If a congressman calls for a nuclear attack, and only blogs notice, does it really make a sound?

Number of times Rep. Sam Johnson (R-Texas) recommended an unprovoked nuclear attack on Syria: 2

Number of daily newspaper articles to report the remark: 0

Number of newspaper editorials and op-eds to comment on the remark: 0

Number of reports on Johnson’s comments on CNN: 1

Number of combined reports on Johnson’s comments on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News, and MSNBC: 0

At this point, I think it’s safe to say the guy is going to get away with this. Let this be a lesson to all of us: Republican members of Congress can, in public, call for nuclear strikes in the Middle East and the national media will consider it mundane and uninteresting. Good to know.