Does this help?
"Left-wing pundits and bloggers have insisted that Keller spiked the story to keep George Bush in office.
Keller, however, has a different take on his decision. He insists that the news would have likely helped Bush rather than hurt him, and the public support for this program after its delayed revelation last December supports that analysis.
John Kerry and the Democrats had castigated Bush for the lack of visible effort to find and track terrorists, and the program's exposure would have forced Kerry to recant and suddenly argue that Bush had been too enthusiastic about fighting terrorism, a tough pirouette to execute in a grueling presidential campaign. "
Thank you, george. I was having a bit of a struggle with this myself. So Keller and the Times did not want to do anything that might boost confidence in the President and put Kerry in a difficult position.
helps a LOT!
""Left-wing pundits and bloggers have insisted that Keller spiked the story to keep George Bush in office.
Keller, however, has a different take on his decision. He insists that the news would have likely helped Bush rather than hurt him, and the public support for this program after its delayed revelation last December supports that analysis.
John Kerry and the Democrats had castigated Bush for the lack of visible effort to find and track terrorists, and the program's exposure would have forced Kerry to recant and suddenly argue that Bush had been too enthusiastic about fighting terrorism, a tough pirouette to execute in a grueling presidential campaign. "
helps a LOT!
""Left-wing pundits and bloggers have insisted that Keller spiked the story to keep George Bush in office.
Keller, however, has a different take on his decision. He insists that the news would have likely helped Bush rather than hurt him, and the public support for this program after its delayed revelation last December supports that analysis.
John Kerry and the Democrats had castigated Bush for the lack of visible effort to find and track terrorists, and the program's exposure would have forced Kerry to recant and suddenly argue that Bush had been too enthusiastic about fighting terrorism, a tough pirouette to execute in a grueling presidential campaign. "
Thanks for explaining this to me.
Rule 1 of Liberalism: Facts, logic, and consistency are irrelevant.
Truly the Demwit pundits amaze me. When they are called on their own illogic, they don't even miss a beat. They just twist and spin and continue their speels...while sounding good but making absolutely no sense.