Confessions of a Traitor

New York Times ^ | December 8, 2001 | FRANK RICH

[liberallarry]

A thought provoker. Or a blood-pressure raiser. Or both.

[cactmh]

As Rush said yesterday, the media people and the dimocrats are mad because Ashcroft wasn't a good little conservative and he didn't just roll over and take it. Good for him. And Good for our Country.

[JZoback]

Frank Rich is a pus pimple on my arse.

When I saw the title and who wrote it.

I thought Rich was going to finally confess he's a traitor, the ONLY reason why I read it.

[jungleboy]

A thought provoker from the NY Times? roflmao

[Eric in the Ozarks]

If the shoe fits...

[xlib]

Here's what Ashcroft actually said:

"We need honest, reasoned debate; not fearmongering. To those who pit Americans against immigrants, and citizens against non-citizens; to those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty; my message is this: Your tactics only aid terrorists - for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve. They give ammunition to America's enemies, and pause to America's friends. They encourage people of good will to remain silent in the face of evil."

Here's Frank Rich's charactarization of those comments:

John Ashcroft, testifying before the Senate on Thursday, declared that those who challenge his wisdom "only aid terrorists" and will "give ammunition to America's enemies."

Any point in reading further?

[dighton]

A thought provoker. Or a blood-pressure raiser. Or both.

Or neither. I see the name Frank Rich, and leave *reading* the thing to hardier souls.

[Bommer]

Beat me to the post! Well done!

[Pharmboy]

I get a kick out of how Imus charactyerizes Frank Rich's ravings since 9-11: he imagines Rich running around his apartment screaming nonsense at passerbys in his underwear.

[Cicero]

They fired Frank Rich from his job as a drama critic, because he was totally incapable of doing the job. So they "promoted" him to the Op-Ed page, where they roll him out every couple of months to mount an attack on the editorial board's latest "enemy," in this case, Ashcroft.

Frank Rich well deserves his nickname as The New York Times's attack poodle.

[cardinal4]

The New York Times.This is the same paper that endorsed Al Gore for President. As a result,any contributing or staff writer for the NYT is automatically suspect in my book.

[WarPaint]

I watched the Senate hearing and I read the article. What an unblievale distortion of fact. Ashcroft was brilliant, clear and focused. The Senators were not. I have said before that Leahy was only p*ssed that Ashcroft had not come sooner, and that he (I mean the Senate) was left out of the loop.

It is especially maddening to read General Ashcroft referred to a slacker. These columnists write as if they are the definitive interpreter of what is actually happening, when in fact, they are distorters of truth. Their agenda continues to undermine this administration at all costs, including security, unity and American decency.

[anniegetyourgun]

Once again, Rich is being hypersensitive. Where was he when the last administration was accusing R's of wanting to put granny on the streets, starve school children and kill everyone with bad H2O? Sorry, Rich - hardball coming your way.

[liberallarry]

Great reply. I post to this site because I get to hear guys like you. Thanks.

[ken5050]

Is the "letters to the editor" page on the website?...Sugest you read it, there are a few today that really clobber the Times for yesterday's editorial. Worth posting...

[liberallarry]

Try and beat Pokey78. He's really on top of the news.

[Slyfox]

Too bad the NY Times was not headquartered at the WTC.

[liberallarry]

Frank Rich is a drama queen?

[dep]

you know, we've had this kind of crap every war we've ever fought. every single one. so if the former drama critic for the new york times wants to get invited to cocktail parties or beds by bathering on so, we should be neither surprised nor unduly troubled. he's preaching to the choir anyway, for everyone else, he's getting a black mark next to his name, which is a good thing. he's not worth getting upset about; neither is he worth reading.

dep

[liberallarry]

I'm off to work this morning so can't do it. But please post it if it's possible for you to do so. Letters to the Editor are on the Website of most newspapers.