Readers needed to know that, when you visit Arlington, you might not know exactly what you’re supposed to do when confronted by those rows of headstones, but you damn sure know what you’re not supposed to do. But the coverage this week left many readers with the impression that the whole thing might have been a bureaucratic mix-up, or some tedious violation of protocol. It focused on bland horse-race coverage so common during election season, rather than clearly stating what really took place: an egregious and willful violation of long-standing norms. What was missing from the coverage was a willingness to quickly and decisively state what a grievous insult the whole debacle was to the dignity of Arlington. The sacred had been profaned.
Well fucking said.
Correct. If Biden did something like it, they’d blame it on mental decline and do the drumbeat…but yeah, if it’s a Republican, it’s OK, because they already have too many things in the Republican column, and they need to be “objective” by downplaying things in this column and seek things in the Democratic column and play those way up (like Walz leaving the National Guard, for instance, I mean, WTAF).