Posted on 02/28/2005 9:19:15 PM PST by Fenris6
Juan Cole has, don seatbelts please, written the phrase "positive development" (ya gotta scroll to the bottom to spot this rarest of birds). Matthew Yglesias is wondering why, er, conservatives aren't more excited about Egypt. There's always something to complain about with regard to those dastardly Bushies, isn't there? They're not, you know, happy enough about what Bush has wrought in Egypt (though doubtless John 'palsy walsy with Hosni' Kerry must be duly gratified, eh?) That said Matt, to his real credit, is calling developments underway in Egypt a real positive and at least a partial, if mid-stream, vindication of Bush's democratization policies in the region. Even Atrios is forced to write something at least arguably positive...
(Excerpt) Read more at belgraviadispatch.com ...
So many amazing things happening in a short span of time--it's hard to keep up and take it all in!
Then there's the continual Michael Jackson coverage drowning everything in its wake...
Anybody hear anything from the blue side of the aisle?
The blue spin I've seen is something along the lines of "all this is happening in spite of Bush and his ineptness". Same meme as "the Soviets collapsed without any influence from Reagan". Go figure.
The biggest problem our Democrat friends have is commitment & consistency. They'd rather wallow in fantasy denial than learn from their mistakes. Maybe they should have paid more attention to the fall of the Berlin Wall...
Excellent article, although his prose is little hard to muddle through at times.:)
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