ownhall columnist Michelle Malkin describes the situation aptly. When John Murth’s shady involvement in the 1980 Abscam is brought up in the media, liberals fume that this is underhanded and “old news.” Of course, bringing up the 1973 National Guard duty of the “Current Occupant,” to borrow a phrase from liberal activist Garrison Keilor, is considered relevant criticism of the president’s fitness for office. Malkin calls this “liberal math.”

MSNBC played the FBI undercover video snippet this morning, but Malkin luckily reminds us that Murtha’s willingness to entertain a bribe from the undercover FBI agent went much further than “well, let me think about it.” The size of the donation involved made him very eager to try and justify the offer.