Don't Let Them Change The Subject

Last September, the Bush campaign effectively exploited the flawed story on "60 Minutes II" about George W. Bush's service record to kill that issue for the duration of the campaign. How did they do it? by removing the focus from Bush and his record and putting it instead on "60 Minutes" and Dan Rather.
Clearly, they are trying to do exactly the same thing with the Guantanamo/Kuran desecration story. Remove any focus on the well-documented instances of torture and abuse, and direct everyone's attention instead to Newsweek.
We cannot allow this to happen.
Newsweek is not the important story here. Torture, violation of the Geneva Conventions, cultural harassment, illegal detention, extraordinary rendition -- these are the stories. We need to follow the Bushies' example and stay on story, stick to our guns, not allow ourselves to be distracted by having to defend an MSM outlet that most of us don't have much respect for anyway.
Remember. These are the talking points: Torture, violation of the Geneva Conventions, cultural harassment, illegal detention, extraordinary rendition. Got that? Torture, violation of the Geneva Conventions, cultural harassment, illegal detention, extraordinary rendition. What's that you say? You need to hear it again? Torture, violation of the Geneva Conventions, cultural harassment, illegal detention, extraordinary rendition.