The Times, They Are a-Fabricating...

The Times, They Are a-Fabricating... - Yesterday's bit on the Anti-Gun Media (see below) was only the tip of the iceberg.

Ann Coulter points out the flimsy academic and historical basis of the left's belief that the Second Amendment only applies to the National Guard - and the hollow nature of the Times' reporting on this issue.

I love this part:

Indeed, the one guy the Times dredged out of the left-wing toilet willing to provide tepid endorsement to their bunkum was Stanford history professor Jack Rakove. Even Rakove – the only academic still defending Michael Bellesiles' fraudulent anti-gun book Arming America – wouldn't stoop to supporting the Times' preposterous claims.

Far from asserting a "bipartisan consensus" for the Times' view, Rakove said it is "no secret" that controversy over the Second Amendment "has escalated in recent years." (Except at the Times, where it remains a huge secret.) Moreover, Rakove's big rebuke to Ashcroft consisted of his meek observation that "it is far from clear that the Justice Department's new position would prevail."

For taking a position that an anti-gun zealot says might not prevail, the Times says Ashcroft is betraying "his public duty."

The day is coming when the left, if it values its own integrity, is going to have to admit they haven't a leg to stand on regarding the Second Amendment, except naked emotion.

Candidate Sharpton - The sheep entrails and tea leaves seem to indicate Al Sharpton has presidential aspirations.

Oh, please, let it come to a Gore/Sharpton slugfest at the convention!

Posted by Mitch at May 20, 2002 12:46 PM