It’s Okay If You’re a Republican.

It’s still true. Greenwald lays out the story of Gingrich’s trip to China, and asks where the outrage was then. Oh, yeah, Gingrich went to Israel too.

See! IOKIYAR.

Not quite sure what’s up with CNN piling on Pelosi. I caught Malveaux almost shouting over the Syrian ambassador on Situation Room the other day, and it definitely raised my eyebrows. The lady’s got a bug up her butt about Syria, and I have no idea why.

And this whole issue with the head scarf is so trumped up and ridiculous. The media is having a serious case of the vapors this week, even though from the actual news reports it sounds like Pelosi is being quite measured in her words, and hasn’t contradicted official policy in any way. Not that you could tell that from listening to the talking heads in their distress at any supposed slight to President Pissypants.

The only discussion of the issue I’ve heard on cable that was remotely reality-based was last night on Hardball. That was a pleasant break.

UPDATE: Ah, the lovely folks at Talking Points Memo have put the Hardball footage up on YouTube. Here it is:

UPDATE: Hmmm… that bit got pulled quick. UPDATE to the UPDATE: And it’s back. Mysterious.