Sunday, September 18, 2005
Update on the emperors new clothes
For all of you gentle readers that are still admiring Our Dear Embattled Leaders fabulous raiment, I suggest you read Frank Richs' column in todays NYT.
And I would also recommend this excellent column from Leonard Pitts Jr.
The worst storm in our history proved perfect for exposing this president because in one big blast it illuminated all his failings: the rampant cronyism, the empty sloganeering of "compassionate conservatism," the lack of concern for the "underprivileged" his mother condescended to at the Astrodome, the reckless lack of planning for all government operations except tax cuts, the use of spin and photo-ops to camouflage failure and to substitute for action.Good reading for the rest of us, too.
And I would also recommend this excellent column from Leonard Pitts Jr.
So I have a question for the Bush jihadists, that shrinking but stubborn minority that still thinks Gee Dubya walks on water and calls down rain. What's it going to take to make you folks stop sending me e-mails by the dozens railing at how the great and powerful Bush is being mistreated by that darned liberal media?Heh! The sin of reason.
Take, for instance, Tom in Boynton Beach, Fla., who says criticism of Bush is a sop to the "America-hating extreme left wing." Or Darwin — I don't know where he's from — who says liberals are playing "the blame game." And on and on.
It is, of course, their standard defense, akin to a child sticking index fingers in her ears and shouting "Lalalalala, I can't hear you!" until you stop committing the sin of reason.
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