In What Kind Of Nation?

clipped from politics.boogietrain.nl In “href="http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/16/what-we-can-learn-from-the-joe-the-plumber-episode/">their rabid character assassination” as Ed Morrissey puts it, of Joe the Plumber, “a man who did nothing more than ask a question,” Obama supporters and their allies in the media remind us (yet again) of the tactics of all too many on the left.  Instead of challenging their conservative, independent or just plain non-orthodox leftists critics on the plain of ideas, they dredge up whatever they can find in an attempt to destroy our credibility. They just get upset with anything which upsets their narrative. They href="http://www.pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/archives2/025918.php">don’t want to investigate Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac because such an investigation might undermine their narrative that deregulation and Wall Street greed prompted the mortgage meltdown.  When conservative suggest that government programs might have precipitated the mess, for example, one leading Democrat href="http://www.gaypatriot.net/2008/10/07/has-barney-frank-no-shame/">accused such heretics to the media narrative of racism. In what kind of nation, do the media investigate critics more than candidates?