The New Tack: John Roberts = Ken Starr

As fabulous as the internet is, sometimes it's important to hold the paper in your own little hands. It's not easy to find on the site, but on the front page of today's LA Times is the following headline: "With Starr, Roberts Pushed Reagan Agenda."

Then go to the break page. There, one sees a big picture of Ken Starr testifying before Congress. Right below it, a picture of John Roberts.

Get the message? John Roberts is a scary, scary guy -- just like the weird and evil Ken Starr. Never mind that Judge Starr was unforgivably and unfairly savaged by Clinton's attack dogs simply for doing his job as independent counsel. Never mind that he was always one of the most respected members of the D.C. legal establishment. Never mind that he's a person of great intellect. Never mind that he's a fine man.

The Times doesn't care about any of that. All that matters to them is that -- through the efforts of Democratic partisans -- Ken Starr is tainted (albeit unjustly). And if that taint can be transferred to John Roberts, well, all the better.