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By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:38:03 +0000

To be an acceptable NY Times columnist, here are the most important terms and conditions:
1) First and foremost, you must be “ashamed of Israel” as Roger Cohen bragged last week.
2) You must be in favor of a full Israeli withdrawal back to the 1948 armistice lines and blame the failure of peace solely on Israel’s alleged misconduct (Kristof, Cohen and Dowd make this charge about three times a month)
3) You must be sycophantic when discussing Islam (Cohen said how happy he was when Obama mentioned Islam before Judaism in the inauguration speech) and preferably you should have “studied” in the Arab world where you gained a full uderstanding of “Muslim grievances”). Kristof recently bragged that he learned Arabic while studying in Cairo and he therefore has an affinity for the Islamic world.
4) You must have a hatred of G.W. Bush based primarily on W’s support for Israel and you must treat Israel as a naughty child who need Ivy League supervision.
5) You must be utterly predictable and write the same column week in and week out. Cohen recently rewrote the same hit piece on Israel that he wrote a month earlier for the NY Review of Books.
7) You must be a terrible snob.

By: EWTHeckman

EWTHeckman — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:24:33 +0000

Papa Louie wrote:

Ross may be a Republican [RINO], but conservative he is not! Does the NYT really not know the difference?

Based on what I've seen of the Times, he's so far to the right of them that consider him to be a right-wing fanatic. So no, they don't know the difference. And if there actually is anyone there that knows the difference, they probably view this guy as their strawman conservative.

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By: Pasadena Phil

Pasadena Phil — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:28:10 +0000

In other words, they are looking for a conventional RINO like Michael Steele.

By: CO2 Producer

CO2 Producer — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:30:53 +0000

Back OT (that stands for “on topic,” but I was too lazy to write that phrase)—hiring Douthat will bring in much new readership, I am absolutely sure. I’m willing to bet Sulzberger’s paper on it.

By: zeroangel

zeroangel — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:57:31 +0000

happyscrapper:

Same here, not even smoking or drinking for me (well OK, the occasional drink). Thankfully big brother doesn’t restrict my freedoms at gun point when it comes to the drugs of their choosing.

By: happyscrapper

happyscrapper — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:47:40 +0000

We can totally hi-jack this thread if you like. *grin*

Ha! Thanks, but no thanks! My pot-smoking days are far far behind me! Like in the 60’s, man. Peace out.

By: zeroangel

zeroangel — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:32:20 +0000

happyscrapper:

But I still find the issue of legalizing drugs boring.

Perhaps you never got ahold of really good drugs? In any case, it can’t be that boring since you brought it up again.

We can totally hi-jack this thread if you like. *grin*

By: happyscrapper

happyscrapper — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:29:30 +0000

On March 12th, 2009 at 2:03 pm, zeroangel said:
happyscrapper:

Or, presumably, like you yourself admit doing? (second quote in #52)

Well, there ya go! We’re not so different, you and I! But I still find the issue of legalizing drugs boring.

By: Papa Louie

Papa Louie — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:24:53 +0000

His writing steers away from partisanship — he frequently criticizes Republicans — or doctrine, showing a concern for income inequality that is usually the terrain of more liberal writers. On abortion, he said in an interview, “I’m sort of a squishy pro-lifer,” interested in finding areas of compromise. He initially favored the war in Iraq, but later opposed it.

Ross may be a Republican [RINO], but conservative he is not! Does the NYT really not know the difference?

By: zeroangel

zeroangel — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:03:24 +0000

happyscrapper:

Or, presumably, like you yourself admit doing? (second quote in #52)

By: happyscrapper

happyscrapper — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:52:14 +0000

Full of myself, moi? You mean how I say what I think and don’t always pull punches?

Yeah, like Rush Limbaugh…so I guess you can’t be all bad!

By: zeroangel

zeroangel — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:47:29 +0000

happyscrapper:

even those (like yourself) who are, at times, “full of themselves”.

Full of myself, moi? You mean how I say what I think and don't always pull punches?

I do, however, say what I think…I think by now they know I am not very PC…and can sometimes be less than tactful,

Say it ain't so, happy! Say it ain't so! *wink*