When Conyers speaks does anyone listen?

Rep. John Conyers, one of the longest serving members of the U.S. House is angry because the "MSM" (main steam media) won't cover the "Downing Street Memo." This infamous document first reported in Great Britain alleges that the United States falsified pre-war Iraq intelligence to "create" favorable conditions for war.

In his article on Conyers and the "Downing Street Memo," Newspaper columnist Sylvester Brown goes off on a tirade trying to explain how media is "packaged and sold" and thus will not rehash Iraq pre-war intelligence. Instead the MSM will favor the Michael Jackson trial and other pop culture news.

While I tend to favor Brown's argument, I take further issue with the messenger of John Conyers.

Frankly, it's hard for me to take Congressman Conyers seriously. John Conyers is one of the most bitter partisans in Washington. He has a large online following courtesy of his blog (which will be addressed in the next entry), but he makes so much noise on every issue that his pleas on serious issues are ignored much like the boy who cried wolf.

A google search turns up fine examples of Conyers' crusades:

In 2003, Conyers called upon Karl Rove to resign. Instead of resigning, Karl Rove helped re-elect one of the weakest sitting Presidents in history.

Conyers tried to take issue with the Valarie Plame CIA leak... It was an inexcuseable leak in our government, but certainly not Watergate-esque.

In Dec. 2004, Conyers called for hearings on the Ohio vote count (AFTER Kerry conceeded). While the country needed to come together, Conyers tried to make 2004 Ohio reminiscent of 2000 Florida - rehashing old wounds and further deepening the political divide.

With so much noise, so often, is it any wonder the MSM ignore him? Sitting here, I can't say I blame them.