[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

He might have mentioned Rice too, but perhaps it was edited out? Who knows?

He might have mentioned Darth Vader, or Count Dracula, or The Big Bopper, too; perhaps those were edited out, as well? Golly moses... who knows, really...?!?

If the best you have to offer up, in paper-thin defense, is that "maybe mysterious forces, somewhere, edited out all non-Jewish names, leaving only the Jewish ones," for some weird, shadowy and unguessable purpose: No Sale.

And if he did mention Rice, I'm sure the same folks here would be calling him a racist.

Zinni has already provided more than ample reason to label him, with a fair degree of assurance, as a contemptible, opportunistic and mealy-mouthed bigot. He doesn't really need to shoot off any more of his own toes, at this point.

[Mulder]

Zinni has already provided more than ample reason to label him, with a fair degree of assurance, as a contemptible, opportunistic and mealy-mouthed bigot

And Bush appointed this "bigot" as special envoy to the Middle East.

So does that make Bush a bigot also?

Or is he simply incompetent?