It's been this way for quite a while. Nobody talk about Haiti now. Katrina only got re-discovered when BP created an underwater gusher...

I remember this very same debate complaining about the GOP that went something like "With all the problems in this country, terrorism, war in Afghanistan and Iraq, recession, et. al - what is the Republican response? "LOOK- Fags want to get married!"

It's the same story today with a different cast of characters. Jon Stewart on his Daily Show wonders why the Democrats can't do anything when they have a majority and part of it just might be this ADD-inspired MTV-attention-span media we have.

I mean - you would think that with SEVEN cable channels devoted 24/7 to news that we could get SOMETHING better than sound bites?