>Doug Henwood
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>[Gang of 500 is The Note's nickname for the Washington press corps]
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><http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=156238>
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>An establishment media and 4/5 of the Gang of 500 totally against the
>war and thinking that the President is even more foolish to double down
>on betting his presidency on Iraq than he was in making the original
>wager.
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>"The Bush White House deploying the bad cop (Bush), worse cop (Cheney),
>and nuclear cops (selected Hill Republicans) to question the judgment,
>patriotism (yes, Mr. Subliminal), honor, integrity, etc. of the
>Democrats (after the Democrats thought they could play fast and loose
>with the facts and call the President a liar)."
>
>Hang on: Bush wasn't - isn't - a liar?
Yup. The Note has been entirely too friendly to the admin in the last few months for my taste. Funny that Morton Halperin's son has come to this.
Doug