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Daily Kos —
... William Kristol: I know it's a waste of time amd space (like most of my columns) but let me make a case for why Bush deserves better. As he goes, I go. His validation is my validation. And I'm feeling... rejected. So it goes. ...
Happy Days are Here Again
Neptunus Lex —
It’s one day now until the inaugural of our 44th president, and for the New York Times in particular, all is well and every manner of thing is well: The right correct sort of people will very soon now be at the control levers of government, a truly historic event is about to take place that has at least the potential to heal a long suppurating wound and there will be many opportunities for busy bureaucrats who believe - really believe - in the power of government to reorder society in ways that more closely conform to their personal ideals.
So it was that when I read an article on military recruitment in the ...
Kristol Meth
Newshoggers.com —
... By Cernig
Who wrote this?
Bush stood with Israel when he had no political incentive to do so and received no political benefit from doing so.
Bill "the Bloody" Kristol, of course. Daniel Larison mocks the Wrongest Pundit In The World as he so richly deserves. ...
No Better Friend
Weekly Standard Blog —
The boss writes in today's New York Times:
As we recited this on Saturday, I couldn’t help but reflect that a distressingly small number of my fellow Jews seem to have given much thought at all to the fact that President Bush is one of the greatest friends the state of Israel — and, yes, the Jewish people — have had in quite a while. Bush stood with Israel when he had no political incentive to do so and received no political benefit from doing so. He was criticized by much of the world. He did it because he thought it the ...
Kristol: faithful to the end
The Reaction —
By Mustang Bobby William Kristol defends George W. Bush's war presidency to the end. Many of Bush’s defenders have praised him for keeping the country safe since Sept. 11, 2001. He deserves that praise, and I’m perfectly happy to defend most of his surveillance, interrogation and counterterrorism policies against his critics. But I don’t think keeping us safe has been Bush’s most impressive achievement. That was winning the war in Iraq, and in particular, his refusal to accept defeat when so many counseled him to do so in ...
Kristol's contract?
Political Animal —
KRISTOL'S CONTRACT?.... It's Monday, so Bill Kristol has another New York Times column today. The gist of it is that he'd like to see Barack Obama embrace Bush's policies Iraq . Natch. But reading the column, it occurred to me that there's been very little news of late about Kristol's employment status with the paper of record. As I recall, it was January 2008 when Kristol signed a one-year contract. It's January 2009. So why is Kristol still there? Greg Mitchell had ...
If you were First Lady…
The Anchoress —
... Dalai Lama: He “loves” George W. Bush. Not a surprise. He knows what it is like to be hounded by real aggressors bent on your destruction. And he knows that terrorism can’t be fought with pacifism. Imagine that. Can’t help but think, “Thanks, sir, and those words might have been helpful three years ago…”
Interesting War Stats: From Gateway Pundit. But the cost is always very grave:
The cost of the war in Iraq, and in Afghanistan, has ...
Bill Kristol Ends Reign of Error at New York Times
The BRAD BLOG —
... Kristol's Monday column in the New York Times is little more than a last gasp attempt to underscore the false trajectory of the hoped-for historical rewrite of the ...
