Lipstick On A Pig

POSTED BY ARNOLD HAMILTON

The new-look Daily Disappointment is pulling the same old stunts.

Today's Opinion page includes a sophomoric scolding of Oklahoma Democrats for failing to erase convicted former state auditor Jeff McMahan from the state party web site [okdemocrats.org].

It sets up the attack -- headlined "Definition Of Irony" -- with a quote from "one man" who "described his decision to be a Democrat" this way: "Any government which derives its authority from its people must have its people's interests in mind. Otherwise it is destined to fail."

The Disappointment then huffs, "Could anyone serious argue [McMahan's] an example of a government official who puts others' interests above his own?"

What's really ironic is the next item in the Monday Morning Quarterbacks column -- a recap from politico.com of the federal corruption case against longtime Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens.

Conspicuously missing: Stevens' party affiliation.

Hmmmm. Could it be? Oh, no, Stevens is a Republican ... a Republican U.S. Senator for 40 years.

It's true that these items appear on the "Opinion" page, not in the news columns. Still, isn't it intellectually dishonest not to identify Stevens' party -- especially after taking the other party to task for corruption?

Remember: It's often not what the Daily Disappointment tells you, it's what they don't tell you.

In this case, the new-look Disappointment reads too much like the old.