A Slur Too Far

Washington Times - moral hypocritical scumbags

Columbia Journalism Review:

Jack Wheeler, publisher of [the Washington Times website] billed as "the oasis for rational conservatives," compares women readers waiting in line all over the country to get their copy of Bill Clinton's autobiography signed to "prostitutes waiting for their abusive pimp"; he takes a swipe at "Hanoi John" Kerry as someone who "looks like a cross between Herman Munster and Gomer Pyle"; and he asserts that, as part of a deal with her husband, "bisexual" Hillary Clinton gets to fool around with women, as well as "the occasional man like Vince Foster."

We hesitate to even call anyone's attention to this rabid hackery, but when it appears in print in a publication that aspires to be considered a legitimate part of the national conversation it's hard to ignore. So, while we shouldn't have to say this, we will anyway: Ad hominem attacks, rumor-mongering, and character assassination qualify neither as political discourse nor as satire. The Times may be trying to march fitfully toward respectability, but it just found its way into a very deep ditch. And the more pieces it runs like this, the harder it's going to be to get out.

I do have a problem with the early part of the article which calls the Wall Street Journal editorial pages generally well-respected!?!

The WSJ has a great news staff with amazing writers but the editorial side has always been run by rabid Neanderthals.

After viciously hammering Vince Foster and questioning his morals, ethics and integrity, Foster felt compelled to commit suicide. Rather than acknowledge their part in this tragedy they immediately launched a vicious, scurrilous and repugnant series of editorials implying it was not a suicide but a murder by someone taking orders from the Clintons.

Secondly, this is not the worst editorializing ever seen by the racist and homophobic Messiah on the Potomac Times. It was an early home for Samuel T. Francis who promotes WASP culture as the cornerstone of America and was the co-chairperson of the American Immigration Control Foundation. Wes Pruden, editor of the Washington Times, is heavily involved with Confederate activities and will himself post anti-gay editorials.