Rick Shenkman at HNN is starting to look less like a reasonable student of presidential affairs, and more like an anti-Bush hack artist.
The war on terror is not an abstraction, it is a real life or death struggle with people who want to kill us. The war in Iraq is not an opportunity to score points against a president, it is a place where we desperately need to be successful. Repeating falsehoods about the president not being a reader (I love the logic on that one, Bush is not a reader because we all know Bush is not a reader, no matter how many books Bush reads), accusing the White House of lying with no evidence, and taking cheap shots about the president's 'daddy and his rich friends bailing him out' do nothing to help us win the war.
I have no problem with criticizing the president. I have no problem with criticizing the war. I have a real problem with weak criticisms and not offering any alternatives or constructive solutions to our very real problems. I wouldn't care, but I would expect better from Rick.
Update: This brilliant piece by Andrew Busch makes the point perfectly. Must read.
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