Podhoretz writes; Hiatt parrots:



Podhoretz writes in the New York Post on January 31. Topic is foreign affairs: (emp add)

... the junior Eeyore from Massachusetts, John Forbes Kerry, ... had the distinct misfortune of being booked onto "Meet the Press" yesterday only 90 minutes after the polls closed in Iraq ? and couldn't think of a thing to say that didn't sound negative.

Get it? Democrats are sad sacks. Eeyores.

Now here's Fred Hiatt, editor of the Washington Post editorial page, seven days later, February 7. Topic is the economy and the budget: (emp add)

... Bush is offering younger voters something that seems quite appealing: a personal savings account that they will control, a 401(k) plan in every pot. The Democrats are putting themselves in the position of telling those voters that they don't want that shiny present as much as they think they do, or that they'll be disappointed when they tear off the paper and see what's inside the box. This is as much a winning strategy as telling them that they ought to feel worse than they do.

Eeyore's friends never doubted his good intentions. But none of them would have chosen him first for a playmate, either.

Isn't it nice when the person in charge of the editorial page of the Washington Post is in sync with one of the most aggressive neocons out there?

posted by Quiddity at 2/08/2005 09:39:00 AM