Tuesday, May 04, 2004
What is he up to?: Oppose gay marriages? Check. ... Support death penalty? Check. ... Propose tax cuts? Check. ... Systematic and relentless assault on hackerama such as taking on Pacheo law or Quinn perks, etc. etc.? Too local. ... What is Mitt up to? You figure it out.
Update -- Holbert is noting the same big-issue-of-the-day trend.
‘Let's beat up Khldoon’: No WMD. No utopian transformational democracy by the looks of it. No victory in Falluja. A Saddam loyalist put in charge. A sick torture-chamber PR debacle. ... But we still have the likes of Khldoon Abdullah Mahmood on our side. His types are dwindling. Fast. Read until the end for a ray of hope amidst one hell of a mess. ....
George Will, who has been parking them lately on Iraq, on Bush’s most recent Woodrowism: “Being steadfast in defense of carefully considered convictions is a virtue. Being blankly incapable of distinguishing cherished hopes from disappointing facts, or of reassessing comforting doctrines in face of contrary evidence, is a crippling political vice.”
Update -- Holbert is noting the same big-issue-of-the-day trend.
‘Let's beat up Khldoon’: No WMD. No utopian transformational democracy by the looks of it. No victory in Falluja. A Saddam loyalist put in charge. A sick torture-chamber PR debacle. ... But we still have the likes of Khldoon Abdullah Mahmood on our side. His types are dwindling. Fast. Read until the end for a ray of hope amidst one hell of a mess. ....
George Will, who has been parking them lately on Iraq, on Bush’s most recent Woodrowism: “Being steadfast in defense of carefully considered convictions is a virtue. Being blankly incapable of distinguishing cherished hopes from disappointing facts, or of reassessing comforting doctrines in face of contrary evidence, is a crippling political vice.”
