Daschle eats his words, and then some

[R]

nathan, it's interesting how you continually put an intellectual face -- and rationale if one could call it that -- on incompetence, weakness, corruption, failure and stupidity.   you find "reason" where there is none.  strategy among the hopeless and confused.  and sense among the senseless.   you should be writing columns for a newspaper somewhere; an embedded journalist for the fools paradise set.

R

  ----- Original Message ----- 

  From: Nathan Newman 

  To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com 

  Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 11:23 AM

  Subject: Re: Daschle eats his words, and then some

  ----- Original Message -----

  From: "RE" <earnest at tallynet.com>

  >But Daschle does seem to think that unless he apologizes he will be in

  >trouble, so he believes someone is paying attention.     It's just not

  clear

  >to me if he is being overwhelmed by public opinion's vagaries, or allowing

  >himself to be overwhelmed in a masochistic, stupefying gesture.   In that

  >respect I wish he'd just keep his mouth shut in the first place, rather

  than

  >say "Look at me, I'm powerful, and even I have to crumble and apologize."

  Actually I think it was more strategic than that, laying the political

  marker that Bush had screwed up the diplomacy then signing off for the

  duration.  And he never apologized for the analysis, only for the timing--

  which in many ways is a great way to appear to apologize while not

  withdrawing the substance of the criticism.  When things go bad, despite

  official Dem support for the troops, the GOP won't be able to then say that

  it was really a bipartisan position.

  Daschle and the Dems are trying to have their cake (criticize Bush) and eat

  it too (appear supportive of the troops). There may be better strategic ways

  to do it, but I think people are overemphasizing the apology and not enought

  the substance of the criticism.

  -- Nathan

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