Reply #4: I thought about it all day, maggr.

[VolcanoJen]

I thought to myself, well, finally, a Bush-busting Iraq-Lies-shattering story grows legs, and it even took most of us by surprise. Ever since late last summer, all of the "legs" stories (Wilson-Plame, SOTU, Kay Report, Iraq War Supplemental, Clarke, 9/11 Commission, Medicare Scam, Woodward) have lost steam quickly, and Bush lost nothing tangible.

What is different about this story? Why is it raging on, gaining steam daily, a week later? We've been so obsessed with this story, we've hardly noticed that it's May 6th, and already 23 soldiers have died in Iraq (same pace as the way April started... to the day, actually).

It's a sex story, a penis story, a salacious story complete with photographs. It's a character story, a human interest story, long before it's a war story, a human rights story, a massive failure of fucking leadership from the President to Lynndie story.

You nailed it, and there's nothing wrong with recognizing that angle of the story. Every new day surprises me.