NYT: Mr. Bush's New Gravitas (their actual title!)

The New York Times ^ | 10/12/2001

[True Capitalist]

Has the NYT's forgotten who it's audience is? ...or has it finally discovered they're on the wrong side of the Bush issue at this juncture?

[The Raven]

>>or has it finally discovered they're on the wrong side of the Bush issue at this juncture?

Excelent point! The NYT views affairs as if they have been dead on right all along. They wait like a spider in a web for world reality to match their vision.

I suppose they have a long wait most of the time. They're also coming off 8 years of denial.

[GretchenEE]

Amazing, what a good job these guys are doing of sucking up and vying for prom queen, now that the prom king has been chosen and crowned.

[G.Mason]

Buck up abwehr.

On the bright side...."one world government" may be spelled "U.S.A" in the future!

God, I long for the days of "colonialism"!

And, for all of those who pray to the "money god", think of how you'll prosper.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

"Here was a Republican president repeatedly extolling the crucial role of the federal government"

It is pathetic to see leftists like the editorial writers at the NY Times attempt to exploit the current situation as proof of the important role of big government. They just don't understand: yes, the Constitution establishes that the central role, and indeed one of the few delineated roles, of the federal government is to protect us from enemies. Conservatives are and always have been in favor of that. It is the NY Times of the world who have been attempting to frustrate that government role with their constant carping about the defense budget.

It is all the other stuff, all the things that neither the Constitution nor our Founders ever envisioned as roles for the federal government, all the "happiness pills," that we object to!

[PJ-Comix]

GRAVITAS. I'm already getting sick of hearing that buzzword. It's been way overused during the past year.

[Aeronaut]

...just barely elected president...

...for the most part a reassuring performance...

Only in his insistence on discarding the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty and building a missile shield...

...will not help him win long-term Russian support for the counterattack against terrorism.

Mr. Bush may have scrambled his stern message slightly...

His inclination to seek the assistance of the United Nations ... was wise

It is all still there, even if the overall tone was positive.

[mombonn]

Imus was reading this a half hour or so ago. He kept saying, "This is the New York Times"- he was SHOCKED.

[WaterDragon]

You have to remember that the Left, especially the NYTimes, wouldn't know 'gravitas' if it was explained to them. Praise from the Left is as meaningless as their recent 'patriotism'.

[spycatcher]

Feliz Gravitas!

[drstevej]

Feliz Gravitas!

Definitive response.

[eureka!]

Amazing, what a good job these guys are doing of sucking up and vying for prom queen, now that the prom king has been chosen and crowned.

Yes, looks like some of the Fishwrap of Record's Clymers want to be invited to White House parties/dinners. What a bunch of losers...

[Honcho]

Here was a Republican president repeatedly extolling the crucial role of the federal government in providing for the safety of the American people, whether in improving aviation security, hunting down suspected terrorists or simply giving succor to a shaken land.

Here comes the new load of crap from the left. Nothing like using the mass murder of 6000 people to advance your polictical ideas. So I guess now the left is going to say that they were the one's who wanted more money for the military.

[kevkrom]

It is all still there, even if the overall tone was positive.

Yes, but did you notice that they actually admit the GWB was elected President? This from one of the organizations still re-re-re-re-re-re-counting the Florida chads...

[harpu]

OKAY, so where's the rest of the article...you know, the part about..."they (NYT) were 'just kidding'!"

[jwalsh07]

You really want to know what the New York Slimes editorial board thinks? Not once in this editorial did they refer to W as President Bush.

[walden]

"GRAVITAS. I'm already getting sick of hearing that buzzword. It's been way overused during the past year."

Well, I think the most overused word these days is HEGEMONY. I can guarantee you that word wasn't on the SAT when I took it 20+ years ago, and now it's everywhere.

[Reaganomics]

Someone must have thought it was suppose to be the April's Fools edition. Boy, I bet they get reamed out this morning.

[aquawrench]

I was wondering when that word would pop back up! I figured it would, heh heh.