September 3, 2004
NO, YOU'RE THE HOMO!:
A dog fight for the presidency (Frank Rich, September 03, 2004, NY times)
Only in an election year ruled by fiction could a sissy who used Daddy's connections to escape Vietnam turn an actual war hero into a girlie-man.
Has the Times truly gone insane? They're letting theater ciritic Frank Rich call the President a sissy? What next, Maureen Dowd calling Laura Bush a bitch? Posted by Orrin Judd at September 3, 2004 3:43 PM
Gee. What would they do if they were mean enough? If Bush is a sissy, what does Frank call Bill Clinton? Tell me again why this is the official paper of record?
Posted by: Jeff at September 3, 2004 3:46 PMBut Orrin, Frank Rich has nothing to offer but venom and bile. Remember the way he lashed into Mel Gibson for daring to make The Passion?
The irrelevance of Rich's supposed area of expertise to anything significant has never stopped the flow of his vitriol before. Why should things change now?
Posted by: Francis W. Porretto at September 3, 2004 3:56 PMHow did that dark genius Karl Rove actually GET Frank Rich, Maureen Dowd, and Terry McAulliffe to work for him anyway?
Posted by: Andrew X at September 3, 2004 4:39 PMNothing is surprizing from the formerly respectable NY Times.
Posted by: Pilgrim at September 3, 2004 4:43 PMIn Frank's circle, that is a term of endearment.
Posted by: Robert Schwartz at September 3, 2004 5:09 PMThis has been a persistent thought of mine for awhile now but I've been thinking about investing in pharmaceuticals and mental health care. If Bush wins in November I expect alot of people like Mr. Rich to be committed, either voluntarily or involuntarily, to extensive therapy involving medication. There could be a windfall in the offing.
Posted by: MB at September 3, 2004 5:46 PMWell, think of all those jobs that will need to be filled.....
Posted by: Sandy P at September 3, 2004 7:08 PMIf it weren't for the copyright laws, I'd print up a million copies of Rich's screed - and Kerry's spewing last night - and distribute them through the battleground states. Every one of them ought to be worth a vote for Bush. The Dems are about to learn the immutable law that hysteria _always_ ends up boomeranging on you in the end.
Posted by: Joe at September 3, 2004 7:39 PMDoesn't he know that Bush was either working undercover for the secret SUMS agency (as Jason
Gay reported in Esquire) or was fronting for
the company in South America; probably Chile;
as uber moonbat Daniel Hopnicker suggests
Frank Rich came very close to being punched out by Walter Matthau. When Rich was drama critic, he was famous for writing reviews without having seen the performance, relying on word-of-mouth.
Another thing to understand about Rich is that his father was on Marion Barry's payroll down in DC.
Posted by: Bart at September 3, 2004 10:20 PMFrank Rich has long been a one-note Johnny, much too much concerned with the whole male sexuality issue, and with George Bush and Mel Gibson in particular. What is his problem?
This is just one woman's observation.
Posted by: maria horvath at September 3, 2004 10:34 PMRich's screed seems designed to justify the Times' cutting him down to twice-monthly status, while making Paul Krugman look mature and level-headed by comparison. As for Maureen, I'm expecting her to label Bush a doo-doo head any day now...
Posted by: John at September 4, 2004 1:09 AM