Republicans once again cowering in the corner, mute, in fear of Democrats and the media

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1/15/11, "Democrat diversion strategy succeeds again," American Thinker, Steve McCann

"The Democrats and the Left have once again succeeded in their most well worn, time tested and effective tactic: diversion. For the past six days the country has been watching the spectacle of the Republicans and those on the right defending themselves from absurd and trumped up accusations.

This strategy has been so successful over the years that the Left and their allies in the media are now so emboldened that they will literally create any accusation out of whole cloth in the assumption that the Republicans in Congress and on the national stage, as they have in the past, will cower in a corner and pledge their undying fealty to "civility." Once they have done so, the Democrats and their allies will have the upper hand."...