Comments on: Must Reads http://www.liberadio.com/2006/11/19/must-reads-20-nov-2006/ with Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:05:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Freddie http://www.liberadio.com/2006/11/19/must-reads-20-nov-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-7789 Freddie Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:09:51 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/?p=456#comment-7789 In unprecedented editorial hubris, Ms. Mancini has included an inline "note" rather than a postscript comment in must-reads that have historically been compiled and submitted jointly with consensus by your humble hosts. Why this particular, relatively innocuous piece of criticism from Mr. Novak (not exactly an Ann Coulter even if a partisan hack; we've linked to material from plenty of folks who could be accused of being partisan hacks of the Democratic persuasion) so spurred Ms. Mancini to action is unknown to this host. While there is evidence of hackery in Mr. Novak's piece (the leadership election will likely be forgotten weeks hence), his criticism along ethics lines is cogent and concise. If you read nothing else from the piece, read these lines: "For a party that effectively emphasized a Republican climate of corruption in the recent campaign to consider placing Murtha and Hastings in its leadership astonishes a wide range of Democrats. They do not believe Murtha can defeat Hoyer, but the imminence of Hastings stuns them." A veteran earmarker and an impeached judge? No thank you, Speaker Pelosi. In unprecedented editorial hubris, Ms. Mancini has included an inline “note” rather than a postscript comment in must-reads that have historically been compiled and submitted jointly with consensus by your humble hosts. Why this particular, relatively innocuous piece of criticism from Mr. Novak (not exactly an Ann Coulter even if a partisan hack; we’ve linked to material from plenty of folks who could be accused of being partisan hacks of the Democratic persuasion) so spurred Ms. Mancini to action is unknown to this host. While there is evidence of hackery in Mr. Novak’s piece (the leadership election will likely be forgotten weeks hence), his criticism along ethics lines is cogent and concise. If you read nothing else from the piece, read these lines:

“For a party that effectively emphasized a Republican climate of corruption in the recent campaign to consider placing Murtha and Hastings in its leadership astonishes a wide range of Democrats. They do not believe Murtha can defeat Hoyer, but the imminence of Hastings stuns them.”

A veteran earmarker and an impeached judge? No thank you, Speaker Pelosi.

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