How to guarantee, through one's own rhetoric, that one will never again be taken seriously on the very issue that he probably cares about more than any other:
White House officially regards the Poe-Cheney partnership as no more solid or worthy of recognition than Jenna's latest boyfriend. Here's how the guest list appeared for last night's royal state dinner:
Ms. Mary Cheney
Ms. Heather Poe (Guest)
Miss Jenna Bush
Mr. Henry Hager (Guest)
Married couples need no "(guest)" attached to their spouse's name. It's a trivial slight, of course. But so, from one perspective, is a bus seat.
--Andrew Sullivan
He had me at the factual content itself, then lost me with a vengeance there at the end. Every time a talking head says something that stupid, life gets a tiny bit worse for the people whose cause he was attempting to bolster (that is, when readers take offense and turn against the arguer's cause).
Posted by Matt Bruce at November 4, 2005 11:27 AMYou see why he really rubbed people the wrong way back when he was talking about the run-up to the war in Iraq, not gay marriage. It's hard to forgive being called a fifth columnist because you don't agree with his rhetoric.
Posted by: M.S. at November 4, 2005 12:52 PM