Bush dynasty weaves tangled Mideast web (MAJOR HIT PIECE)

San Antonio Express News ^ | Feb. 15, 2004 | Kevin Phillips

[Alissa]

This hit-piece got a very prominent, almost entire front and back covers with one-inch high bold headline, in today's editorial section of the Sunday paper. There are lots of pictures with the article to lure people to read it.

[raloxk]

Kevin Phillips has turned into a crank. In 1992 he predicted the end of the GOP. OOPS

[battlegearboat]

Remember the Alamo, it could happen again!

[Coroner]

This guy was on C span yesterday. A caller asked if Ken Lay slept in the Lincoln bedroom. His reply I dont know but Bin Laden George Bush...Bin Laden George Bush....

[BenLurkin]

Philips needs to look up the definition of "dynasty". Typical of the left - utter disrespect for the language. If words aren't in the service of their agenda, the left will redefine them.

[visualops]

I guess under the guise of an "editorial" you can weave and assume and guess and insinuate with impunity.

[cripplecreek]

Typical of the "enlightened" left.

Anybody happen to see From the heartland last night? The leftis pundit threw out the typical conspiracy theory about the "bush crime family". When he was cut off he ripped off his mic and left in the middle of the interview.

Not one adult in the lot.

[Sender]

It sounds like phase 2 of the Democrats' smear and doubt campaign to me. Paint the 'Bush dynasty' as some kind of multigenerational evil empire. As if the BFEE hasn't been one of their foci all along since 2000.

Will this bring about a proportional response from the Republican camp? The more we delve into John Kerry's past, it seems to be a target-rich environment for a conspiracy theory.

Will the 2004 campaign end up in the media as a Skeletor-vs-Darth Vader kind of clash of the evil empires? Or will they eventually get down to business and focus on the real issues, the principal one being who best to lead this country through the next four dangerous years?

[beckett]

Phillips is an odious scoundrel enamored with himself and his own "big ideas about the way things ought to be."

All you have to do is listen to the guy speak for a few seconds to realize he's a jerk who couldn't get elected dogcatcher.

[Cowboy Bob]

...we may well see it with the Clintons,

That will be the day!

[deport]

They really can't help themselves it seems. They continue to rehash the same info over and over. Much of this was run through the ringers in 1999-2000..... Guess it's time for a new round of books to hit the stores.....

Example they mention the Bin Ladens investing in Carlye, but they never mention the amount or percentage of the investment which was very minor in the accurred money totals in the various Caryle fundings.

Invest in tin foil producers:
Hoard Spam:
It's all about Oil:

[Howlin]

A caller asked if Ken Lay slept in the Lincoln bedroom.

Yes, he did.

With Bill and Hillary Clinton.

He also went to Camp David with them.

[ReleaseTheHounds]

When you see "Kevin Philips" in the "author" slot -- just move on. Sort of like seeing Charlie Rangel appearing on Meet The Press. Just turn the channel.

[Coroner]

Kevin phillips knew it too but claimed not to know. Typical!!

[rmgatto]

Yeah--the San Antonio Express News is a major opinion maker. I'm sure this article (which reads like a high school social studies paper) will make big waves around central Texas.

[KYAmishMafia]

I've already got a tin foil hat made, but I never could stand the taste of Spam!

[Alissa]

I've never heard of him before. Thanks for the update.

[Alissa]

Unfortunately, the Express News gave this piece such a prominant lay-out that it gives legitimacy to the author.

[inkling]

They've been dissing Kevin Phillips in National Review's The Corner this week.

KEVIN PHILLIPS [Rick Brookhiser]
Always remember that Phillips, like Pat Buchanan, is a Nixon man. His whole vision of the future was pinned on the Trickster; his ideal of American politicking and governance was Chuck Colson (once-born), plus wage and price controls. He has been wandering in the wilderness ever since Nixon's helicopter took off from the White House lawn in 1974...
Posted at 09:33 PM

Phillips also suggested that the person Bush should put on the Iraq Intelligence failure commission is Scott Ritter, of all people. That is, if they can keep Scott out of the high school parking lots.