January 30, 2006

NY Times Indicts, Prosecutes and Convicts Bush

By Noel Sheppard
If there was any doubt that the New York Times thoroughly despised President Bush, the last shreds were erased yesterday. In an editorial entitled 'Spies, Lies, and Wiretaps,' the Times presented a case against the Bush administration with similar gusto as it might attack an organized crime family and it's Mafia Don. Assuming it had already received an indictment, the Times then prosecuted its case, and acted as both judge and jury to seal a conviction. The piece began with a subtle reference to Woodward and Bernstein's famous Watergate expose All the President's Men, while ignoring the female members of the administration, in particular, the current Secretary of State. Apparently, the opportunity to link the President to Watergate trumps the normal  feminist rhetorical orthodoxy requiring recognition of both men and women if even one woman is present in a group: 'A bit over a week ago, President Bush and his men promised to provide the legal, constitutional and moral...(Read Full Article)