Thursday, March 22, 2007
David Brooks: The Sacred Cause of No Transcript
Today David Brooks weighs in on Bush and The Prosecutors -- or as Brooks calls it -- The Sacred Cause of No Transcript!
Even David Brooks sounds rational next to Bush. Admittedly, I picked the most coherent comment (below) from an entire column.
But is anybody besides Turdblossom and Harriet Miers siding with Bush?
-- A Proper Distinction, by David Brooks:
"And the White House, instead of trying to restore some proportion, has picked a fight over a transcript. The president says he will allow White House staff to appear before Congress, but not in public, not under oath and not with a transcript. The president apparently expects his supporters to rally behind the sacred cause of No Transcript. In time of war, he’s decided to expend political capital so that his staffers can lie to Congress without legal consequences."
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