My wife and I are movie buffs, and we used to rely on the advice of one particular New York Times critic, a superb reviewer who turned her talents to books a couple years ago.
John Kerry's flailing and now failing attempts to ride to the White House on a single, weak news story remind me of a favorite New Yorker cartoon (yes, we subscribe, but the politics are just awful...).
Wife to disappointed movie-goer leaving theater: "Live by Janet Maslin, die by Janet Maslin."
So, Kerry finds himself in suspended indignation, especially today after news, news, and opinion that demonstrate he looked before he leapt.
Faced with these doubts, Kamp Kerry will, I predict, maintain certitude - the kind it displays whenever news is bad and disdains whenever there is good news about America under the President.
Live by the Times, die by the Times....
Off subject: Can someone tell me the name of the reporting agency that determined there was no voter fraud/disenfranchisement in the 2000 Florida election? It will help me settle a bet.
Posted by: OhioforBush | October 28, 2004 at 02:58 PM
OhioforBush :: I don't know the one site that claims there wasn't fraud but I can give you a dozen independent sites for investigations that prove there was fraud. No matter what way you look at it, the voter purge list of 2000 was inaccurate and kept eligable voters from casting their vote for President.
Posted by: Elijah | October 28, 2004 at 03:37 PM