Family Security Matters » Publications » Exclusive: The Obama Administration – A Land of Opportunity for Conservatives?

Family Security Matters » Publications » Exclusive: The Obama Administration – A Land of Opportunity for Conservatives?: "We can put aside the fact that the Times’ policy prescriptions have been wrong. That is a given as the last 60 years of its history more than adequately demonstrate. What is amazing is the tone it has adopted. In years past it could be depended upon to maintain a level of civility commensurate with its reputation as the “newspaper of record” and while it often removed skin with its withering criticism, it did not, until now, resort to cheap name-calling. Its editorials, dripping with sarcasm and disgust, have blamed the Bush Administration for everything from Arab hostility (something that predates Bush by some 40 years) to the current meltdown of financial markets (the roots of which are clearly in the Carter and Clinton Administrations and the reluctance of Democrats to rein in the excesses of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). Its coverage hangs over American discourse like a toxic cloud. Next up, I am sure: the common cold. Surely, Bush must bear some responsibility for failing to find a cure."