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To: johnny7

Actually she got a Pulitzer for taking on Clinton.


15 posted on 04/26/2007 5:57:58 AM PDT by shrinkermd
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To: shrinkermd
Actually she got a Pulitzer for taking on Clinton.

LMAO... yeah, for damage-control during his impeachment.

17 posted on 04/26/2007 6:06:37 AM PDT by johnny7 ("Issue in Doubt." -Col. David Monroe Shoup, USMC 1943)
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To: shrinkermd
On the Pulitzer:

You may have noticed that Cynthia Tucker of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution won this year's Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Commentary. I might not have noticed it myself, except that a waggish friend sent me an email on the day of the announcement, reminding me of the last time Cynthia Tucker, the Pulitzer Prize, and I had crossed paths.

But first, as we say, two caveats. The first is to declare that I'm pleased Cynthia Tucker won the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Commentary. The second caveat is more complicated, but may be boiled down to one simple proposition that most casual observers would consider obvious: The Pulitzer Prizes are a singularly corrupt institution, administered by Columbia University and the management of the New York Times largely for the benefit of the New York Times and a limited number of favored publications and personalities. Any citizen who thinks that the annual distribution of awards has something to do with quality probably believes that the Oscar for Best Picture goes to the most distinguished film of the year. If you're a connoisseur of unrestrained self-praise, may I recommend the citations when the Times awards itself the Pulitzer Gold Medal for Public Service.

Does anyone detect a note of cynicism, perhaps even biliousness, in my tone? Well, maybe. For the sad fact is that once upon a time I was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Distinguished Commentary, and (so I was informed) considered the jury's favorite for the honor. But because the Washington Post ...

From the current Weekly Standard, by Philip Terzian. Link here:

http://www.theweeklystandard.com/Check.asp?idArticle=13542&r=dsfdj

Cynthia Tucker won it for gosh' sake!!!!!!

18 posted on 04/26/2007 6:13:13 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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