why has the media ignored the fact that that the pittsburgh gym shooter wrote negatively in his diary about obama? well, perhaps because it appears to be completely irrelevant? why would the huffpost focus on this fact? because, of course, anyone who opposes obama on, say, healthcare, is an insane homicidal maniac (cf. "wing-nut," "angry mob"), which really has been the approach to dealing with the opposition. now, let's say he'd blogged nonstop about how much he loved john kerry or something. would that discredit american liberalism? say his favorite beer was miller. would that discredit miller? what were - i don't know - bernie madoff's politics? and why hasn't the media focused on them? did you know jeffrey dahmer was in favor of universal healthcare? then everyone would be tastier, which is probably why henry waxman is for it too.