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Politics : View from the Center and Left

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To: Jim S who wrote (22662)	7/2/2006 1:29:06 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (2) of 541562

The issue here is that this wasn't sensitive operation information, it was an outline of a program already known to thousands of people, identified in the public record and obviously already known by our enemies. The "troop ship" metaphor is exactly wrong, IMHO. From the recent Fox News poll: "Only 43 percent are willing to call what the media did treason, and almost as many think the organizations that published the information were operating for the public good (37 percent)." So we both have partisan views because the public is evenly divided over whether heads should roll in this case. The NYT will litigate the case into the next century if necessary, so I doubt the White House wants the backlash from the left on the front pages every day for the next couple of years. SI has a new thread on this issue with the usual suspects from the right posting, plus the lefties who like to play the bash-bash game. I only saw 16 bookmarks on it so far. I doubt this issue has any deep resonance with most voters. We can agree to disagree from our respective partisan corners. There doesn't appear to be a center on this issue. ;<)

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