If you’re pro-war, there’s only one way to get away with it. David Remnick, the pro-war New Yorker editor, nails it:
Remnick, who’s very soothing on the phone, knows he upset his staff, and takes care to point out that two thirds of the piece was spent “beating up on Bush.”
So if you’re a pro-war liberal, you have to attack the man who’s responsible for carrying this policy out. Or else … no more dinner parties for you. I do think this phenomenon is actually intensifying the demonization of Bush among blue state elites. The one connecting thread is contempt for the president. If you pass that litmus test, you’re allowed some lee-way in your opinions.
The Dish 