There was a great article in the Guardian today about President Bush and his administration and their feud against the New York Times; a paper that has been nothing but fair to them in their coverage. The article mentioned the fact that the NY Times apologized for their role in decieving the public during the run-up to the fraudulent war in Iraq. The last paragraph in the article sums up will the indifference of the Bush administration toward liberals and intellectuals, and the blatant strategy of pandering to the baser instincts of the constituency rather than educating them as to what is really going on. Everyone should read the Guardian, by the way.


'Bush and his campaign apparently see little political downside to a public fight with the allegedly liberal press. That very point was made in Suskind's Times magazine article, which quoted Bush political consultant Mark McKinnon as saying: "All of you ... up and down the west coast, the east coast, a few blocks in southern Manhattan called Wall Street, let me clue you in: we don't care. You see, you're outnumbered two to one by folks in the big, wide middle of America - busy, working people who don't read the New York Times or Washington Post or The LA Times. And you know what they like? They like the way he walks and the way he points, the way he exudes confidence. They have faith in him. And when you attack him for his malaprops, his jumbled syntax, it's good for us. Because you know what those folks don't like? They don't like you!"' - Eric Boehlert