Self-Parody Alert
By Shorter Ann “I see the evil in the Clenis’s socks” Althouse: “I can’t believe that a sex scandal is distracting us from substantive discussion of the Iraq War! Besides, as the wise Mickey Kaus points out, the media should only cover one anti-Republican story at a time. This is why the press will never be as beloved as Weird Al Yankovic.”
…and, of course, this is all part of the Reynolds/Althouse/Kaus “the 1936 elections were great for the Republicans” meme. Lots of scandals–great for the GOP! One scandal–great for the GOP, because it’s an outlier! No scandals–great for the GOP, because when you say everything is great for the GOP sometimes you have to be right.