PrintSeptember 5, 2004
Conspiracy theorists at the Times
The left wingers on the op—ed page of the New York Times are becoming unhinged. Frank Rich today joins Paul Krugman in articulating conspiracy theories to explain the success of the political movement backing President Bush.
You see, in Rich's view, a campaign has been orchestrated to make John Kerry look like a girlie—man, an absurd distortion of his actual life as a rugged, manly, independent, can—do, straight—shooting man of the people, who coincidentally married two women at the receiving end of hundreds of millions of dollars earned by other men. Rich says of Kerry's girlie—man image
It must be Karl Rove's fault, or Fox's, or a lack of diligence from the non—Fox press.
There you have it: naked paranoia. It is simply impossible for independent—minded people to come to a conclusion differing from Frank Rich's opinions. The only possible explanation is that evil forces have conspired in secret, and their influence is vast. Look...(Read Full Article)
