When I first read this editorial in the New York Times, I had a tough time figuring out why the paper was so darned angry. I had to read it a couple of times and am pretty sure I have their argument summed up in a couple short bullet points.
1) George Bush has the temerity to believe that he, as the Commander-in-Chief, is the ultimate authority on how we wage the war we’re in.
2) George Bush actually Jedi Mind-tricked Congress into overwhelmingly passing a law that a court review the Terri Schaivo case.
3) America has “been waiting” for the President to fire an Attorney General the Times doesn’t like.
4) The President, who has the right to fire his political appointees for any reason he pleases, fired several of his political appointees for any reason he pleased through his direct subordinate, Alberto Gonzalez.
5) The President has been engaged in “purely domestic wiretapping” (which, by the way, is an actual crime) and has been letting Mr. Gonzalez make a humongous ass of himself on national television in a cartoonish effort to “cover it up”.
I don’t know about y’all, but just reading that gets me all het up. I mean, da noive! No wonder the Times editors are about to stroke out right in front of us.
Luckily for us, Don Surber has shown up to apply the rolled-up newspaper of facts and reason to the snouts of the yapping puppies in the Times editorial room. Maybe his liberal (HAH!) application of quiet and calm will soothe their jangled nerves and let them start thinking straight again. At least until the next murderous, Constitution-shredding, neo-con, cowboy gets elected President.
Me, I like Surber’s attitude. While the Times yip and yarps and widdles itself, we should remember his closing words: “This too shall pass”.
