WHY DOESN’T THE PRESS IGNORE FRED PHELPS? From the comments, this answer: “The media plays up Phelps to smear the non-left by association. The media gives Phelps publicity because they find doing so to be politically useful. Period.”

UPDATE: Dave Foulk emails: “The Phelps clan is like a really bad poot in church — even if you ignore it, the smell is still there.”