Maureen Dowd has been on book leave for a couple months. It has felt like years (okay, I admit I am being a tad over dramatic here) but I have grown addicted to her twice weekly column. She gets me through the week, giving me a sense of comfort and solidarity that there are others out there who have the same observations and feelings I do (other than my like-minded friends). And so it follows that I felt an overwhelming sense of joy when I saw she was back this morning and back with a vengeance she is..... A couple choice quotes below.
In reference to the mom camping outside Bush's retreat:
"Ms. Sheehan said that W. had referred to her as "Mom" throughout the meeting, and given her the sense that he did not know who her son was. The Bush team tried to discredit "Mom" by pointing reporters to an old article in which she sounded kinder to W. If only her husband were an undercover C.I.A. operative, the Bushies could out him. But even if they send out a squad of Swift Boat Moms for Truth, there will be a countering Falluja Moms for Truth."
"Selectively humane, Mr. Bush justified his Iraq war by stressing the 9/11 losses. He emphasized the humanity of the Iraqis who desire freedom when his W.M.D. rationale vaporized. But his humanitarianism will remain inhumane as long as he fails to understand that the moral authority of parents who bury children killed in Iraq is absolute. "
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
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Really? Actually those are the kind of columns that I think show what is wrong with our political discussion today. Rather than actually explore why Ms. Sheehan has dramatically changed her story about her visit with Bush (which might actually be a topic worth exploring for one professing to be a journalist), she sidesteps the issue by throwing out the first "choice quote" you posted. Is that even really clever? I could write "Seehan is now trying to discredit Bush despite her previous statements to the contrary. Too bad she couldn't whip up a back-dated memo on Microsoft Word and send it to Dan Rather." It takes about 10 seconds to think a clever retorts, and it certainly doesn't take much talent. Unfortunately, that seems to be in higher demand than good old fashioned reporting.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, at least the Nationals finally won a one-run game, so I can't complain too much.