They Just HATE Him

During and in the immediate aftermath of the Florida election mess I got the sense that the New York Times had simply lost the ability to report on anything related to the Bush presidency with anything approximating distinterest. Up until Raines was canned I figured it just came from him and his cronies, but today's lead editorial shows what seems to me to be a hatred of the man beyond that of his policies. How is this for an inappropriate personal attack:

"Mr. Bush is a man who was reared in privilege, who succeeded in both business and politics because of his family connections."

Aside from the fact that this probably describes about half of the governing class of this country, it is a completely ad hominem attack on Bush not on his policies. the "Newspaper of Record" strikes again.

- posted by Anonymous @ 2:33 PM