Free Mike!

[Dennis Perrin/Nancy Bauer]

>On a related topic, I was struck by the cover of the latest Nation - 
>a picture of W with the caption "A Tainted Presidency." Only someone 
>who thought there was something fundamentally untainted about the 
>presidency - that its occupant wasn't the chief executive of the 
>world bourgeoisie, presiding over a system of expropriation and 
>violence - could put together a cover like that.
>
>Doug

You should have an old chin-wag with them Doug. This, I fear, is only the
beginning. The Nation is going to thrive over the next four years, and
"tainted" covers will be the least of it. Saw Katrina V. on Hardball last
night, "debating" Rich Lowry of National Review. She's very telegenic, but
I'm afraid she lends too much of a centrist/lib gloss to the Nation.
Listening to her was no different than listening to any one of a dozen
talking head regulars who appear on these shows night after night. At least
Hitch sticks out, calling people "war criminals" and "rapists." I'm afraid
that our little Ms. K. lacks the political stomach for such attacks. 

DP