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Don't you think this should be an issue for the Democratic party? And the Republican party? And if not, why not? Furthermore: Shouldn't a Democrat's solidarity with a certified nutjob like Ramsey Clark be some kind of issue, somewhere?
I'd like to draw attention to one paragraph in the article. Bush counts as a hero and example Sam Houston, father of Texas. Brookhiser writes,
Isn't that the sort of president we'd like in office — especially now, when we're entering a dangerous new world, and the right thing isn't always the popular or most comforting thing? With every passing day, I'm more convinced that Bush is, indeed — in David Frum's phrase — "the right man."
Nice, huh? Now, if the Times writer meant mere rhetoric, okay — but . . .
You see what that sets up, don't you? How sly and dishonest it is? It establishes two poles: the pro-war people, who are "sure" — cocksure, of course, and probably heedless of the dangers — and people who "aren't" so sure. But there is at least one other camp, of course, and it is a huge and influential one: those who are dead-sure that this war is wrong and that Bush and his allies are moronic, misguided, or criminal for wanting to wage it. But, in the New Yorker mindset, apparently, there are just pro-war red-hots and reasonable, moderate old worriers.
Contrast this with a report late last week on Bill Clinton's views: "On the issue of Iraq, Clinton said he supports booting dictator Saddam Hussein out of Baghdad and destroying his weapons, but he said Bush has made it more difficult to line up international cooperation for a possible war. "Right after winning U.N. Security Council support in November for weapons inspections, the White House 'sent 150,000 troops to the Gulf, which convinced everybody we weren't serious about U.N. inspections. That's how we got into this political mess.'" Bill Clinton is to the left of Hans Blix on Iraq. But then, Clinton says one thing one day, and another thing the next. That's what it is to be Clinton.
PGATour.com asked him, "If you were king for a day, what decree would you make?" Smith responded, "A flat tax" on income. Chris Smith for President!
A corker, James Woods.
"I saw something on TV last night that I thought you'd appreciate. West Coast gangsta-rap impresario Suge Knight, having just been released from prison, was on the Jimmy Kimmel late-night talk show. And more than once, Suge mentioned that he supported the president and our country and our fight. He also emphasized that he was an American, and not a hyphenated African-American. . . . Rap mogul and admitted thug Marion 'Suge' Knight, new conservative hero?" Hmmm.
I was thinking we should maybe have new buttons: "FJBs for War."
The government is an ass. The National Park Service is an ass. Plaintiffs' lawyers are asses. Etc.
This reminds me of something David Horowitz says: Conservatives have no idea how influential Noam Chomsky is. Someone did a survey — not too formal, but a survey nonetheless — and found that Chomsky is something like the seventh most-cited intellectual in history. That includes Aristotle, Kant — all of them. Also, Howard Zinn's American-history textbook has sold something like a million copies — and it is straight Communism. No one knows this. Because conservatives aren't supposed to whine about such things, you know? It's unseemly. By the way, as I think I reported to y'all at the time, I was shocked to find, on a European trip last fall, that Susan Sontag was on everyone's lips. Everyone had read her books and essays, everyone was quoting her — and I haven't read her at all. Conservatives should resist ghettoization and be aware of these things. The entire world isn't the Heritage Foundation, unfortunately.
No, I can't. I said "Chee-lay" myself, when I was young, until I just gave in to English, as adults should do. Another reader said, "I was watching a CNN story on the African nation of Niger earlier this morning. The reporter (an American) was pronouncing it 'Nee-ZHAIR.' How come they don't say 'Paree' or 'Moskva'?" Another reader: "I heard an NPR report the other day from 'Havana, Cooba.'" I'm surprised the guy — or gal — didn't say "Habana," too. And, given that this was an NRP report from Cuba, the pronunciation was probably the least objectionable aspect of it.
"I was in Switzerland last fall and got into a discussion with a guy from India. When I asked him where he was from, he said, 'Noodle-ee.' At least that's what I thought he said. Because when I said I'd never heard of it, he said it was the capital of India. I said, 'Oh, New Delhi!' He said, 'Yeah, Noodle-ee.' I'd like to see the NPR types start pronouncing it like that." Me too! |
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orking with such beauties as Ramsey Clark, Rep. John Conyers is looking
into the impeachment of President Bush over Iraq. Who is John Conyers?
The ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee. In the event the
Democrats recaptured control of Congress, he would be chairman —
of this most important committee.
You will recall that the late Rep. Ted Weiss, Democrat of New York, tried
to impeach Reagan over Grenada. So this is a party tradition.
