Ricin in Senate mailroom...

Interesting comment from The Junkyard Blog regarding the Ricin scare: bq. It was in an envelope found at a post office in Connecticut, addressed to Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist. Will he blame the Democrats? bq. No. And he shouldn't. bq. But when then Sen. Majority Leader Tom Daschle's office received an envelope containing anthrax back in 2001, Daschle and his wife were quick to insinuate that Republicans or right-wingers were behind it. Many, many on the left wanted desperately to pin the attacks on right-wingers, despite the absence of even a single shred of evidence justifying such a charge (here's a Google search if you don't believe me). NPR went as far as to name the Traditional Values Coalition on the air as a suspected group. What NPR lacked was judgment, fairness and evidence. bq. As for the Daschles, well, like much of the left they just lack any sense that the threats we face are external. They prefer to bash the supposed enemy within instead of confronting the very real enemy without. Keep in mind Mrs. Daschle offered this assessment of the threat to her husband not long after 9-11 (which obviously wasn't perpetrated by Republicans): And more: bq. And to blame the rising partisanship of the time on Republicans--when groups like Democrats.com were hawking "Bush knew" conspiracy books and the like--is especially rich. The fact was and remains that the Dems hugged the flag only as long as they had to after 9-11, then went right back to airing conspiracy theories and castigating Republicans as hateful and and Bush as Hitler and so forth as soon as they believed they could get away with it. Spot on. The Google search turns up 3,400 hits so this is not a minor news issue, this was reported on in detail.