freecounterpoint: Safire Exhumed

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Safire Exhumed

5 comments:

Tecumseh said...: By escalating criticism, he knocked down a straw man, the oldest speechifying trick in the book. Even Mr. Straman knows it.; 8/31/2008 1:17 PM
My Frontier Thesis said...: I'm still processing the fact that this op-ed ran in the NYT. Is this confusing anyone else?; 8/31/2008 2:29 PM
Mr roT said...: Safire was the token sane guy before Brooks and Kristol. Kristol is just a temp though.; 8/31/2008 2:40 PM
Tecumseh said...: Safire was not just the token conservative at the NYT (for decades on end) -- he was also their word maven, and expert speechwriter. So it makes plenty of sense for him to comment on Obama's speech at the convention.; 8/31/2008 3:01 PM
Mr roT said...: Agree with AI.; 8/31/2008 4:34 PM

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