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Thursday, August 30, 2012

'NYT' Tougher on Condi Than Rachel and Chris

As I noted on Twitter last night, and at The Nation today, I was appalled by the media swooning over Condi Rice last night--with Chris Matthews the most egregious example (though he did not mention a tingle up his leg this time) with a half-swoon by Rachel Maddow the most surprising.   Eugene Robinson dared to mention the word "Iraq" in relation to Condi and then practically apologized, calling it a mere "quibble."  (Just now he's on Hardball again calling her effort a "great speech.")  So it's good to see a NYT editorial, just posted, ripping her, when even most liberal commentators sat idle.  Excerpt:
She was a central player in the decision to invade Iraq and the peddling of fantasies about weapons of mass destruction to Congress and the public. She barely mentioned Iraq and spoke not at all about Afghanistan, even though troops are still fighting there.
She was particularly ludicrous when she talked about keeping American strong at home so it could be strong globally, since she was part of the team that fought two wars off the books and entirely on borrowed money.
Ms. Rice said the United States has lost its “exceptionalism,” but she never gave the slightest clue what she meant by that — a return to Mr. Bush’s policy of preventive war or the United States’ always insisting on getting its own way?

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