Huffpo/AOL "News" Fires Away at An Indestructible Target

You can sure see the negative influence the Huffington Post/AOL merger has had on AOL News.  I had plenty of problems with AOL News before the merger, but now it's basically unreadable.

Take for instance this item:

A quaint historical museum in Pin Point, Georgia, that is set to open this fall has become the target of an exhaustive ethics examination by the New York Times. Why would the Times devote almost 3,000 words to a community heritage museum? Pin Point, as it turns out, is also the birthplace of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and it was Thomas who introduced Pin Point residents to his friend Harlan Crow, a Dallas real-estate tycoon and major conservative donor, who would ultimately fund the museum. According to some legal analysts, Thomas's role in Crow's decision to donate may have troubling ethical implications.

What hogwash. Looks like both Huffpo/AOL and the NY Times have decided to pick up where Rep. Anthony Weiner left off. He was running a quixotic campaign against Thomas while tweeting his crotch to various women around the country.

Here's why this is such a waste of time: Clarence Thomas has a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. No piddly ethics complaints can touch him. I don't care if the Times writes 1,000,000 words on the issue, it's not going to change anything. The goal of this effort is to somehow intimidate a guy who basically doesn't have anything to fear, and to cloud any decisions that come from a majority on the court that includes Thomas that liberals dislike. Think Obamacare - that's what this is all about.

If the Times and Huffpo/AOL can't stop Thomas from sitting on that case they at least hope to claim the result is tainted by mysterious outside evil forces.  It's a completely wasted effort.

Did the Times or Huffpo/AOL ever devote 3,000 words...or even 10 words... to any of Obama's ethical challenges?