Post by RS Davis on Apr 1, 2004 15:23:49 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]Tim Cavanaugh Wrote:[/glow] Dear President Bush,
I have no idea whether you're really planning to out Richard Clarke as, well, a confirmed bachelor who is clean and fastidious and enjoys gardening. But if this attack is half as successful as the ones your flunkies have managed over the past week and a half, I'm going to conclude that you, not Clarke, are the one who's secretly working for the Kerry campaign.
Now an open mind requires me to consider the possibility that you are executing a long-term master plan, that today's reversal on Condoleezza Rice's testimony to the 9/11 Commission was really planned long ago, to gin up the battle with Clarke and allow Rice to deliver a final blow to his credibility. The problem with this theory is that there's no guarantee Rice will succeed, and her warmup performance with Ed Bradley the other night—during which she claimed the 9/11 Commission is not supposed to be investigating 9/11 and, when asked about Clarke's celebrated apology to that panel, replied with what sounded a lot like "I'm sorry you feel that way"—doesn't inspire much confidence in her ability to win hearts and minds. More to the point is something you may have forgotten over the last few days: You're not running against Richard Clarke; you're running against John Kerry.
I have no idea whether you're really planning to out Richard Clarke as, well, a confirmed bachelor who is clean and fastidious and enjoys gardening. But if this attack is half as successful as the ones your flunkies have managed over the past week and a half, I'm going to conclude that you, not Clarke, are the one who's secretly working for the Kerry campaign.
Now an open mind requires me to consider the possibility that you are executing a long-term master plan, that today's reversal on Condoleezza Rice's testimony to the 9/11 Commission was really planned long ago, to gin up the battle with Clarke and allow Rice to deliver a final blow to his credibility. The problem with this theory is that there's no guarantee Rice will succeed, and her warmup performance with Ed Bradley the other night—during which she claimed the 9/11 Commission is not supposed to be investigating 9/11 and, when asked about Clarke's celebrated apology to that panel, replied with what sounded a lot like "I'm sorry you feel that way"—doesn't inspire much confidence in her ability to win hearts and minds. More to the point is something you may have forgotten over the last few days: You're not running against Richard Clarke; you're running against John Kerry.
- Rick
