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« Lessons in Capitalism Watch | Main | Atrios Stupidity Watch » June 15, 2004
Unbearable Cynicism Watch
Posted by Bill In this morning's Washington Post Express (the mini rag that you get on your way into the Metro), an unnamed WaPo writer throws in this paragraph about President Bush's kind remarks at Clinton's portrait ceremony (sorry, no link): Facing re-election and trying to reach across party lines for support, Bush went out of his way to be gracious to both the former president and his wife. I would like to personally thank the WaPo for explaining President Bush's true motivations for acting like a civil person. I mean, it had to be a carefully calculated political ploy to fool independents into voting for him, right? Right? UPDATE: OTB has more on the ceremony. Posted by Bill at June 15, 2004 12:02 PM | TrackBack (4) CommentsI saw a good portion of that ceremony - I thought both Bush and Clinton handled it very well - both were civil, and kept it non-partisan. Was it political? Is anything not? Every time the President takes part in some ceremony with a bunch of cameras, politics will come in to it. I doubt, however, that this was some desperate ploy by Bush to get Dems to vote for him. Rather, being gracious was the only appropriate thing to do, when dealing with the former president (and vice versa.) Frankly, we'd be mad at them both if they had used it to make partisan attacks. (Hell, Bush was even nice to *Hillary*.) Posted by: B at June 17, 2004 12:05 AM Exactly. The WaPo's analysis was completely condescending and unnecessary. Posted by: Bill from INDC at June 17, 2004 12:39 AM |
