the Abe Rosenthal award winner!

[Carl Remick]

>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>
>In honor of former NYT columnist Abe "I'm Writing As Bad As I Can" 
>Rosenthal (as Spy mag called him), the worst paragraph in the newspaper of 
>record all week must be this from Nicholas Kristof's column today 
><http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/24/opinion/24KRIS.html> on the biggest 
>affirmative action baby of them all, W:
>
>>Instead of mocking Mr. Bush for hypocrisy, though, we should focus on 
>>something else: The affirmative action succeeded. If he was in part a 
>>diversity candidate, so what? He flourished at Andover, and classmates 
>>remember that he enlivened the academy by teaching them about drawls, 
>>scorpions and exuberance. Eventually he returned to his roots, 
>>cross-fertilizing both New England and west Texas.

Credit where it's due, Doug.  It must be admitted that Bush spreads 
fertilizer wherever he goes.

Carl

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