Posted by
Michael on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 12:38:40 AM
That's a nice and witty way to describe it. B/W of
Hot Air, here's the story:
Now, stuff like this just amuses me. In a strange way, I'm pleased to see that the guys in the halls of power are about as nutty and impulsive as the rest of us. On the other side, we're not exactly living in a political age of John F. Kennedys or Winston Churchills (who also had their own flaws, most of which were outweighed by their eloquence).
Allahpundit also comments with his hypothesis of how liberal blogs will weigh this against Dick Cheney's "Go F Yourself" moment with Sen. Pat Leahy:
(a) By youth. Rahm’s a sprightly 47, Cheney a wizened 66. We can
forgive the former the excesses of youthful immaturity, but an adult
really should know better.
(b) By stature. No one cares what a congressman says, even if he is one
of his party’s leading spokesmen and the architect of their recent
national election victory. Whereas the vice president is a moral
example to us all.
(c) By the target’s stature. Greeting some no-name reporter’s question
about ethics with the F-bomb is perfectly understandable, but dropping
it on Senator Pat Leahy? Disgraceful!
(d) By temperament. Oh, that’s just Rahm. You know Rahm.
(e) By completely ignoring it.
I don't pay attention to very many liberal blogs, since most of them seem to be venemous, emotional and irrational. From what I know, however, I'd vote for E.