Yesterday, Matt Drudge made a very big deal out of CNN chief Jonathan Klein's "appalling lack of sensitivity" in using the phrase "flood the zone" to describe his network's approach to covering the tsunami in South Asia. So I'll certainly be stopping by The Drudge Report at frequent intervals today to see how he chooses to handle these even more unfortunate remarks by Texas congressman Tom DeLay.

NOTE: That's not a prediction that Drudge won't jump on the story, by the way. He may. More importantly, he should. And it will be, well, interesting to see whether or not he actually does.

UPDATE: Somewhere up there, I should have noted that the DeLay story was originally brought to light by Dawkins at American Coprophagia. My apologies for the oversight.

UPDATE 2: Ah, hell. If I'm going to (rather fecklessly) demand fairness from Drudge, I suppose I should try to display a little myself. To wit: Just as John Cole was wrong to brand Elizabeth Edwards a "b**ch" last October (before her illness was announced, of course), Armando over at Daily Kos isn't exactly elevating the debate when he refers to Attorney General-designate Alberto Gonzales as a "piece of s**t" today.

C'mon, folks. As Armando's post makes clear, we're talking about a man who stands accused of some rather serious transgressions. Can't we find a way to challenge his behavior without immediately calling our own into question?