy Card tell us that his claims are a crock.

Forget impeachment as a remedy. That will take too long and far too much spine for the Dems to even consider. But I continue to wonder why it is that the media gives these guys the imprimatur of legitimacy. They’re a freak show. After all it seems that they have less credibility than the homeless schizophrenic wandering the streets babbling about seeing Jesus pilot a UFO. Yes, I understand that Bush has the bully pulpit and warrants coverage and yes, 95% of the media is owned by five megacorps beholden the the current world order.

But seriously, there must be a tipping point where the need to maintain some semblance of credibility outweighs the slavish support of demonstrable liars. Certainly in the case of Rove, someone in the the media has to be thinking that next to Cheney, he’s the crazy uncle of the right. I certainly understand Rove’s “celebrity,” and am equally vexed that a dumb-as-shit 8-time loser consultant like Bob Shrum is propped up as an expert seven days a week on any network that will have him. But given Rove’s duplicity, the rational response would be to not give him any more coverage than they would the babbling maniac on the street. After all, what’s Rove without the media? Just another crazy Texan.

This isn’t a call for partisan vitriol as much as it is a plea for sanity. If we wonder why a majority of Americans are so pissed off at “the system” that they choose not to vote in elections, look no further than the media’s celebrity/ratings-at-all-cost approach to news. I know America’s smarter than this. We know we’re being had and can’t seem to do anything about it. This is why Obama is passing Hillary. Obama seems less contrived and conniving than Hillary, who, rightly or wrongly, has become positioned as the queen of calculation. We want it straight, which is why America bought the bullshit from that two-bit pretender in 2000.

Until we get it straight from the media, we going to continue to be assaulted by petty con artists and captivated by glib sound bites (Huckabee is getting wise to this and starting to climb). Until there is real media reform, until the fairness doctrine is reinstated, the propaganda assault on our country will continue to pass for real news, and our ability to understand, monitor and adjust our democracy so that it meets the needs of our people will pass right along with it.

UPDATE:  More Rovian delusions…