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July 25, 2005

Corner Watch

by kim @ 5:02 pm. Filed under Uncategorized

Lots o’ Rovegate coverage over at Monkeys Flinging Poo. But for some reason, they keep calling it Plamegate. Get with it kids! Stay up or you’ll be so last nanosecond.

Here we have Mr. Specious Infotainment, Lucianne’s insipid spawn: (emphasis mine)

When you think about it, this dynamic explains most of the really nasty partisan spats in Washington. The anti-Clinton crowd often believed that the left really agreed with the right about the underlying crimes and lies but was willing to forgive them for expediency’s sake. Today, the anti-Bush crowd thinks all conservatives really secretly accept that Bush is a stupid liar but we’re unwilling to admit it because we’re partisan power-worshippers. The reality is that most — certainly not all — ideologues and even a majority of partisans argue in good faith most of the time. And both sides would be better served if they understood that.

What I’ll give the doughy yellow elephant is that some idealogues argue in good faith some of the time. What I see at NRO is for the most part gossip, disinformation, and right-wing propaganda.

Take for instance, this snippet from the typically odious Cliff May:

And BTW, anyone curious how an ex-ambassador to Gabon earned enough to live in Georgetown with a view of the Capitol? How many other former ambassadors to Africa are doing so well? One would think some of those tough-minded MSM reporters interviewing Joe Wilson might at least ask him such questions.

That is not what I call “good faith.” That’s malicious gossip.

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