I know, I know... duh!
On Yahoo's! front page now is a story about Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington suing two conservative groups for violating FEC law by supporting Nader's bid to get on the Oregon ballot. It's titled "Watchdog Group Complains About Nader Aid."
The last 118 words are as follows, see if you can tell me how this relates to the headline:
Republican Party chairman Ed Gillespie says Democrats are trying to act as though good economic developments aren't really happening.
"They long ago came to the cynical conclusion that what's worse for the American people is what's best for them politically," Gillespie said in remarks prepared for delivery Tuesday night at a GOP fund-raiser in Portland, Ore.
Gillespie said the positive economic developments include the creation of more than 1.4 million new jobs in the last nine months and the highest levels of home ownership in the nation's history.
"As we emerge from a recession, the terror attacks of 9/11 and the impact of bad corporate actors, the economic growth we are experiencing is strong and durable," he said.
I mean, one can usually pick out the digs in stories, but c'mon, quoting Ed Gillespie, and only Ed mind you, bashing Democrats in a totally unrelated story?
It's like the guy wrote the story, almost submitted it, but forgot to pay homage, and threw in this last 100+ words at the last second.
How does this shit pass muster? Do editors even look at this stuff anymore?