To counterbalance last week's nitpick of Bob Somerby, I have to give him credit today for his smackdown of the Brooks piece -- which is definitely one of the most fatuous rewrites of an RNC press release to hit the wires so far.
Somerby:
At any rate, Brooks' indictment of Kerry keeps growing. Just in the past few weeks, Brooks has used his perch at the Times to list these disturbing transgressions:Posted by Chris at March 15, 2004 09:56 AM
- When Kerry testified to the Senate in 1972, he “still had a plummy accent.”
- At one point in time, he dated an actress.
- His haircuts are too expensive.
- His shirts cost too much.
- His yacht is too long.
- His house is too big.
Now, we can add two more indictments:
- Some of his sentences have subordinate clauses.
- Such troubling locutions make Kerry seem French.