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January 07, 2005

Traumatized Bob Herbert Is Angry

Bob Herbert of The New York Times is still so shell shocked and traumatized by the reelection of George W. Bush that he has taken one of the cheapest of cheap shots at Alberto Gonzales and the Bush administration that I have seen in quite some time.

Alberto Gonzales did not advocate a policy of torture and he was not the "enabler in chief" of a pro-torture lobby. He has not displayed judgments that have been "unsound" and "shameful," and Mr. Herbert has displayed no evidence, instead simply spitting out the most angry of vitriol.

The "Justice Department issued a legal opinion last week that said 'torture is abhorrent both to American law and values and international norms'" because it and the rest of the Bush administration believe that, and they always have. Angry people like Mr. Herbert will never be able to see that through the lens of their hatred of the administration.

Mr. Herbert is angry at Republicans and Democrats alike. He's angry at Alberto Gonzales. He's angry at John Ashcroft.

He's angry at everyone.

I wonder what the half-life on anger over November 2nd is?

UPDATE: Indeed, the "heavy breathing is grotesquely misplaced."

UPDATE: Yes, it is "pretty cheap."

Posted at 04:00 PM Pacific