Now it's getting silly

The press is apparently digging furiously for anything they can find to undermine Secretary Rumsfeld. Now they've discovered that he didn't personally sign every single letter of condolence to the loved ones of soldiers who have lost their lives in the war on terror. Predictably, some politicians are "outraged" at his lack of sensitivity.

What do you think the chances are that Clinton signed letters to the families of military who lost their lives during his tenure? Or his SecDefs Aspin, Perry or Cohen for that matter? What are the chances that any reporter has even bothered to ask or investigate the issue? (I can guarantee you it's zero.)

Nevermind the fact that Rumsfeld wrote and approved each of the letters and had some of them signed by autopen to "expedite" getting them to the families.

"I wrote and approved the now more than 1,000 letters sent to family members and next of kin of each of the servicemen and women killed in military action," Rumsfeld said in a statement on Sunday."

"While I have not individually signed each one, in the interest of ensuring expeditious contact with grieving family members, I have directed that in the future I sign each letter."

The petty politics disgusts me. We are at war. If you disagree with the way the war is being conducted, then at least have the cojones to say so directly, but picking on phony issues, and ridiculous charges such as this one just proves how childish you are. (Hat tip to Captain Ed.)

I'm still waiting for the media to admit that the uparmor story was a lie, but the media has no credibility at all, so why should I wait? I'll just say it right now. They're a bunch of damn liars who will print anything to destroy someone they don't like.

UPDATE: Edited for an incomplete sentence.