Random Notes
Below is a copy of the instant message I sent Don Imus this morning, after he disparaged Bush and Cheney for appearing together. He called their joint appearance a sham; I agree that any testimony before that group (911 Committee) is a sham, but that was not his meaning.
Imus,And I also want to call your attention to this idea, Michael Totten suggests:
Bush and Cheney should march in there and sit in Gorelick's chair; I'm sure it is big enough for them both, and they have as much objectivity on the subject as she does! They shouldn't testify, they should investigate!
Most people don't really care if John Kerry did and said dumb things in '71. I certainly don't. I was only one year old at the time. I do expect him to act like an adult and be honest about it, however. He is, after all, auditioning for president of the United States.Hat tip Taranto @ Opinion Journal for this one.
I don't care for John Kerry, but I'll throw him a rope all the same. Here you go, senator. Say this on the TV: "Today's more strident anti-war activists remind me of my own immature self back in 1971." It will kill two proverbial birds with a single figurative stone. It will play well among people who matter. And you'll feel a lot better.
Comments
I can no longer listen to Imus. For a while I'd stopped listening because it was just inconvenient for me, while I was trying to get the kids to school and all. Besides, listening to him drone on about his ranch and his wife's loopy vegetarian and anti-chemical ideas was getting real old. When I tried to turn him on again since the start of this election year, I was appalled that he was into all this BUSH LIED!!!! nonsense. I've heard some people suggest he's just trying to exploit the conventional wisdom, a la Clinton, which makes is all the less appealing. I find it very easy to ignore him now.
Posted by: Chris | April 28, 2004 10:27 AM
I feel much the same as you, Chris, but I did tune in just before I got in this morning, just in time to hear him say, while talking about Al Franken, et al, these people (paraphrasing here) "will never be credible as long as they keep coming at things from a position of..." (here he hesitated - as though he really didn't want to say the word) "...hate!" It was as objective point as anyone on the right has made. And yet, he still says he's voting for Kerry. Go figure! Maybe, taking a queue from Rush, he is illustrating absurdity by being absurd?
Posted by: Steve | April 28, 2004 11:11 AM
You've made that point before Steve, but I just can't see how someone can be that absurd that long without: a) going completely insane, or b) breaking down in hysterical laughter.
Posted by: Chris | April 28, 2004 11:29 AM
Of course, while we talk about a millionare blowhard entertainer, we are missing the larger issue, GORELICK DOES NOT BELONG on that commission!:)
Posted by: Richard | April 29, 2004 02:09 AM
I rarely watch Imus anymore myself, just happened to catch a few minutes yesterday. He seems to try hard to say something that will please everyone, which requires that he also says things that will offend everyone! So, really, his show is pointless, you can't trust him to tell you what he really thinks, you can't trust him to take a position and stay with it.
My other note is worth more attention, Mr. Totten makes a great point, where is Kerry when it comes to telling the immature that the old liberal causes are dead? Where is Kerry on leading the fools away from their childish ways? Nowhere man!
Posted by: Richard | April 29, 2004 07:36 AM
Don't misunderstand why we commented on Imus, Rick. Totten said it so well, there's very little one could say after it. And as Timothy P. Carney points out in the article I link to in What We've Read, the search for an honest man is a hard road in politics.
Posted by: Chris | April 29, 2004 07:42 AM