WHY did the D.C. Madam scandal die?

[ck4829]

Usually, these types of scandals are front page news, some red meat for the people out there, something to blame on us degenerate San Francisco-Hollywood Liberals, and of course something to make the righties scream "BILL CLINTON!!!!" but not this time.

I might be playing the role of Captain Obvious here, but I think it's dead because Republicans, maybe even a couple of Bush Administration members, well known Conservative activists, and Neo-Cons are on the list that makes up a huge portion of this scandal.

Is there any other reason a sex scandal of this magnitude would actually go down the memory hole?

[KansDem]

1. I wondered if something like this would happen if "The List" were given to ABC...

One of Bush's biggest cheerleaders.

When I read that ABC had taken possession of "The List", I thought "OK, well, we won't be seeing anything about that again..."

[bdamomma]

2. it seems like they are sweeping another scandal under the rug.

[SmokingJacket]

3. Because Republicans own the media.

ALL the Republican scandals die. How many has it been now?

[liam_laddie]

4. Another news item that disappeared...

how about that report last week that a "senior US Army commander," or officer, was wounded during a daylight inspection of the wall(s) being erected around a Sunni neighborhood in east Baghdad. Never saw a name or follow-up. Hmmmm...

[Donnachaidh]

5. Perhaps ABC found too many Washington Press Corp phone numbers

on her list? The repubs aren't the only ones good at covering their asses. :sarcasm:

[tjwash]

6. Because Paris Hilton went to jail?

[Turbineguy]

7. Paris paid for their sins.

[Blackhatjack]

8. Don't worry, they are investigating the Clinton years right now... announcement soon!

When I heard Brian Ross on CSPAN say that other news organizations had been given tel numbers during the Clinton years I heard a bell go off.

ABC says now nothing newsworthy here over last six years, nobody I recognized as important --after all the breathless promotion of top officials to be outed.

It will arise as soon as they can nail down the Clinton Admin 'clients.'

[Beelzebud]

9. Too many people from the media were caught up in it.

[Joe Chi Minh]

10. I imagine because Johns in high positions tend to be unsavoury characters -

to put it mildly.

[Raskolnik]

11. I for one am very, very glad its dying.

I have no desire to waste public attention playing 'gotcha' with some lower-echelon administration official.

Of all the things for which to criticize this administration, an undersecretary getting a handjob once a week doesn't rate.