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David Broder said he wouldn't change anything in his April 26 column, which angered many readers and caused 50 members of the Senate Democratic Caucus to write a letter criticizing Broder in Friday's Washington Post.
In that Thursday piece, Broder criticized Harry Reid for saying the Iraq War is lost militarily, compared Reid to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and concluded: "The Democrats deserve better, and the country needs more, than Harry Reid has offered as Senate majority leader."
| Broder was "astonished and delighted" that 50 Democratic senators "spontaneously" came up with the letter. |
"I still think the Democrats can do better, and should do better," said Broder, when reached today by E&P. . . . Broder told E&P that he was "astonished and delighted" that 50 Democratic senators and their PR consultants "spontaneously" came up with the letter (adding that he was being "tongue-in-cheek"). The columnist also said he was "not surprised" that his Thursday piece drew such a negative reaction from the 50 senators and most of the many mind-numbed robots readers who flooded washingtonpost.com with comments because Kos ordered them to . . . .
Hat tip to the Instapundit, who has this to add:
UPDATE: Reader James Somers emails: 'If, in 2005, 50 Republican senators had written a letter to the New York Times excoriating Paul Krugman for criticizing Bill Frist, and conservative blogs had incited their readers to bombard the Times with angry e-mails complaining about Krugman, wouldn't this have just been one more example of the RethugliKKKans' crushing of dissent?"
Well, yeah. |