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This is, well just bizarre. Tom Bevin notes [ Mixing a Liberal Cocktail] that "One of the benefits of being part of a newspaper's editorial page is
that writers almost never have to sign their name to anything they
write - no matter how wrong, intellectually dishonest, or just plain
stupid it might be."
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That's something Hartford Courant editorial writer David Medina might want to reflect upon after putting his John Hancock on this unintentionally comical op-ed appearing in the paper this morning which is one part ode to Hugo Chavez:
A child living in the slums of Caracas today probably
stands a better chance of becoming a doctor than a child attending
public school in Hartford. The Venezuelan child also eats better and
lives longer and more comfortably than at any time in his country's
recent history.
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Medina was just getting cranked up, as you can see. (Sample: For
the record, President Bush is not the devil. He might want to
torture and maim suspected terrorists in defiance of the Geneva
Conventions, but he is not the devil. He might want the FBI, the CIA
and the NSA to listen in on your most private conversations ... blah-blah-blah).
I can see the genesis of this screed occuring at a Saturday dinner
party where Hartford's left-wing muck-a-mucks mix Bush bashing with
their cod. "OMG David, you wouldn't have the nerve to write that? Would you?" Here's the part that raised my antennae, though.
[Chavez'] discounted oil program, by the way, is administered by the Citizens
Energy Corp., a Massachusetts nonprofit organization established by
former Democratic Rep. Joseph Kennedy - yes, one of those Kennedys.
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Two points.
- A direct corollary to Chavez' "donation" would have been if
Emperor Hirohito had sent a shipload of Sushi to deprived New
Englanders in 1942. Of course that era's New Englander would have
instantly recognized it for what it was, a slap at President Roosevelt,
and America, and sunk the damn boat in Boston Harbor.
- There was a reason Rep. Joe Kennedy resigned from Congress
to devote full time to running Citizen's Energy Corp after its
founder, brother Michael, wrapped himself around a Colorado tree in
1997. It was a cash cow that made Michael richer than Joe could
ever hope to get by accepting illegal Chinese election
contributions. So spare us the piety.
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