These guys need to be
corrected.
Let's hit them hard where it hurts, in their Inboxes.
I sent to following to the Editors, Milbank, and the Ombudsman:
In his 17 June article, "Democrats Play House To Rally Against the War" Dana Milbank begins with the words "In the Capitol basement yesterday, long-suffering House Democrats took a trip to the land of make-believe." Apparently Mr. Milbank and the Washington Post feel that House Democrats have not suffered sufficiently. The Washington Post apparently believes that Democrats should also have to suffer Milbank's unjustified, mean-spirited attack piece. I will not dignify Milbank's bilious, bullying screed with critical analysis. Suffice it to say that others have already shown several of its facts to be demonstrably incorrect.
I am very concerned about why the Post considered this back-alley attack necessary or wise. I suspect it's to provide cover for past ills.
If the Post had bothered to fully cover the events leading up to war with Iraq instead of acting as surrogate cheer leaders for an incompetent, bellicose administration, they would now be able to report that the Downing Street Minutes support what they had reported all along. That is, to justify a preemptive war, the Bush administration may have deceived Congress, citizens, and the international community and may have "fixed the intelligence around the policy" to backup a fraudulent justification. Instead, Milbank and the Post attempt to cover their negligence by attacking the messenger.
Representative Conyers is an honorable man. He represents my thinking and that of millions of other citizens. He is doing his job. The Washington Post owes a public apology to Rep. Conyers and the other House Democrats who are standing up to an out-of-control administration. And the Post owes their reading public a retraction for the inaccuracies in Milbank's article.
Sincerly yours,
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