[DallasMike]

...reversing his "hands off" policy...

Since when did Bush have this policy? It's nothing more than a figment of the media's imagination which has suddenly acquired the status of reality.

[hove]

I would like to know who twisted Bush's arm into sending in Zinni...and then Powell....before Sharon got control of the terrorists and finished the roundup. That was a horrible mistake! It is a recipe for failure. Could that be the reason? Or does someone have this administration held hostage?

[norton]

"Every White House starts out with a degree of contempt for its predecessor, ...But the full measure of Bushite contempt for the Clintonians became clear...when Ari Fleischer gibed that after "an attempt to shoot the moon and get nothing, more violence resulted." His argument was that the Camp David negotiations in late 2000 actually escalated the fighting. The White House spokesman quickly apologized for his precise choice of words..."

The author misses this one by a mile and more:

The "degree of contempt" in this case is not anything remotely resembling the new guy's feeling he can do it better;
it's reaction to the contemptable bunch of swine that once inhabited an administration of proven liars.
I guess "Bushites" is fair so long as "Clintonistas" is allowed;
too bad the mainstream media never adopted that particular description.
Camp David DID, in fact, gurantee more palistinian aggression;
but the LA Times has never been too good on history.
Finally, Mr. Fleischer's words were indeed "precise";
(per webster) "exact in measuring, recording, etc."
...keep up the good work Ari.

[TheDon]

Too funny! Poor fella isn't even bright enough to see the brilliance of the Bush foriegn policy in regards to the Palestinian question. Bush and team have been playing the press and international community like a violin.