Lowry's Irruption
He writes:
David Brooks in his column today quotes part of a passage from the Bush interview on Friday that hits on something that has long bothered me -- Bush's theology of freedom....Bush believes the spread of liberty is "inevitable." If that is the case, why not spare ourselves all the effort and let the inevitable flowering of liberty take hold?"Long bothered me"? Perhaps chastened by reality (and disasters like this magazine cover) Lowry's now firmly in the bothered camp. But that wasn't always the case. Read this 2005 piece in which a starry-eyed Lowry taunted Democrats for doubting "the budding democratic revolution in the Middle East." He gushed that Bush's freedom agenda in the region could be a "world-changing accomplishment." He concluded:
By toppling Saddam Hussein and insisting on elections in Iraq, while emphasizing the power of freedom, Bush has put the United States in the right position to encourage and take advantage of democratic irruptions in the region.That was just over two years ago, when being "bothered" wasn't quite as easy as it is now. How long is "long", Rich?
posted by The Cunning Realist at Tuesday, July 17, 2007
8 Comments:
Yes, Buckley and Lowry rejoined the real world it seems. Better late than never I suppose. Why Buckley doesn't through those other bums out I'll never know. He could finallly apologize to Joe Sobran and bring him back to run his joke of a rag
apparently 4 Friedmans is "longtemps" -- maybe Lowry has stumbled into the first words of a new, sadder and American version of "A La Recherche du Temps Perdu"
Which family connection did Lowry use to get his gasbag gig, anyway? He's every bit as informed and astute as momma's-boy Goldberg and daddy's-boys Kristol and Podhoretz.
Is it just me, or is there a helluva lotta nepotism in America in general, and most especially among the right-wing crowd?
-- sglover
I'm waiting to personally punch out all my friends who called me a traitor and idiot for not backing Bush. These people are now walking around saying that 'they never were for Bush'.
Whack! Whack!
Anon 10:57,
There is a reason it is called wingnut welfare. And yes nepotism is rampant in the right wing crowd. It's far reaching.
nepotism-- look no further than the Oval Office (aka "Offal" office).
None of the boy-princes-- Goldberg, Podhoretz, Kristol or Bush-- ever saw a minute of combat.
C'mon, grodge. I think the whole Bush crew is doing a "heckuva' job"!
To be more accurate, they are doing everything I expected of them. All we need to do now is attack Iran to to off their near perfect streak of f***-ups.
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