Let me get this straight...

So, I remember, and I know this was a really long time ago, that the White House press corps used to be in to digging up scandals and obfuscations by politicians. I don't think we need to go back to the era of Woodward and Bernstein to find examples of this. Even in my own lifetime I remember "travelgate," "whitewatergate," "Monica-giving-Bill-a-BJ-and-then-Bill-questioning-the-definition-of-the-'be'-verb-gate." I even remember some reporters being curious about Vince Foster and Ron Brown. I also remember some White House press reporters trying to get to the bottom of Hillary's hair style.
I can even remember while George W. Bush was lying his way through the 2000 primaries, or sending Rove out to do the same, some reporters were quite scornful of Al Gore's misquoted comments about the internet, whom, I believe, the Webby people gave an award recently for his advocacy of the internet in its early years.
Of course, if George W. Bush lied about one of his staffers committing treason, this would not be as serious as Bill lying about getting a BJ on the sly. However, the fact stands that Karl Rove has not been above impugning opponents' honorable war records, implying that opponents are homosexuals, putting opponents in jail, and my favorite, planting a bug in his own office and then having his best buddy, who happens to work at the FBI, investigate the whole matter.
However, let's keep in mind that the Republican party is the party of "moral values" and "defending America." This administration is also very supportive of personal responsibility and citizenship. So this means that they can't take personal responsibility for the failures of their administration, because personal responsibility only belongs to the peons without healthcare. Also, it is very important to remember that if Karl Rove or Donald Rumsfeld were to tender their resignations, that would mean that the terrorists have won.
Of course, when many in Washington were clambering for the sacking of General McClellan, Lincoln stood by his man. He did the same for Generals McDowell, Pope, Hooker, Burnside, and Meade. Because, when someone has proven their incompetence in a job, the best thing to do is let them keep doing it.
Okay, here's another great story. Remember when the South fired on Fort Sumter? Well, after Lincoln called for 100,000 volunteers, Secretary of State Seward suggested invading Canada, a strategy that had worked wonders during the Revolution and War of 1812--just ask a Canadian. Lincoln told Seward, "One war at a time." Of course, Lincoln was a defeatist, liberal communist, however there is a very nice memorial to him on the mall in D.C.