Posted on 09/29/2006 7:13:01 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
by Mark Finkelstein
September 29, 2006 - 09:59
Last week I posted an item, Bush-hating Rosa Brooks No Dissent, critiquing a column by Rosa Brooks of the LA Times. Brooks has fired back with another column today, I'm No Bush Hater, ostensibly seeking to refute my criticism.
Though Brooks doesn't deign to mention me by name or link to my column so her readers could judge for themselves, it's clear whom she has in mind when writing that "one right-wing blogger . . . not only mischaracterized what I said but referred to me as "Bush hating," "blinded" by "virulent" anger, full of "unreconstructed rage" and typical of the "Bush-hatred of the American left." All the quoted phrases can be found in my column.
OK, let's have a look at Brooks' defense to the Bush-hatred charge. On the one hand she claims: "I don't hate George Bush," but then promptly launches into this litany:
-I sure hate what he's done to my country.
-I hate the fact that Bush and the radicals in his administration play politics with patriotism.
-I hate the fact that after promising to unite us, this president has done his best to divide us.
- I hate the fact that Bush's reckless foreign policies have led many of our closest allies to regard this nation with contempt and fear.
-I hate the fact that to Bush, the phrase "the buck stops here" is apparently as quaint as the Geneva Convention.
I see. Brooks doesn't hate George Bush. She just hates everything he does and stands for. Can you say "distinction without a difference"?
After her - hopefully cathartic - venting of rage, Brooks actually pleads that "we need to pull together." She might be angry, but at least we can't accuse Rosa of lacking a sense of humor.
Finkelstein lives in the liberal haven of Ithaca, NY. View webcasts of Mark's award-winning TV show 'Right Angle' here. Contact Mark at mark@gunhill.net
LA Times/NewsBusters getting-under-liberal-skin ping to Today show list.
Glad to see you're getting under their lizard skins.
too funny, you got under her skin good Mark!
You're a star!
I think Rosa needs to get in a good workout regularly.
Perhaps some xanax would be more appropriate?
Thanks for the kudos!
Except George W. Bush has not done and does not stand for the things she listed. For example, he certainly has not tried to divide this country. He has, for the most part, allowed the attempts of people like Brooks and people who share her ideology, to divide us roll off his back. We've not seen GWB unfairly attack anyone or try to slander anyone. We've barely even seen him defend himself against the slander by Brooks and her ilk.
Excellent point, and I've amended my original NewsBusters column accordingly.
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