If people are misinformed then look no further then the Washington Post's editorial on Rep. Murtha. It is intellectually dishonest. Talkingpointsmemo.com nailed them on their smear of Rep. Murtha by comparing him to the corrupt Tom DeLay.

Here is the nail:

"But there's a key detail the Post editorial neglected to mention -- Murtha's threat was entirely hollow. As Dana Milbank explained this week, "By tacit agreement between the parties, Murtha controls only the Democratic earmarks and lets the ranking Republican on the committee, Bill Young of Florida, handle GOP earmarks." Murtha wasn't in a position to punish Rogers, even if he wanted to.

When DeLay threatened a House colleague, he or she knew DeLay would follow through. Murtha's threat was largely meaningless."

So their readership at the Washington Post who by and large are ignorant of the workings of the House would think that the Dems are just as corrupt as Tom DeLay's House was.

This is why we have to vigilant and aggressive in attacking dishonesty in the press.