The Times has an analysis today of Bush's choice of Meirs that might as well be called disinformation. As I see it, anyway. The whole 'Bush is a conservative' line is just bullshit. His allegiance isn't to a philosophy, but to a group of loyalists.
But it's the mark of the sophisticated MSM analyst to make complex what's actually simple, thus obfuscating the pattern by reporting on it. The Times can't simply say: Bush Nominates Another Crony - though they can't entirely avoid the obvious. So, they embed the obvious in a bunch of political mythology about Bush the competent, Bush the conservative, Bush the chastened.
It's all summed up in the title: When a President Is Not Spoiling for a Fight
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