Bernstein Invites The Apocalypse
Woody
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Bernstein Invites The Apocalypse
April 30th, 2007
Oh boy, now he's gone and done it. The man who once was revered as
one of the dragon slayers during Watergate has just shown his true
colors. Oh yes, you know it's true, even if you don't believe it, but
Hillary's "people" will point it out to us very shortly. Carl
Bernstein is a closet rightwingnutlander. Yep, you heard it here
first, boys and girls.
In the tradition of Joe Namath before Superbowl III, I am going
out on a limb here. I predict, no...I guarantee that before he knows
what hit him, Bernstein will be demonized by almost every media outlet
as a right wing hitman for the Republicans. Does anyone remember
Edward Klein, and the way the New York Times turned on him? Not to
mention anyone else who had a desire to see Hillary succeed. The
article in the "Salon" link offered this confused bit of wishful
thinking combined with a fear of the results:
"Even if most of the claims in "The Truth About Hillary" turn out
to be baseless, there's a palpable fear that it could be a lethal
cousin to 2004's campaign killer "Unfit for Command: Swift Boat
Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry." Larry O'Donnell would be
proud.
Bernstein can look forward to the same kind of offhand dismissal
that Klein received, with cancelled interviews galore, and a general
shunning from his old pals. Woodward is probably spitting mad right
about now. My advice would be for Bernstein to rush to David Horowitz
immediately to receive counseling. (There's a guy who knows all too
well what it's like to leave the reservation.)
If there is to be any consolation prize for Bernstein, it is
this: with the company of Klein, and the supposed safety in numbers
that that affords, he will be less like Salman Rushdie and more like
John O'Neill.
In the meantime, as Hillary's campaign goes farther off the
tracks and the wheels begin to bounce high into the air on either side
as they work their way into the distance, it will be interesting to
see how this pantsuited tempest handles the realization that she will
not be crowned in January 2009. She may surpass Howard Dean for the
fastest freefall award. Can you say "YEAHHHH!!!"?
Oh, and I hope that Carl Bernstein "loves the smell of napalm in
the morning". Hillary's "people" will be sure to give him a whiff.
-Woody