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Thursday, April 5, 2007 12:00 AM

Matthew Dowd's not-so-miraculous conversion

Is the former Bush pollster a true believer turned disillusioned critic, or was he an opportunist from the get-go?
By Sidney Blumenthal

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  • Thursday, April 5, 2007 01:51 PM

    Matthew Dowd is Not Beyond Redemption!

    "The question I have is why you make the assumption that Matt is a bad guy and more or less beyond redemption. How to you people purport to know what's in Matt's heart?"

    I know Matt has been wrestling with his personal loyalty to

    George Bush and his own conscience about the adminsistration's

    policies and attitudes for some time now."

    - medowd (Matt's father)

    Well said! Many people, including myself, wanted so much to believe Bush after 9/11 as he seemed to project such clarity of vision at the time! At least Matt has had the courage to say he had been wrong!

    —aVulcan Read aVulcan's other letters

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