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Anyone know if he's outright retiring or just leaving the Times? Can he take Dowd with him...?
1 posted on 11/15/2004 9:00:43 AM PST by Rutles4Ever
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To: Rutles4Ever

My guess is that he's too moderate for the NYT.


2 posted on 11/15/2004 9:01:20 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: Rutles4Ever

Hopefully the water is up to second-class cabin...


3 posted on 11/15/2004 9:02:01 AM PST by Rutles4Ever ("...upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.")
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To: Rutles4Ever

If I hadn't cancelled my subscription years ago, I would cancel my subscription.


4 posted on 11/15/2004 9:02:32 AM PST by gridlock (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: Rutles4Ever

Lots of resignations this week!


5 posted on 11/15/2004 9:02:33 AM PST by July 4th (A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
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To: Rutles4Ever; Admin Moderator

Wow beat me by 1 minute. Admin moderator please delete my post.


7 posted on 11/15/2004 9:02:50 AM PST by areafiftyone (Democrats = the hamster is dead but the wheel is still spinning)
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To: Rutles4Ever

Whoa. Did he jump or was he pushed?


8 posted on 11/15/2004 9:03:06 AM PST by mewzilla
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To: Rutles4Ever

Safire is too pro Israel obviously....I heard Pat Buchanan is taking his place.


9 posted on 11/15/2004 9:04:16 AM PST by Tribemike (Here is the text of the article....)
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To: Rutles4Ever; Admin Moderator

Article Up:

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000719411

Safire to Retire from 'NYT' Op-Ed Column

By Joe Strupp

Published: November 15, 2004 11:35 AM ET

NEW YORK William Safire, the conservative voice on the New York Times Op-Ed page for more than three decades, will end his regular column in early 2005, a Times spokeswoman said Monday.

"He's written it for a long time and has been talking to [Times Publisher] Arthur [Sulzberger Jr.] about this for a year and a half," said spokeswoman Catherine Mathis. "His last column will be Jan. 24."

Mathis said Safire, who also will end his syndicated column, plans to continue his Sunday New York Times Magazine "On Language" feature. Safire, who joined the paper in 1973 after working as a speechwriter for President Nixon, won a Pulitzer Prize in 1978 for distinguished commentary.





10 posted on 11/15/2004 9:04:33 AM PST by Rutles4Ever ("...upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.")
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To: Rutles4Ever

Who's going to be the token 'moderate conservative' on the Slimes editorial page? Christoper Hitchens or David Brock perhaps..


11 posted on 11/15/2004 9:05:18 AM PST by gopwinsin04
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To: Rutles4Ever

NYT is purging moderate liberals to make a clear path for hard left, socialist wack jobs. Who will be this "conservatives" replacement? I suspect they will try to get Tucker Carlson as his replacement.


12 posted on 11/15/2004 9:06:00 AM PST by mlbford2 ("Never wrestle with a pig; you can't win, you just get filthy, and the pig loves it...")
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To: Rutles4Ever

When the reputation is larger than the product, something must give way.


15 posted on 11/15/2004 9:07:45 AM PST by Old Professer ( War too often becomes personal; we inure ourselves to the abstract and audit too lightly)
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To: Rutles4Ever
A bright spot disappears from a dark media source.

Godspeed, Mr. Safire.

24 posted on 11/15/2004 9:53:38 AM PST by NautiNurse
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To: Rutles4Ever

Admitted voting for Clinton in 1992. Enough said.


25 posted on 11/15/2004 9:57:03 AM PST by Finalapproach29er (You can drive from coast to coast and never pass through a single county won by Kerry.)
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To: Rutles4Ever
Pity. I enjoy his "On Language" columns.
And I do mean *his*. The replacements they get at the end of the summer are usually just awful.

Language will go to Helena Handbasket, prob'ly.
Yo.

26 posted on 11/15/2004 9:58:28 AM PST by Tanniker Smith (Random Childhood Memory #9: "Rose Marie for the block.")
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To: Rutles4Ever
isn't William Safire the one that called hillary a CONGENITAL LIARY??
28 posted on 11/15/2004 12:46:21 PM PST by camas
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To: Rutles4Ever

Interesting.


29 posted on 11/15/2004 12:50:33 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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