British Stoicism Belies Right-Wing Propagandists in the US

I'm enjoying my break from American television, and John Nichols' observations about the response of right-wing pundits in the US to the July 7th terrorist attacks makes me glad I'm missing most of the coverage. In Bugged by the Brits, Nichols quotes several conservative commentators who have tried to use the London bombings to promote their reactionary agenda. The rhetoric, not to mention the logic, of Bill O'Reilly, Brit Hume, Brian Kilmeade, and John Gibson is disgusting, though just par for the course. I hope Nichols' assessment of the initial British response continues to hold true: "Try as American conservative commentators did to get Londoners to echo their pro-Bush, pro-war line, the British generally refused to play along." At the same time I'm hoping that the news from London will not divert attention from Karl Rove's criminal misdeeds.