FISKED

In the interests of debate, here’s James Lileks’ dissection of my endorsement. I think it comes down to: he doesn’t trust Kerry in any way. If that’s your opinion, then I think you have to vote Bush. But it isn’t mine. One other thing: there is nothing in his piece about Bush’s record. Reading James is always a pleasure. But he could have written this piece a year ago without changing a jot. Has he learned anything from what has happened in Iraq? Or is he just not telling?

RUMMY FLASHBACK: Just to recall the heady days after the fall of Baghdad:

Rumsfeld: Let me say one other thing. The images you are seeing on television you are seeing over, and over, and over, and it’s the same picture of some person walking out of some building with a vase, and you see it 20 times, and you think, “My goodness, were there that many vases?” (Laughter.) “Is it possible that there were that many vases in the whole country?”

Ha ha ha. Just a few broken vases. Mission Accomplished. This is the judgment we want to see re-elected?