Recall last week's op-ed by Bill Kristol: "Bush is a Winner". The propaganda piece that generated a record 200 pages of comments in the Post comments section - and it appeared that 99% disagreed with Kristol and most asked that post why they were allowing such silly propaganda to be published.
A rebuttal by David Corn came up this evening: "Why Bush is a Loser".
At the onset, let me just urge everyone to just go to the link and read the article. It's well worth the jump and I simply can't do it justice here picking and choosing small portions to block quote.
Read the comments as well, there are only about four pages up now, but the feeling is very inspiring - and I expect another record breaking page count by this time tomorrow.
The best part of the article is where Corn demostrates how Kristol has simply been wrong on everything:
On Sept. 18, 2002, he declared that a war in Iraq "could have terrifically good effects throughout the Middle East." A day later, he said Saddam Hussein was "past the finish line" in developing nuclear weapons. On Feb. 20, 2003, he said of Saddam: "He's got weapons of mass destruction.... Look, if we free the people of Iraq we will be respected in the Arab world." On March 1, 2003 -- 18 days before the invasion of Iraq -- Kristol dismissed the possibility of sectarian conflict afterward. He also said, "Very few wars in American history were prepared better or more thoroughly than this one by this president." He maintained that the war would cost $100 billion to $200 billion. (The running tab is now about half a trillion dollars.) On March 5, 2003, Kristol said, "We'll be vindicated when we discover the weapons of mass destruction."
After a performance like this -- and the above is only a partial review; for more details, click here -- Kristol, a likeable fellow, ought to have his pundit's license yanked. But he's back again with a sequel: W. will be seen as a wonderful president. His latest efforts should be laughed off op-ed pages. But in the commentariat, he's still taken seriously. So assuming the joke is indeed unintended, I'll examine Kristol's most recent fantasy as if it's real
Corn then goes in to a piece by piece dissection of Kristol's positions. It's all very fact based which leaves Kristol flat.
I posted this because I want nobody to miss this particular Post piece. I urge yhou to go to the link and read the actual op-ed by Corn. It's great.