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Friday, October 27, 2006 12:00 AM

Salon Interview: Camille Paglia

Our fave pop intellectual weighs in on the Dems' gift to Ann Coulter (Foley), why Condi's success matters to feminists, and Bob Woodward (yawn).

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  • Friday, October 27, 2006 06:24 PM

    Completely false

    Except for Charles Rangel, who served in Korea, few Democratic leaders have military experience, so their rhetoric isn't likely to convince this skeptical and apprehensive electorate.

    This is absolutely false, and she ought to know better. Many top Democrats have served in the military. It is precisely the AWOL Bush's neo-cons who avoided military service.

    Everybody knows this. For Paglia to blow this calls her every other sweeping assertion into question.

    —jpetty Read jpetty's other letters

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