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• Monday, December 31, 2007 01:08 PM

  This is rich!

  Someone else referred to a Times editorial today that "scolded" voters for our previous choices.

  I think I just read that editorial:

  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/31/opinion/31mon1.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&ref=opinion&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin

  It begins:

  "There are too many moments these days when we cannot recognize our country."

  And I don't think it was intended ironically, either.

  From the middle:

  "The White House used the fear of terrorism and the sense of national unity to ram laws through Congress that gave law-enforcement agencies far more power than they truly needed to respond to the threat — and at the same time fulfilled the imperial fantasies of Vice President Dick Cheney and others determined to use the tragedy of 9/11 to arrogate as much power as they could."

  And to conclude:

  " These are not the only shocking abuses of President Bush’s two terms in office, made in the name of fighting terrorism. There is much more — so much that the next president will have a full agenda simply discovering all the wrongs that have been done and then righting them.

  We can only hope that this time, unlike 2004, American voters will have the wisdom to grant the awesome powers of the presidency to someone who has the integrity, principle and decency to use them honorably. Then when we look in the mirror as a nation, we will see, once again, the reflection of the United States of America."

  * * *

  OH, PLEEEAZE! How about a little help from the Fourth Estate? Some relevant and timely news that your editors have not been sitting on-- in order not to affect an election?!

  But, noooo, just more criticism of the great, unwashed masses. And the cherry on the top of this mess? They've hired Kristol! Surely, Sulzberger is now suffering from some sort of cognitive deficiency?

  Otherwise, I am at a loss to reconcile this editorial with that personnel decision. After all, it's not as if the NYTimes has really had a serious firewall between news and opinion in recent memory.

  —Anonymust1 Read Anonymust1's other letters
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