tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post1260127756416918654..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: Broder, Reid, and the Democratization of DiscourseHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-20169334616939032982007-04-27T22:10:00.000-04:002007-04-27T22:10:00.000-04:00The center has collapsed. I haven't had anything ...The center has collapsed. I haven't had anything good to say about David Broder over the past few years, but I was always willing to listen to him.<BR/><BR/>But our epistemology has become rejecting wholesale anyone we don't agree with.<BR/><BR/>George Tenet will speak on 60 Minutes on Sunday night. He will be wrong on some things, and right about others. (For instance, if CBS doesn't edit it, he'll say waterboarding KSM and other al-Qaeda figures saved more lives than the CIA, FBI, and Seymour Hersh combined.)<BR/><BR/>But whatever he has to say that could increase our understanding will be lost in the din and the trumpeting of his anger at Cheney.<BR/><BR/>When Bush41 ran against Clinton, and even when Gore ran against the future Bush41, it was a contest of the centrists, all things considered.<BR/><BR/>The good old days...Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.com