But who is Jane Galt?
Is Bush's foreign policy working? Damned if I know. And you don't either. As with the politically fiery, but apparently fairly harmless, destruction of an empty training camp and an occupied aspirin factory, the real effect of what he's doing won't be obvious for quite a while. Until then, give the guy some slack. I'm not saying that we shouldn't be debating the proper foreign policy -- we should, and vigorously. But declaring the Administration's foreign policy a failure before it's had a chance to work has a small chance of making commentators look like prophets, and a big chance of making them look like big fat idiots.
Oops, there's that idiot word again, and guess where it's pointed? Offhand, I'd guess Ms Galt is exhibiting the kind of "objectivity" that people who complain about the NYT would approve of. One the one hand, the left is bad, on the other hand, the right is bad, but Clinton really screwed up and people who criticize W are much more likely to look like idiots than those who fall in line. I find the idea that the punditry is insufficiently reverential toward W amusing, what does Jane want? 90% backing? 100%? |
