Bush critics' claims usually don't stick

townhall.com ^ | 10/08/03 | Jonah Goldberg

[kattracks]

Conservatives have gotten a lot of grief these days from various corners for trying to defend President Bush on the White House leak scandal.

For example, my friend Peter Beinart, editor of The New Republic, writes about the "flurry of justifications: some plausible, some contradictory, some laughable" offered by the conservative press in the days after the story broke (or, I should say "re-broke" since the leak had been known since last July).

Such scorekeeping is entirely fair in politics, and conservative explanations and excuses have been all over the map. Of course, the diversity of responses and opinions on the right should help dispel the notion that conservatives are intellectually homogeneous and politically monolithic. If the vast right wing conspiracy existed, after all, we would have gotten our stories straight from the outset - thanks to our super-duper decoder rings and the transmitters in our fillings.

[Theresawithanh]

As usual, I agree with Jonah Goldberg. Good article.

I think someone needs to come up with a Democrat doll that screeches "Bush Lied", "Quagmire", "Another Vietnam" and various other phrases of the lefties. In fact, they could make two, man and woman, using Teddy K and Hillary's screeching voices! Of course, the Teddy doll would come in a BIG box!

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[coulson3]

I think someone needs to come up with a Democrat doll that screeches "Bush Lied", "Quagmire", "Another Vietnam" and various other phrases of the lefties.

Great! We'll put it on the shelves right next to the George W. Bush action figure!