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November 14, 2006
Fair and balanced: Another tree falls in forest
Senator Feingold's decision not to make an irrelevant White House run was, I thought, among the most inconsequential announcements since, e.g., my own announcements not to: (a) become play quarterback for Penn State; (3) play centerfield for the NY Yankees; and (3) fly to Jupiter on a rubber raft.
Not to be outdone, George Pataki has decided his nothingness will indeed make the putative "run." Like many of us, correspondent Tom L. wonders why. "Furious George endears himself to the GOP base," he says, with this:
'Pataki said if last week's elections in which Republicans lost control of the House and Senate prove anything, it's that 'the idea of winning a political election by dividing people and polarizing is wrong.'"
"How can one be part of the so-called 'national dialog' if no one on either side wants to listen to you," Tom asks.
Good question, Tom. Very. good. question.
Posted by bill at November 14, 2006 02:46 PM
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Pataki intends to follow in the distinguished tradition of all of the successful "moderate" Republican presidential candidates from northeastern states who did not have Ronald Reagan's coattails upon which to ride. Maybe he can go down in history as "the big man on the wedding cake" (cf. Thomas Dewey).
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at November 14, 2006 03:29 PM
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