Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Too young to know "Nixonian"? Just watch now

From Instapundit: Glenn Reynolds sums it up in his usual way (with links):

"HEH: “There’s only one thing dumber than picking a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel — picking a fight with people who don’t even have to buy ink.”

"Plus this: “It makes the White House look childish and petty at best, and it has a distinct Nixonian — Agnewesque? — aroma at worst. It is a self-defeating trifecta: it distracts attention from the Obama administration’s substantive message; it serves to help Fox, not punish it, by driving up ratings; and it deprives the White House, to the extent it refuses to provide administration officials to appear on the cable network, of access to an audience that is, in fact, broader than hard-core Obama haters.”

"UPDATE: “Are We Dunn Yet?” “Because when you are running on ‘transparency’ and more to the point, ‘accountability’ it’s just a pesky time-waster having to actually talk to reporters, about policy and positions and whatnot. Better to just issue a video press release and refuse their quarrelsome little entreaties! They should be grateful for that much!”

Posted at 8:04 am by Glenn Reynolds

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