A few days ago, I posted my thoughts about the flag burning nonsense.
Yesterday, Frank Rich had his say. (The link points to a location behind the TimesSelect wall. Sorry.) He pretty much said what I said, but way better, using considerably fewer words:
"Old Glory lost today," Bill Frist declaimed last week when his second attempt to rewrite the Constitution in a single month went the way of his happy prognosis for Terri Schiavo. Of course it isn't Old Glory that lost when the flag-burning amendment flamed out. The flag always survives the politicians who wrap themselves in it.
The rest of his piece talks about the W administration's latest attempts at distracting the voters, including painting the NYTimes as the enemy of national security and trumpeting the arrest of "terrorists" in Miami.
A must read. Let me know if you want me to email you a copy.
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