DO YOU STILL BEAT YOUR WIFE? :

In an otherwise bland analysis of the first 400 days of the Bush era, The Soul of George W. Bush, NY Times Columnist Bill Keller drops this little beauty on us, as he describes what W is not :

Nor can Mr. Bush be claimed by the culture warriors of the Christian right, although he gave them John Ashcroft and occasionally throws them a steak. The president is not a bigot, or a pessimist.

Pause a moment, reread that, digest. Now ask yourself : of what other group in America might such an offensive characterization by made? Answer : none.

I'm always amazed that the Left gets their panties in a twist if anyone on the Right refers to a "Culture War", but little notes when their house organ, The Times, use demonizing tactics that would have made Goebbels proud.

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 23, 2002 1:45 PM