Desperate, But Not Serious

Rumsfeld hagiographer Midge Decter has an embarrassing explanation for the Abu Ghraib controversy:

This new scandal is no more than an election-season opportunity seized by certain serious opponents of the war, along with many more unserious opponents of the Bush administration.

Reminds me of one of the funniest -- and cruelest -- headlines I've ever read, from a British music-rag story on Morrissey about 10 years ago: "This Bloke Just Isn't Funny Anymore."