Posted on 10/31/2004 9:11:04 PM PST by Pokey78
1. if united states stops attacking terrorists, terror will go away (yeah, right)
2. nyt is trying to wiggle out of its error and responsibility in the al-qaqaa investigation (if you don't have the facts, why go with the story?)
3. nyt is predicting a bush win because of ubl opening his yap (what a bunch of rubish)
rubish -- which is exactly what nyt is, with cbs being what my bird does on their paper.
hey, i forgot to thank you for the post...thanks!
Uh...this is a pro-Bush article written by one of the few
conservative columnists on the Times.
William Safire is a GOP legend. Why are you trashing him ?
Safire is the only conservative on the NYT staff. He actually is the real deal.
Yeah. We kill him and all his Al Qaeda buddies, and they stob bothering us.
Your "analysis" tells me you are both illiterate and politically uninformed.
maybe you read it upside down?
It couldn't be better said...
i understand, but i expect better. i have a real problem with his defense of the nyt in the al-qaqaa fiasco. quite simply, if you do not have your facts straight, don't go with the story.
i agree with his analysis that bin laden might be putting out an olive branch and i agree with his reasoning. but "truce" in arabic roughly means, "we'll stop now and resume later". i expected stronger words justifying our offensive.
not trashing him. i am trashing his apology for the nyt shoddy work on the al-qaqaa story. pls see above post.
so you agree that the nyt was correct in going to print with the al-qaqaa story?
maybe i did. but i am still p!ssed at the nyt on the al-qaqaa story and this article gave a defense of it.
You called Safire's piece "worthless" and "rubbish" (which you misspelled as "rubish"), and listed 3 "points" - none of which addressed the actual content of the article in question. Next time, try to read and comprehend an article before you comment.
May I remind you that Safire's paycheck comes from the New York Times?
And, rather artfully, he admitted that his employers ran with a bogus story in order to defeat the sitting President ("That time enabled other network news organizations to cast doubt on the story.")
Safire did not apologize for nor did he defend his employers. Instead, he needled them...
It's called "nuance"...
Bin Laden....future prison bitch......
I enjoyed this article immensely.
Thank Osama for reminding us to vote for Bush.
Thank Osama for reminding us that it's 9/12.
Thank Osama for reminding us that this election is about who can fight terrorism better.
but don't tar Safire with the same brush. He's one sane voice for the liberals to read and maybe learn something.
He's one of our best 'friends" - He's on our side.
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