What on earth is Rebecca Traister thinking, praising ABB for such mean-spirited drivel? How can anyone call this sort of crude personal attack a 'precise' summing up of a major political figure's 'look'? And why do we care about Condi's 'look', anyway? Isn''t it her collective accomplishments, which form the basis of her public service, that should fuel a critique of her as a public figure?

I'm no fan of Condi Rice, but I'm even less a fan of this sort of fact-starved ranting masquerading as an informed opinion. If you must attack her, then look at the totality of her resume: was she a total fuck up as provost of Stanford? How about that Center for the New Generation in East Palo Alto - that sure has destroyed a lot of lives! And what about the democratic reforms in Poland and post Soviet-era foregin policy that she helped to bring about?

ABB's rant displays little in the way of coherent content and even less in the way of class. And this is what Salon considers a worthy commentary?

'nuff said.

The guy ran a flag up the pole that said "Remember the truth - it's all that matters". He wrote a tome with the subtext, "pity me, admire me, see how you can pull yourself from the depths as I did" -- but the very actions he holds up as pitiable and admirable and as examples of good ol' American boot-strapping, didn't happen! He's a fraud, and deserves to be called out as such. It's unfortunate for him that this all came to light in an era of 24x7 infotainment - ten years ago it probably would have made barely a splash. Then again, ten years ago he wouldn't have sold millions of copies on the strength of Oprah's book club recommendation and the easy availability of the book online. Too bad for him, but yes, the punishment fits the crime. And as far as I can tell, he'll still walk away with an awful lot of money. Most people guilty of fraud don't get to keep their ill-gotten gains.

James Frey did more than embellish or tell his version of the truth. He made shit up. Maybe that wouldn't be such a big deal if he hadn't made his personal mantra of "Remember the truth - it's all that matters" the fulcrum of his entire story.

This guy wrote a tome with the subtext, "pity me, admire me, see how you can pull yourself from the depths as I did" -- but the very actions he holds up as pitiable and admirable and as examples of good ol' American boot-strapping, didn't happen! He's a fraud, and deserves to be called out as such.

It's unfortunate for James Frey that this all came to light in an era of 24x7 infotainment - ten years ago it probably would have made barely a splash. Then again, ten years ago he wouldn't have sold millions of copies on the strength of Oprah's book club recommendation and the easy availability of the book online. Too bad for him, but yes, the punishment fits the crime.

And as far as I can tell, he'll still walk away with an awful lot of money. Most people guilty of fraud don't get to keep their ill-gotten gains.

Of course whether or not Sanders was harrassed - and the nature of the harrassment - is relevant. In fact it is the ONLY fact - not Thomas' past, not Sanders' past, not anyone else's past - that is relevant.

In my parent's mostly minority neighborhood, there have been a half dozen break-ins of small businesses this year, all perpetrated by African American youths. My parent's home was robbed; should they just point to a random black youth in a line-up and say "He did it!" ?? After all, with the author's logic, it's not relevant if the youth the finger did it or not....the history of black youths committing similar crimes in the area justifies their false accusation.

As for the study quoted -- 2/3 of students claiming to experience harrassment is pretty questionable. A majority of female students are routinely victimized? Seems to me if the problem is really this widespread it would come to light in a manner other than a research study. That aside, even if the study is iron-clad in it's validity and reliability, it is dangerously naive (not to mention completely unscientific) to try to extrapolate from the self-reports of harrassment by 18-22-year-old college students to professionals in a corporate environment. The author seems to think that the widespread presence of men in corproate America is enough to make Sanders' claim unquestionable.

The author's willingness to see most if not all men as guilty by association harms everyone - women with legitimate complaints (of which there are many) and men who are innocent of this type of behvaior (of which there are also many).