Writer Jonathan Chait Brings Bush-Hating Out of the Closet

[Timefortruth]

A Dislike Unlike Any Other? By Howard Kurtz

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"It's Bush's radical policies, says the 31-year-old New Republic writer, and his unfair tax cuts, and his cowboy phoniness, and his favors for corporate cronies, and his heist in Florida, and his dishonesty about his silver-spoon upbringing, and, oh yes, the way he walks and talks."

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"Having uninformed hatred of anybody is probably not a good thing," Corn says. "But if you have reason to believe the president of the United States is lying to you about significant matters, then you have damn good reason to be damn upset."

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The debate inevitably slams into reverse by examining the antipathy for all things Clintonian (Ingraham, for instance, wrote a highly critical book on Hillary). After all, the libs say, Bill Clinton was accused by his feverish foes of such absurdities as murder and drug-running, and denounced by more mainstream Republicans, such as Indiana Rep. Dan Burton, who once called Clinton a "scumbag" and reenacted the Vince Foster shooting with a pumpkin. But as National Review's Byron York points out, one far-left Web site accuses the Bush family of involvement in hundreds of deaths, while others liken the president to Hitler (you can order a Bush T-shirt with a swastika in place of the "s") or just call him an idiot (Toostupidtobepresident.com). York also notes that Sheldon Drobny, who is arranging financing for a liberal talk radio network, has alleged online that the president's grandfather, Prescott Bush, did business with the Third Reich but that "as in any fascist regime, the press is prevented from publishing it."

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"There's nothing on the liberal side that compares to the bile we've routinely gotten on the right," the New York Times columnist says in an interview. "After years of extreme attacks from conservative pundits and politicians, now there's a little bit of feistiness on the other side and it's 'Oh, those rude people!' They themselves continue to do slash-and-burn, and the other side can't. It's amazing how thin-skinned some of these guys are."

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It was very hard to edit this down, the whole article is well worth reading. What is truly interesting is that there is this much hatred out there with all the favorable coverage of Chimp, what would it be like if the press told the truth?

[DisgustipatedinCA]

1. And what would it be like

If Howard Kurtz hadn't written such a slanted piece? He can't help himself, can he?

[Hubert Flottz]

2. I hate anyone who tries to trash my country!

The Army taught me that it's allright to hate the enemies of the American people!

[meegbear]

3. I'm reading his book now ...

bought it at the airport this past weekend. It's a meticulous account of all the things * has said and "how" he lied about them; spin, twisting the wording, etc.

It's a good read.

[Timefortruth]

4. With so many books on the best seller list

one would think the word is getting out, but the polls are stuck at 50%. Go figure.