AS at his eloquence

I don't agree with his opnions some of the time. I agree that Abu Ghraib—with all its torture, its causing intentional harms to another human being— represents forever an event worse than even Japanese interment.

The one thing he has that makes me enjoy reading him is one of the best writing skills I could ever admire:

The one thing that could motivate him to appoint a crony as obviously unqualified as Miers is precisely to stick a finger in the eye of those accusing him of cronyism. Tell him we need more troops in Iraq? It's the one thing he won't do. Tell him he's a big spender? We get: "It's going to cost whatever it costs." Tell him he has botched the Iraq occupation? He'll give the architects Medals of Freedom. There's an adolescent streak of pure willfulness in the man. He cannot and will not self-correct. If pushed into a corner, he will simply repeat the error in order to prove himself immune to criticism.

After that, he goes on to say,

"I'm afraid I have limited sympathy for those complaining conservatives who were silent when it mattered, and are now living with the consequences."

It's just wonderful writing. Support Fishback