Comments on: Reactionary Rich Tells a Whopper!

By: photoncourier.blogspot.com

photoncourier.blogspot.com — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:08:12 +0000

“highbrow paper”…I don’t think the Time is precisely a highbrow paper; it is a snob paper, and will run it thinks will appeal to those for whom social status is the dominant factor in life. At the moment, that is a strange mix of high culture, popular culture, materialism, and anti-materialism.

By: CT Tom

CT Tom — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:31:38 +0000

I still remember in 04 when Rich suggested that the remake of “The Manchurian Candidate” was going to undermine the Bush reelection. The blockbuster went to dvd by early 05. For such a “high brow” paper, the Times seems to give a lot of political editorial space to glorified entertainment critics and gossip columnists like Rich and Maureen Dowd.

By: Brian H

Brian H — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:45:05 +0000

But, what about Boris?

By: Neo

Neo — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:42:35 +0000

If Frank Rich wants to keep Rev Wright on the pages of the NY Times from now to November, he can be my guest.

By: David Thomson

David Thomson — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:14:44 +0000

“I’ve already had a conversation with a leftish friend who brought up Hagee when I brought up Wright.”

Yup, this is the result of a conscious conspiracy. The Left’s propagandists are trying to equate Wright with Hagee. This is logically untenable—but it can be diabolically effective. Once again, we must never forget that most people don’t spend a lot of time studying politics. Few are going to bother learning that Obama’s relationship with Wright was very close while McCain barely knows Hagee. And please don’t forget that George Soros is behind much of this propaganda. He is a master of the big lie.

By: Lem

Lem — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:02:33 +0000

Notice how Frank conveniently kept out of his 1,562 word laundry list of comparisons where exactly the chairman Wright has appeared as recently as a week ago.

Wright appeared at the National Press Club and at a NAACP venue.

While these organizations may not have endorsed what Wright said, Wright’s invitation to speak at these worthy of note settings was based on candidate Obama’s special relationship (as yet to be completely severed) with speaker Wright.

By: SteveBrooklineMA

SteveBrooklineMA — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:34:12 +0000

I’ve already had a conversation with a leftish friend who brought up Hagee when I brought up Wright. He said McCain was getting a pass while everyone was piling on Obama. Then he went on about how much worse “McCain’s guy” was than Wright. I’m betting he read Rich’s column. The blogosphere may think that the MSM is dying, but the Times still has impact, and so does Frank Rich.

By: Lightnin' Hopkins

Lightnin' Hopkins — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:54:03 +0000

I shouldn’t have put quotations around the word appointments – of course they were appointed by the President. It’s just, to Mr. Rich, they are not considered examples of authentic progress in racial equality.

McCain/Steele in ‘08. Something tells me Frank would not approve.

By: Lightnin' Hopkins

Lightnin' Hopkins — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:41:36 +0000

Read his whole column and now I need another shower. Sheesh. The “so-called Party of Lincoln” is apparently filled with racists unwilling to have a “perenially promised candid conversation about race”? Please.

It often seems like it’s ‘63 or ‘64 that hacks like Rich are trying to recreate, not 1968. In his myopic view nothing has changed, and Powell and Rice et al, are merely window dressing “appointments” – a bait-and-switch by the bigoted G.O.P.

Reactionary? You bet. He should go back to reviewing CATS for his vastly over-paid living.

By: 1Banjo

1Banjo — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:10:34 +0000

Frank is rich, gotta give him that. He owes his elevation from the darkness of the theater and trying to make sense of post-modernist foolery to Pinch Sulzberger, another winner.