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May 02, 2006
The Unbearable Repetitiveness of Bob Herbert
Those of you with long memories may recall that I used to skewer the New York Times' columnists here until they vanished behind the Select Curtain. It was quite entertaining to skewer Maureen Dowd's spinster schoolgirl columns, to catch Paul Krugman in lies and errors, to cheer on Nick Kristof (who got his Pulitzer, as I predicted), to marvel at David Brooks and John Tierney.
The Times' columnist I probably blogged about least was Bob Herbert. To be honest, he seemed a little too easy a target, and his columns seemed to be recycled trash.
Turns out Herbert has indeed been recycling his columns, as a blogger for the Dallas Morning News found out.
5/8/03 While our "What, me worry?" president is having a great time with his high approval ratings and his "Top Gun" fantasies, the economy remains in the tank.
7/31/03 For the Bushes and the Rumsfelds, this is a grand imperial adventure, with press-conference posturing and wonderful photo-ops, like the president's "Top Gun" moment on the deck of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln.
9/19/03 Republicans are not eager to have the general's career contrasted with the military misadventures of George W. Bush, who … celebrated the alleged end to major combat in Iraq by staging his very own "Top Gun" fantasy aboard the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln.
4/2/04 The president's giddily choreographed ''Top Gun'' spectacle was designed to take full public relations advantage of his triumphant announcement that ''major combat operations in Iraq'' had ended.
Read it all; it's quite amusing. Hat Tip: Powerline
Posted by pat at May 2, 2006 11:49 AM
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Comments
Yes, the liberal yarn is getting rather old and stale. But then again, it was old and stale in the 80's as well.
Posted by: aaron at May 2, 2006 08:24 PM