Bob Cesca at the Huffington Post grabs a ball bat in this op-ed piece and beat the living hell out of the “liberal media” for letting the criminals in the White House run us into a never-ending war in Iraq. They should been doing their job, and he’s forewarning the press, while they are making excuses for their previous failures, (see Scott McLellen’s book) that Bush and McCain are a fixin’ to bomb Iran.

The Republican candidate for president of the United States wants to bomb Iran. He wants to continue the occupation of Iraq. He declared that he would be Hamas’ worst nightmare (whatever that means). But… Senator McCain has a killer recipe for goddamn dry rub, so step up to the coleslaw and ice-cold Busch beer — it’s time to ignore more Republican justifications for war! Why? Because Senator McCain is awesome.

Yes, while many of the top-shelf cable news reporters are making excuses, the Bush administration and the McCain campaign are making plans for more wars. But they’re also making ribs for all the very serious reporters! So never mind all that. Pass the sauce.

Hell, Senator Clinton threatened that she would “obliterate” Iran, but our very serious corporate media at the time was busy scaring white hillbillies with continuous coverage of Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s sermons.

And as of this writing, I can’t seem to track down a single cable news clip in which one of these very serious reporters pivots the direction of the McClellan debate and asks the very appropriate question (the screaming, exploding elephant): what happens to the administration now? What ought to be the legal consequences of lying a nation into war? Who ought to be held accountable and when? Other than the climate/energy crisis, I can’t think of an issue more crucial at this moment in our nation’s history.