My old paper the Washington Post, which has never been truly liberal, is now becoming indistinguishable from the Moonie rag, the Washington Times. Here, from what is presented as a news story rather than an editorial, is its take on former president Bill Clinton’s mission of mercy to North Korea. Rush Limbaugh couldn’t have said it better:
Former president Bill Clinton's central role in the return of two journalists detained by North Korea has once again cast a spotlight on his vast web of financial and political contacts, a network that troubled senators who weighed whether to confirm his wife as secretary of state.In the case of the detainees, Clinton tapped wealthy business people to execute a mission that, without a special federal waiver for the aircraft to travel to North Korea, would have been illegal. A few weeks ago, one of his business contacts had the ear of Hillary Rodham Clinton in her role as secretary of state, an uncomfortable reminder of the former president's far-flung interests and associates…
An old alcoholic reporter who retired to live in the Pocono Mountains in PA told me repeatedly that the only reason Graham went after Watergate was that Pat Nixon called Graham a "yid" during Nixon's first congressional term.
And he was a real alcoholic. I went up to his house several times. I'd never seen a house that was built with only one bedroom.
He owned a pickup so he could go to states with less liquor tax than PA.
I once saw him drink two bottles of Old Granddad bourbon and start a third, then in the middle of the third bottle, he fixed us each an excellent mushroom omelet. He finished the third bottle before I left.
Posted by: evil is evil on August 6, 2009 4:34 PM