The Post: Not So Happy Gilmore
December 24, 2006 at 9:14 pm
The Sunday Washington Post Zeitgeist jabs:
Virginia’s own James S. Gilmore III is the latest GOP presidential wannabe to consider an exploratory committee. Its first task will be to explore who exactly is James S. Gilmore III.
Poor Michael Grunwald is a day late with the snark. Turns out the Post has already shrilly defined Gilmore for us.
The editorial page demonized Gilmore this way Saturday:
A former governor from the South, zealous about tax-cutting and allergic to opposing views, who stubbornly insists on ill-fated policies despite abundant and well-founded warnings that they are leading to ruin. Maybe this guy is presidential material after all.
Why so much venom for Gilmore, who never was a Senator, never was close to the religious crazies the Post loathes, and who never really clicked with President Bush?
Perhaps his record as an effective tax-cutter — who really knows? Regardless, this 2nd-tier politician sure got a 1st-class whupping. Maybe it’s a signal Jim Gilmore would be the Post’s biggest nightmare as President.
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richarda said,
December 25, 2006 @ 11:16 pm
Hmmmmm. I like your angle.