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Humor_In_Cuneiform Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 04:06 PM
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Dowd: "He Who Should Be Fired" says "not useful to get into fantasy land"
Wag the Camel
By MAUREEN DOWD
Op-Ed Columnist New York Times
Published: April 12, 2006
Washington

(From NY Times "select" which I'm subscribed to)

Excerpt of a wonderful op-ed:



"...Just as Rummy dismissed questions back in August 2002 about a possible invasion of Iraq as a media "frenzy" — even as plans were well under way — the defense chief shrugged off The New Yorker story as "Henny Penny, the sky is falling."

Noting that the president is "on a diplomatic track," He Who Should Be Fired said that while W. was obviously concerned about Iran as a country that supports terrorists and wants W.M.D., "it is just simply not useful to get into fantasy land."

Yes, the reality-based community of journalists should stay out of fantasy land, which is already overcrowded with hallucinatory Bushies.

W. defended his authorization of a leak to rebut Joseph Wilson's contention that the administration had hyped up a story about Niger selling Saddam uranium. "I wanted people to see the truth," the president said.

Of course, sometimes in order to help people see the truth, you've got to tell them a big fat lie...."

http://select.nytimes.com/2006/04/12/opinion/12dowd.html?n=Top%2fOpinion%2fEditorials%20and%20Op%2dEd%2fOp%2dEd%2fColumnists%2fMaureen%20Dowd

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Chomp Donating Member (602 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 04:14 PM
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1. I miss the NYT free op-ed pages!!
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Humor_In_Cuneiform Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 04:16 PM
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2. I understand. That was why I just had to subscribe to the "select" thing.
I don't always read them, but now am downloading some of them as podcasts.
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spooky3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 04:22 PM
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3. Here's a link to the full article
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otohara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 04:33 PM
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4. Mo Is So...
bitchy in a good way.
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stevietheman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 05:58 PM
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5. Maybe I'm realizing this a bit late, but now we're seeing columnists...
openly calling Traitor Bush a liar. Cool.
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Humor_In_Cuneiform Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 06:12 PM
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6. Very cool! n/t
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-13-06 06:22 PM
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7. I love it! And I believe it will get stronger.
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