Great Howler.
At any rate, don’t forget the two approved tales theWashington press has now told you. The two stories plainly self-contradict. But your press corps has sworn to each one:
OFFICIAL PRESS CORPS STORY #1: Al Gore will do and say anything to win.
OFFICIAL PRESS CORPS STORY #2:Al Gore refused to do the one thing which would have won the election. Neither story made much sense. Your press corps, of course, swore to both.
And a moment of truth from Bow-tie Boy Carlson:
TUCKER CARLSON (10/4/00): I mean, you know, and it’s interesting—I mean, there is this sense in which Bush is benefiting from something, and I’m not sure what it is. Maybe it’s the low expectations of the people covering him. You know, he didn’t drool or pass out on stage or anything, so he’s getting credit for that. But there is this kind of interesting reluctance on the part of the press to pass judgment on it. I think a lot of people—they don’t, necessarily, break down along ideological lines—believe that, you know, maybe Bush didn’t do as good a job as he might have. And yet, the coverage does not reflect that at all. It’s interesting.
