April 15, 2004

Let them keep digging

By Thomas Lifson
A substantial portion of the American left is so obsessed with hatred for George W. Bush that they cannot fathom how their words and deeds appear to others. Events of the last few days provide several examples of counter—productive behavior by leading Democrats and their allies in the press. The infantile 'gotcha' press conference questioning of President Bush by members of he White House press corps, transparently aimed at generating a Kerry campaign commercial sound byte of the President apologizing, did nothing to improve the low standing of the fourth estate in the public's eye. Their hounding of him to admit his 'worst mistake' (among all the many, many he's implicitly made), reinforced the impression that they are out to get him. Since the President was able to choose the reporters allowed to ask questions, and took questions from hostile quarters, one can only conclude that he was implementing a strategy which could be called 'let them keep digging,' (LTKD) after the old...(Read Full Article)