The Whole Delivery

If you just received news from our sad cable media, you would just think that Charlie Rangel was the only ethic scandal in town going on (well, before the one on Maxine Waters was brought up over the weekend). Yet just as big of a story (and even more juicy in the details) is the continued ongoing mess of Nevada Republican Senator John Ensign, which has had such a hard time finding attention again on the television screen after Rick Sanchez properly embarrassed the philandering fool at the exact end of last year . After The Hill reported on the latest developments last Friday , both Chris Hayes and Steve Benen were the only ones to re-ask the salient question (that they of course knew the answer to) on "Why the spotlight on Rangel while Ensign's situation with new developments, still remained under their colleagues' peripheral?" Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy Benen and Hayes pertinent focus on Republican ethics pro...

Steven Benen has one of those "Greatest stories that won't ever be told on the corporate media unless Olbermann and Maddow talk about it" anecdotes that needs to be shared throughout the rest of the rational online news community. It's that stunning, and it shows where the thought process is some in this country. Benen rights in this post at the W.M an about conservative nutcase activist Kenneth Gladney, and how his fight against health care reform is so irony at its quintessence. Over the last few days, a conservative activist in St. Louis named Kenneth Gladney seems to have become something of a cause for celebration in far-right circles. Depending on which version of events you choose to believe, Gladney either initiated or was involved in a scuffle at a town-hall event late last week. At least one prominent conservative blogger said Gladney was "brutally attacked" by SEIU members outside the event. After watching the video , there's ample reason for...