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To: LindyBill who wrote (51009)	6/20/2004 5:07:11 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793955

We Say Toe-May-Toe, They Say Tah-Mah-Toe Polipundit Saint Bill Clinton will be on 60 Minutes later this evening. And the Associated Press -- in what might be a record -- is not even waiting for the interview to air before launching into a laugh-out-loud partisan spin session about it. But, before I get into that, let me stop right there. Let's think this through for a second. A far-left, partisan "news" agency (the Associated Press), spinning about an interview of a former Democratic President (Clinton), on a stunningly partisan-liberal show (60 Minutes), which will be aired on a left-wing T.V. network (CBS). Is there even a word in the dictionary to describe that??? It's a conundrum, right? But, it's sort of like a self-contained, self-perpetuating series of conundrums. A conundrum-undrum??? ;-) Anyway, here's the gist of the blog: I'm going to quote portions of the Associated Press' "news story" about this upcoming interview, and then you're going to guess the headline of the story. Ahem. According to the AP, when asked whether he agrees with President Bush that removing Saddam Hussein from power has made the world safer from terrorism, Clinton responded: "I think the Iraqis are better off with Saddam gone, if they can have a stable government." The AP also states that, in an interview about to be published by Time Magazine, Clinton declares the following about the Iraqi invasion: "I think if you have a pluralistic, secure, stable Iraq, the people of Iraq will be better off, and it might help the process of internal reform in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere." Finally, the AP reports that Clinton said the following concerning Iraq, during the CBS interview: "There have been more terrorists move (sic) into Iraq in the aftermath of the conflict. I still believe, as I always have, that the biggest terrorist threat by far is Al Qaeda and the Al Qaeda network." Okay, team, what, pray tell, would be the headline of an article in which the foregoing are the key quotes? 1) Clinton Agrees With Bush That Iraqis Are Better Off Without Saddam; Provided They Have Stable Government Um, no. 2) Clinton States That a Stable Iraq Might Help the Process of Reform Elsewhere in the Arab World Uh, not. 3) Clinton: Al Qaeda Network Poses Biggest Terrorist Threat Nope. The headline of this "news" article: "Clinton: Al Qaeda Was Bigger Threat Than Saddam." Oh, right. George Bush is standing for re-election in less than five months. polipundit.com

To: LindyBill who wrote (51009)	6/20/2004 2:50:51 PM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 793955

This type of program comes to the fore when you have a "Canada" to run it. When he is leaves, they become just another bureaucracy. I agree that's why these generally don't last. But the emphasis on building a structure is clearly aimed at addressing that problem. Will be interesting to see (a) if it's successful and (b) if it can handle the transition problem. It's good to see effort going in these directions. You will notice that Canada tried to work with the school system and gave up on it. School bureaucracy and Teacher's Union were too much for him. I thought the writer was less clear on this issue than was necessary. Canada's voice simply disappears when this gets on the table. He's clearly aligned himself with the school bureaucracy in the from of Klein and, then, now that Bloomberg is the chief honcho, with Bloomberg himself. The charter school phenomenon is fairly common now in NYC but the one's I know about have unionized teaching staffs.