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"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored". (Aldous Huyxley). In the case of the current administration and the media, one could update this by saying , the truth does not cease to exist because it is ignored. Remember Bob Barr, ultra right wing "holier than thou" conservative congressman in the forefront of the impeachment process drummed up against Bill Clinton. You couldn't turn on a cable news station during this get the nasty President frenzy whipped up by the Republicans, without seeing Barr spouting about Clinton not being above the law for lying about consensual sex. Well, it turns out on the current illegal Bush wiretapping, Barr is being consistent, although up until now he has been pretty quiet on Bush's lies about WMDs the economy, and the ousting of Valarie Plame. But there is something about this wiretapping issue that got to Barr to have him say in a speech "The President has dared the American people to do something about it. For the sake of the constitution, I hope they will". Maybe Bush's has finally gone too far for even some ultra-right wingers like Barr when he says his Presidency is above the law. Although, it's amazing how many other Republican politicians and media right wing talkers and columnists who are willing to defend their President, right or wrong, laws or no laws. And even more amazing are the number of Bush voters more interested in the superbowl and beer than a President's overt spitting on the constitution and the law. Al Gore gave a fiery and elequent Patrick Henry like speech pointing out all the reasons why a President breaking the law and not being held accountable for it is very serious. Yet, unless you tuned in on C-span you never had a clue about what Gore said. More and more, Gore is looking like the leader he should have been 5 years ago, and the last hope for the Democrats and anybody else who wants to preserve this once great democracy and country.