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Posted by Ed Hulse on 09/10/06 03:30
David Totheroh wrote:
> The criticism against ABC s docudrama The Path to 9/11 isn t isolated
> simply to Clinton aides. In fact, many conservatives have criticized
> the film.
Yes, because "many conservatives" have the intellectual honesty that
would be so refreshing were it more frequently found in liberals. I'm
delighted to see Mr. Totheroh quoting John Podhoretz, Brent Bozell, et
al without insinuating that they are fascists or morons, which are just
two of the labels frequently attached to gentlemen of their political
persuasion. Who *says* we can't just all get along? Liberals and MSM
types will always tolerate conservatives who spring to the defense of
Bill Clinton or denounce George W. Bush. (Witness the recent media
fawning over former FEMA head Michael Brown, who was thrashed by every
liberal pundit on television -- until he started crying that he was
just the fall guy and blaming the adminstration for the very ineptitude
that the MSM had so painstakingly attributed to him. To a man, every
one of Brown's harshest critics invited him on their various shows,
treating him with the respect and deference they didn't have the
decency to show him during the Katrina crisis.)
The truly fascinating thing about the whole PATH TO 9/11 episode, of
course, is the thoroughgoing denunication of the film by liberals who
haven't seen it, but who blithely dismissed or openly chastised
conservatives who made the exact same charges about the Reagan
miniseries and the Oliver Stone fever dreams masquerading as movies
based on recent history. The righties who called for boycotts were
importuned basically to sit down and shut up, and grant these
filmmakers "artistic license" in pursuit of their visions, letting the
historical chips fall where they might.
I'm against the falsification of history whether the subject is Bill
Clinton or Ronald Reagan or Joe McCarthy. Or any other historical
figure. I certainly hope Mr. Totheroh will join me, down the road, in
expressing reservations about the inevitable cinematic chronicle of the
Valerie Plame affair, in which the leaker tipping off Bob Novak will no
doubt be shown to be Karl Rove rather than Richard Armitage.
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