"As a political writer, [Frank] Rich is a marginal crackpot ‚Äî just this side of a flat-out shelled nut. And yes ‚Äî he’s done gigantic harm to liberal interests over the course of the past dozen years. And yet, sensitive liberals cry and complain when someone dares to notice the problem. Why would a Democrat dislike Rich’s work? Frankly, because he has read it," Bob Somerby, criticizing Frank Rich from the left. I wouldn’t be so harsh, but it’s ballsy, that’s for sure.