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Sunday, October 28, 2007 12:00 AM

A bizarre, unsolicited e-mail from Gen. Petraeus' spokesman

An e-mail I received this morning from Col. Steven Boylan is heavy on petty insults but extremely light on the issues that actually matter.

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  • Sunday, October 28, 2007 06:25 AM

    boylan

    Surely you don't think Boylan got his job by being apolitical? I'm sure a *qualification* for the job was "must be a GOP drone."

    And so it proves.

    And, as you say, this is a very bad situation. Very. Bad. We can't get a new president, and a new ruling party fast enough. It's going to take years to undo the damage, if it can be undone. Something I wonder about.

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