You're Kidding, Right?

So with all the actual serious stuff going, this is what passes for controversy in our media? Fox News naturally leads the pack, and I'm sure it'll be it'll be all over tonight's fake news show rotation.

Maybe they should whip up a little fake outrage for Laura Bush, too, while they're at it. Courtesy of AMERICAblog:

In fact, Barbara Boxer never said anything that First Lady Laura Bush herself hasn't already said. When speaking of Condi as a possible presidential candidate, Mrs. Bush said the following to People Magazine just a few weeks ago:

"Dr. (Condoleezza) Rice, who I think would be a really good candidate, is not interested. Probably because she is single, her parents are no longer living, she's an only child. You need a very supportive family and supportive friends to have this job."

Honestly, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

True enough, Boxer's comment is debatable in the greater scheme of things. I'd put it in the same category as the question of whether or not a President who has never been in the military is qualified to command it. But is the "outrage" and media coverage really proportionate to the comment or is the outrage machine just happy to have a snarky little distraction from real world events?