Posts Tagged ‘Frank Rich’

Frank Rich says TARP is “the most radioactive acronym in American politics” today. Washington isn’t fighting for America’s hearts and minds, but its populist spleen:
SOMEDAY historians may look back at Tom Daschle’s flameout as a minor one-car (and chauffeur) accident. But that will depend on whether or not it’s followed by a multi-vehicle pileup that [...]

Frank Rich: No Time for Poetry - NYT 012509:
PRESIDENT Obama did not offer his patented poetry in his Inaugural Address. He did not add to his cache of quotations in Bartlett’s. He did not recreate J.F.K.’s inaugural, or Lincoln’s second, or F.D.R.’s first. The great orator was mainly at his best when taking shots at [...]

Frank Rich gets my attention whenever his historical grasp of Republican malfeasance reaches back to Warren Harding. Without using the phrase DeBushification, Rich articulates an opinion I’ve felt for some time: we don’t begin to know what the Bush regime has done, and we need some process for finding out and holding them accountable, whether [...]

Best Frank Rich column I’ve read in a long time.Two Cheers for Rod Blagojevich - Editorial - NYT 121408:
ROD BLAGOJEVICH is the perfect holiday treat for a country fighting off depression. He gift-wraps the ugliness of corruption in the mirthful garb of farce. From a safe distance outside Illinois, it’s hard not to laugh at [...]

Frank Rich: The Moose Stops Here - NYT 111608:
ELECTION junkies in acute withdrawal need suffer no longer. Though the exciting Obama-McCain race is over, the cockfight among the losers has only just begun. The conservative crackup may be ugly, but as entertainment, it’s two thumbs up!
Over at Fox News, Greta Van Susteren has been trashing [...]