Tuesday, March 16, 2004
Wingers laying the groundwork for postponing November elections
Right on the Op-Ed page of the Izvestia on the Hudson. David "I'm Writing as Bad as I Can" Brooks:
Then there's Edward Luttwak, whose book, Coup D'Etat, may well have given the Florida operatives in 2000 a blueprint. He writes:
As usual with Bush, what was once tinfoil hat theorizing metastatizes into the new norm....
[I]t was crazy to go ahead with an election a mere three days after the Madrid massacre.
(via The Times)
Then there's Edward Luttwak, whose book, Coup D'Etat, may well have given the Florida operatives in 2000 a blueprint. He writes:
The Spanish literally had no time to reflect between the Madrid bombings and the election. With more time, other nations are more likely to react as democracies usually do
(via The Times)
As usual with Bush, what was once tinfoil hat theorizing metastatizes into the new norm....
