Strategery!

I'm not going to dignify the latest tripe from Politics West blogger Ross Kaminsky by linking to it. Suffice it to say that Ross has really outdone himself, he's planning an 8 part series to "debunk" the connections between Bob Schaffer, convicted felon lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the Marianas Islands Sweatshops.

The problem for Ross though is that the evidence is pretty clear - Schaffer's staffers met with Captain Jack's staffers, Schaffer repeatedly attacked officials investigating conditions on the islands using language that came directly from Abramoff himself. There are other ties as well. The point being there are clear and obvious ties betweens Bob Schaffer and his support for labor conditions that even President Bush agrees are deplorable and said sweatshops lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

To deny these obvious connections is to deny reality, which is of course why Ross Kaminsky is on the case. The strategy appears to be to overwhelm the public with bullshit piled so high that no one will want to put forth the effort to unpack it all. Thus the steaming pile of lies will stand unopposed and ready to suck in unsuspecting and uninformed members of the public.

It's a deplorable strategy but not surprising given that the facts are so stacked against Schaffer. Kaminsky has proven himself to be an unrepentant liar who lacks even the most basic moral and ethical compass so I suppose he really doesn't have anything to lose either.