This
guy... No, don't even go. I'll save you. He says this, in his latest opus, "How Bush can Beat Kerry":
"Second, while his anti-Kerry ads are running, the president himself needs to make Americans understand that the war on terror is still atop our national agenda. He needs to elevate the sense of threat so that his advantage as a war president begins to count."
Thanks to
thirdparty I already see that there is a way to combat this by using pure optimism.
I know many of us play the "Who's more evil?" game. Besides the Daily Show, it's the only respite since Nov. 2000.
I also have a sharp edge to discriminate the punditry. Novak, except when he breaks the law, is really harmless to influencing voters, because he has become such an insider that he really makes no sense to anyone outside I-495. (This is a misfortune of having a "strong" liberal streak: That I do know what he is talking about, and am revolted).
Also, he never pulls the curtain on his most vile comments, but saves it for his print. (He mentioned the Dem. constituency as having "a lot of gays" [I don't remember the date on this]).
But the true evil in commentary is when malevolence mixes with (surprise!) ignorance. This is represented by the Tucker Carlson crew, who preface all their statements with "I think the voters..." or "The American people..."
And Dick Morris shows his card, with
"Voters recognize that Bush is right when he says that this is a war against nation-states that sponsor terror, not a hunt for criminal bands in the mountains."
Kerry had better get up on his horse. Why isn't he in the news. Today. I hear Dukakis snoring...