Only 2 WMD's in Iraq?
HughHewitt.com
May 19, 2004
Posted at 6:00 AM, Pacific
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As Frank Gaffney noted on yesterday's program, it is possible to believe that the only two WMD in Iraq were the two unsuccessfully deployed against American troops in the past ten days. Not smart to so believe, just possible. William Safire wades into the battle to focus the public on the attempted use of WMD against American troops.
The Los Angeles Times remains firmly in the camp of "nothing to see here, please move on." The paper has front page space for the explosion in senior internet dating, but not the explosion of a shell with about a gallon of sarin in it. The paper does report on President Bush's inroads with Jewish voters, and notes that his seriousness on the subject of terror is one reason for his appeal to this demographic. Given the number of subscribers in Los Angeles and California, Jews and non-Jews alike, who are very interested in terror, perhaps the paper could explore the WMD issue, or the North Korean train explosion, before a mass casualty attack makes the story impossible to ignore.
But that would assume the paper was interested in serving its readers as opposed to its agenda. I recap the problems with John Carroll's pseudo-journalism in today's WorldNetDaily column.<font size=3>
Both the New York Times and the Washington Post note John Kerry's travels with Howard Dean. I have been arguing for a month now that Dean is the best choice Kerry has before him when it comes to the veepstakes. Sure, he can be as mad as a hatter, but Dean would bring fire to the chilliest presidential candidacy in my memory, a base-energizing and possibly base-expanding passion that the aloof "Swiss-educated son of a foreign service officer," as Time branded Kerry, will never generate on his own. The old rule against a regional ticket died with the rise of a national media, as did the need to win a crucial swing state. Dean has the game that Kerry lacks, and Gephardt also misses. It is the raw stuff of politics --charisma. Watch that space.
The Washington Times provides a comprehensive update on the negotiations to form the new Iraqi government. Though Joe Biden doesn't understand, the transfer is going to happen on June 30, and it is going to work. But there's a lot that Slow Joe Biden doesn't understand.
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