Sunday, December 03, 2006
If You Don't Have Anything Intelligent To Say...
Nicholas Kristof, the man who compared George Bush to Robert Kennedy, now compares the watchdogs that are barking at the anti-democratic religious forces intruding on America's freedom with the intruders themselves.
With all due respect, isn't it time the Times either held Mr. Kristof to some standard of intelligence -- or at least relevance -- or sent him on his way? It's bad enough to read punch-me-faced prep David Brooks turning unintentionally comic somersaults in his attempts to justify the failed policies and dogmas of the American Right; at least he has an agenda, wormy as it may be. Kristof seems only ever to be trying to define some gooey terrain where everyone is right...and nothing means anything.
Oh wait -- when it comes to watchdogs, Kristof does make a distinction...to exempt the press from his own logic:
With all due respect, isn't it time the Times either held Mr. Kristof to some standard of intelligence -- or at least relevance -- or sent him on his way? It's bad enough to read punch-me-faced prep David Brooks turning unintentionally comic somersaults in his attempts to justify the failed policies and dogmas of the American Right; at least he has an agenda, wormy as it may be. Kristof seems only ever to be trying to define some gooey terrain where everyone is right...and nothing means anything.
Oh wait -- when it comes to watchdogs, Kristof does make a distinction...to exempt the press from his own logic:
- So be very wary of Mr. Bush's effort to tame the press. Watchdogs can be mean, dumb and obnoxious, but it would be even more dangerous to trade them in for lap dogs.
