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Mark, I found the California Governor candidate for you: Georgy Russell. I think she can get out the vote. Or at least 50% of it.
- jim 9-18-2003 11:02 pm [link] [1 comment]

Rant time again.

Does Tom Friedman annoy other people as much as he does me? It's like he's always right, no matter how many times he changes his opinion. Saw him on Charlie Rose a few days ago. He was blasting the Bush administration for how things are going in Iraq. True enough. But he also feels compelled to explain how he wasn't wrong for being in support of the war initally, because if the administration had just done things correctly it would have worked out.

This is completely ridiculous logic.

It should have been obvious that this administration would not do things correctly. And everyone who was for the war (for arguably sound reasons, even if I don't agree with them) was wrong for the same reason. Not because the war was absolutely wrong (although I think it was - but again this is arguable,) but because it was so clear that Bush and company would screw it up. Not predicting this obvious and horrendous outcome was a serious error, and I can't see how any reasonably honest person can say different.

You thought Wolfowitz and Rumsfeld had a good plan for helping the Iraqi people? Time to admit you were wrong Tom.
- jim 9-18-2003 10:46 pm [link] [1 ref] [24 comments]