December 19, 2003
KUDOS TO KINSLEY:
Good-News Dilemma (Michael Kinsley, December 19, 2003, Washington Post)
[D]ean won points in my book for another bit of straight talk. After calling Hussein's capture "a great day" for the military, for Iraqis and for Americans generally, he added that it was "frankly, a great day for the administration." This is a rare example of a politician saying "frankly" and then saying something actually frank. It comes close to admitting the obvious: that this development helps Bush's chance of winning next year's election and therefore hurts Dean's.
With that anyone who values the English language must agree. Posted by Orrin Judd at December 19, 2003 8:05 AM
Comments
Perhaps Kinsley, an unrepentant liberal, who usually takes the leftwing position on political matters, but who obviously has an above room temperature IQ, can't or won't support Dean's ridiculous statements.
Or perhaps since his Parkinson's disease has been made public, he has mellowed a bit and may even pull a Dennis Miller. A liberal who can see the blue sky outside the cave and not only black shadows on the wall.