Friday, May 06, 2011
The new Birther line of attack... Part II
A friend writes in: "I would be careful about politicizing the photo decision; I think the President made the right decision for same reasons outlined here by James Bowman (who is a conservative), but (a) wish Obama had articulated as well as Bowman and (b) respect though disagree with impulse to see the photos."
I don't think I was politicizing the photo decision, only pointing fingers at certain individulas who were politicizing the photo decision. But the reader is right in general. The Bowman piece is short and eloquent. A sample:
Update -- Mitt agrees with Obama's photo decision. Good for him, though his reasoning is not the same as Bowman's. ... I'm officially flip-flopping. The president should stand firm on his initial decision and impulse, rather than caving to partisan cynics and conspiracy theorists.
A friend writes in: "I would be careful about politicizing the photo decision; I think the President made the right decision for same reasons outlined here by James Bowman (who is a conservative), but (a) wish Obama had articulated as well as Bowman and (b) respect though disagree with impulse to see the photos."
I don't think I was politicizing the photo decision, only pointing fingers at certain individulas who were politicizing the photo decision. But the reader is right in general. The Bowman piece is short and eloquent. A sample:
Those who would celebrate in a more exuberant fashion, even to the point of "spiking the ball," as our President put it in respect of publishing the photos of the dead man, may feel an understandable joy at (Osama's) demise, but translating that joy into public action has implications for the national honor. I may, of course, be wrong, but I think that honor is better served, as honor so often is, by understatement than overstatement in the expression of our joy.
Update -- Mitt agrees with Obama's photo decision. Good for him, though his reasoning is not the same as Bowman's. ... I'm officially flip-flopping. The president should stand firm on his initial decision and impulse, rather than caving to partisan cynics and conspiracy theorists.
