Hewitt in the Weekly Standard

Hewitt in the Weekly Standard - Many thanks to Lord High Chamberlain Hugh Hewitt for the mention in the Weekly Standard.

Hewitt piles on the Chait piece with one more essential fact:

Of course, THE WEEKLY STANDARD and other magazines were hard on Clinton, but they kept their critiques closely aligned with objective fact. Chait felt no such obligation. The worst example of his approach was in his assertion that "Bush aides" had "impugned the patriotism of any Democrats" who opposed the creation of the Homeland Security Department. This sweeping and damning charge is backed up by one alleged bit of evidence--the now famous ad that ran against then Georgia Senator Max Cleland that did not challenge the senator's patriotism, but did attack his judgment. That's it--one ad produced and run in Georgia--that does not mention patriotism--is all Chait can muster for the assertion that Bush hatred is justified by the president's embrace of a new McCarthyism.

Last year, when the blogosphere piled on Garrison Keillor after his churlish attack on Norm Coleman, it didn't take long for him to file an even more churlish retort. I'll be interested in seeing what Chait does, now that his article has been so widely and thoroughly panned.

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Posted by Mitch at September 25, 2003 06:20 AM