Digby: Raiders Of The Lost Wingnuts

I think if there is one thing I find more infuriating than anything else in politics it's obvious, phony spin that fools no one but which everybody nonetheless pretends is normal discourse. It's insults the intelligence.

Here's an example. Last night the Lehrer Newshour did a report on the meat packing immigration raids. They quoted Michael Chertoff at the big press conference saying:

Now, this is not only a case about illegal immigration, which is bad enough; it's a case about identity theft and violation of the privacy rights and the economic rights of innocent Americans.