BCT Editorial – 5/9/10

This is one of those rare occasions when the Times and I agree on the core issue of an editorial.

Of course, the Times ruined that special moment and tried to make it a political issue with its comments about “the right-wing lunasphere” and Sen. McCain.  The editorial failed to note similar complaints came from the left.  Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) joined Mr. McCain, and Mr. Lieberman had an Americans for Democratic Action Liberal Quotient (LQ) of 95% for 2009 and has a cumulative LQ of 86% for the last 10 years.  You may also recall a Times editorial implied Mr. Lieberman was in “the middle.”

We can now add the Obama administration to “the right-wing lunasphere” and Sen. McCain.  After I originally published this critique, AG Eric Holder said the following on “Meet the Press”: “I think we have to look at the rules that we have and look at the situation that we now confront.  The public safety exception [regarding Miranda notification] was really based on a robbery that occurred back in the ‘80s and something to do with a supermarket.  We’re now dealing with international terrorists, and I think that we have to think about perhaps modifying the rules that interrogators have and somehow coming up with something that is flexible and is more consistent with the threat that we now face.”

Finally, I can’t get over how often the Times uses a comedy show as a reference.  This is at least the ninth time since October 2004 editorials afforded credibility to “The Daily Show,” or its spin-off “The Colbert Report.”