Passing Thought

Scott Rosenberg in Salon says of Al-Arian/Rove-gate:

In the meantime, the strange saga of Al-Arian should remind us all that defining terrorism is a far more complex problem than our current president’s blunt moral compass allows. After all, Bush’s own most trusted advisors, with all their intelligence resources, embraced the same Al-Arian whom they now seek to convict. Should Rove now show up on an FBI watch list for consorting with known terrorists? (And can anyone doubt that if 9/11 hadn’t happened, Rove would still be courting the Al-Arian vote?)

Picture if you will the same story circa 1996. Would the words “resignation” not be in the frenzied headlines by the second day?