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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sully- who wrote (61453)	7/30/2007 11:53:51 PM
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Name That Party: Bushspitzer Don Surber blog Perhaps I’ve come down with NYT-DS. But My Miami Beach bureau chief pointed out that the New York Times on Saturday called for the Democratic Congress to drop its 300 investigations into the Bush administration and get on with the business of legislating. Oh wait. That was the NYT’s advice to a Republican state Legislature concerning a Democratic New York governor. Note the Times mentioned the Republican’s Party but not the Democratic governor’s. As everyone familiar with Name That Party knows, when a Democratic politician is not identified as a Democrat, he probably is guilty. The NYT’s editorial board is entitled to its opinions. But that opinion should be steeped in principle. With some minor editing, one can see the editorial’s wekaness: There have been few dull moments since (Gov. Eliot Spitzer) President Bush rode into Albany Washington (seven months) 6 years ago promising (reform) bipartisanship. The drama has hit new heights lately, (though, as some of Mr. Spitzer’s charges against his main Republican foe, Joe Bruno, have boomeranged against him.) The public deserves a full accounting of any improper actions by the (Spitzer) Bush administration — and by (Mr. Bruno) Congress. But it also deserves a state government that puts the infighting aside and gets the people’s business done. >>> Note how the Times managed to blame the victim of Democratic subterfuge, lies and invasions of privacy for his plight. Investigate Bruno? Was Larry O’Brien investigated in Watergate? The partisanship by the Times ends a longstanding tradition of at least trying to appear to be [objective]. Again, let us examine this paragraph with a little editing. Note, there is no call for a special prosecutor: <<< The full story of what the (Spitzer) Bush administration did is still not known. The best way for Mr. (Spitzer) Bush to put the matter behind him is for him and his aides to lay out every embarrassing detail about what went on. Mr. (Bruno) Reid wants the (State) Senate, which he controls, to investigate, but that is a terrible idea. It would only extend the politicking and the feud, and any conclusions it reached would be suspect. The right venue is (the State Ethics) Commission, (which is) chaired by (John Feerick, a respected former dean of Fordham Law School) Ted Olson. It should conduct a thorough and speedy investigation. While that process unfolds, (New Yorkers) Americans need Mr. (Spitzer) Bush and Mr. (Bruno) Reid to stop the bar-fighting and get down to work. >>> It should be noted that the Bush administration has yet to respond in kind to the Democratic overreach. Laura Bush, for example, has not mentioned any “vast left wing conspiracy,” perhaps because she is not a power-crazed madwoman. The editorial ends by condemning the use of state flights for political gain, while totally ignoring the use of Sate Police to conduct political surveillance and to falsify “evidence.” My Miami Beach bureau chief noted, “I hadn’t thought that the editorial page could get any worse than it was under Gail Collins, but Abe’s son has proved me wrong.” With liberals, lower the expectations and they will still miss the mark each time. blogs.dailymail.com nytimes.com