Damn pretzel did it
Tuesday, January 15, 2002
Now, imagine — I know it's hard — if Clinton screwed a major backer, say,
Tyson Chicken, the way the Bushies stuck it to Enron. Jonathan Alter would
nominate him for a "Profiles in Courage" award. If Clinton bent over
backward, or forward, for a donor, he'd just claim that this just showed how
we need campaign-finance reform — and again, Jonathan Alter would nominate
him for a "Profiles in Courage" award. In fact, if Bill Clinton were to pass
a quart of chocolate milk through his nose, Jonathan Alter would nominate him
for a "Profiles in Courage" Award, so maybe that's not the best example. "
--The Goldberg File at National Review Online
The Fuse That Wouldn't Light: As each day passes, the wick on the Enron Bomb
gets soggier.
John Podhoretz in the New York Post says the
scandal is already over
and makes some telling points, the most telling of which is the
involvement of a former Clinton cabinet officer named Robert Rubin. There's
an awful lot of energy being spend trying to nail this piece of Jell-O to the
White House door that should, and hopefully will, be spent elsewhere.
Gennifer With A "G": All but destroyed and left for dead by frantic
Clintonista operatives during their first presidential campaign, Gennifer
Flowers proves that those who keep on keeping on can thrive.
Here she is on the front page of the New York Times,
singing her heart out in her own club
in New Orleans and clearly making at least one big city reporter fall in
love. She who laughs last........
One More Thing To Fuss About: A Muslim group is yapping about the Gitmo
prisoners being forced to shave their lice infested beards.
USA Today also tells us
that they are being served bagels and cream cheese. Expect the
We-Can't-Get-A-Decent-Bagel-Outside-Of-New-York-How-Come-These-Guys-Can crowd
to be agitated next.
This Morning's Engine Starter: Richard Cohen, reluctantly admits deep into
his column this morning that
Enron is not a Bush scandal
and calls for us all
to be outraged. Perhaps he's inadvertently put his keyboard on what's wrong
with the national reaction to this story. No one's angry enough to make it
fly.
Box Cutters R Us: Remember those two guys who were hauled off a train right
after 9/11? They had Arabic names, box cutters, hair dye and more than $5,000
in cash.
Here's an update:
-Your Slow Chewing LComStaff
Remember the Egyptian "student" who had a ground-to-air radio transmitter
locked in the safe of a hotel across the street from the WTC?
Here's more on this fellow as well.
We suspect we will be hearing more about these folks in the weeks to come.