Talk about a gift from God for Charlie Brown – the 2007 King Kong Kool-Aid award winner, the Sacramento Bee continues to remind us of why they are the wind beneath the Democrat Party’s wings in Northern CA.

Their latest journalistic abortion occurrs in the form of an article entitled “Ad Watch – Brown’s Military Service Highlighted”.

Daivd Whitney takes the lead again – the article starts by reminding us of Charlie Brown the (Valliant) Challenger to John Doolittle who almost beat him in 2006. They start like in Thursday’s hatchet job with some carefully chosen words this time implying that only Charlie Brown cares about veterans.

They then include the entire text of the radio ad in the article. (Let’s check to see if Doolittle’s ads even get covered, let alone reprinted in their entirety in the future articles…)

Whitney starts his gushing analysis of Brown’s ads with the following lines: “ANALYSIS: With no declared opponent in the June Democratic primary, Brown is now an established contender who even Republicans think has a credible shot at capturing the House seat if scandal-tarred Doolittle is in the November general election.“

With Ethical Conservatives like Eric Kerry-Egland deciding to stab Doolittle in the back – I could see how Whitney would gleefully write those words. Heck – add Ken Campbell’s public vendetta and the pontification of a few consultants who lack the stomach for a good fight have the Democrats drooling at the possibility of stealing the 4th CD.

But remember, the Democrats wouldn’t have a chance at the 4th CD if it wasn’t for Republicans with agendas lining up after John Doolittle.

Scandal-Tarrred!? Whitney – you are not a jounralist, you are a campaign operative. Show us an indictment… what’s your proof? Julie Doolittle getting a 15% fundraising commission because she was a better fundraiser than anyone else the Doolittle’s ever used? That’s all you have because the government can’t make a case after 3 1/2 years – remember? You had to write Thursday’s article in a lame attempt to breathe more life into the floundering investigation.

Whitney’s second paragraph of analysis is a little accurate – Brown is trying to rise above the image of second-time challenger. This ad seizes on his long involvement with veterans to portray him as a politician who walks the talk. It also serves to help Brown, criticized by Doolittle throughout the 2006 race as too liberal for the conservative 4th District, emphasize his support for the military.

Charlie Brown’s long involvement with veterans includes using the City of Roseville e-mail system to criticize their mission in Iraq. His long involvement with veterans also includes standing with the soldier hung in effigy at Steven Pearcy’s home in south Sacramento and then trying to keep Pearcy from staging an anti-war rally in summer 2006 so as to avoid shedding light on the real Charlie Brown.

The Bee should register as a Democrat Party PAC or as a 527.

The article in question in Linked here