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Monday, April 08, 2002

 

 


Who could blame Spot for developing an attitude?

"Dr." Begala On Self Loathing: Paul Begala holds forth on why so many dislike Bill Clinton and comes up with a "projection" theory. The man, as usual, is just plain loopy but then again - so was CNN's decision to put him back on the air with his twin in Snakehood, James Carville. May they both just scream and thrash around until they are mercifully canceled.

Small Strange World: American soldiers sweeping through an al Qaeda cave network come up with ammo, what looks like vials of party-powder and an old copy of USA Today. Now that's a circulation system even the Times can envy.

Stats We Don't Buy: Jack Kelley, USA Today reporter claimed on Howie Kurtz's CNN show that after writing something mildly anti-Israeli he got "3000 E mails a day for three straight days and several death threats." Why would such anger subside after three days and what constitutes a "death threat."? Howie's column details other journalists who feel threatened for covering the Middle East. Perhaps they should just stop whining. It's not like that they are carrying 90 pounds of gear through some Afghan mountain pass in below-freezing rain. Email isn't armed and no journalist so far has been shot at the keyboard.

Wanted: Hip Boots: While the left sneers at Bubba bashing and Clinton hating, calling it obsessive and worse, they might consider the country's deep desire to have leaders, current and former, simply tell the truth. Robert Bartley of the Wall St. Journal takes a look at the now infamous Newsweek "interview" with Clinton and even he missed one goody . In a grab at erudition he hasn't earned, Clinton tells a wide-eyed Jonathan Alter he is propagating the ideas of free-market economist Hernando DeSoto's book, The Mystery of Capital. Clinton identifies De Soto as Brazilian. No one could have read the book and not know De Soto is Peruvian. As a matter of fact, the premises in the book are all based on Peru. Alter's love of Clinton runs so deep he never bothered to look it up. Lying about what you've read is...........well, positively Gore-like.

-You Wide Awake Monday LComStaff

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-- Anonymous, April 08, 2002

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........well, positively Gore-like.

-You Wide Awake Monday LComStaff

Maybe Gore-ish would be more apt. I see also that the staff may be wide awake, but the grammer editor isn't... LOL

-- Anonymous, April 08, 2002


In defense, I have to say that L gets up around 5 to write that stuff! Plus she's even older than I am and, thus, has failing eyes-- but ain't nothing wrong with her mind, lol!

-- Anonymous, April 08, 2002

No defense required. I was just teasing about the 'r' but 'Gore-like' I don't like. I think 'Gore-ish' is appropriate. Don't you?

-- Anonymous, April 08, 2002

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