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Thursday, April 29, 2004
DOUGLAS BRINKLEY'S VERY BAD
DAY. The historian and John Kerry biographer gets one
upside
the head from Boston
Globe columnist Alex Beam. I'd say Beam has Brinkley dead to
rights in his portrayal of him as a campaign surrogate.
Here is Brinkley's Tuesday
piece
for Salon (sub. req.) on the non-story of whether Kerry threw
his ribbons or his medals over the fence in 1971. Pretty convincing.
But - idiotic as this controversy may be - why can't Kerry explain it
as succinctly and convincingly as Brinkley, Tom
Oliphant, and
Robert
Sam Anson?
Naturally, Mickey Kaus
thinks
Anson's account is evidence of more shocking Kerry lies.
NEW IN THIS WEEK'S
PHOENIX. When Bob met Dubya: Woodward's latest is
a
lot easier on the president
than the author wants you to think.
Also, Jay Severin's
Muslim
moment.
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