The Body Politic

There was a time where I was obscenely concerned that The Spectrum would not make last year’s mistake of appearing too left-leaning.
Well, that’s out the window.

Today we ran not one, not two, but three Bush/Miers-bashing commentary pieces. The first was our editorial, which makes a pretty good argument about it.

The second was a column that says the Republican “cold, calculated science/economy based” versus the Democrat “emotional, impulsive heart-based” political scheme is reversed, and he illustrates this point using the Bush/Miers appointment.

The third was a small “Playlist” graphic piece where a staff member picks a theme and then makes a list of songs that go with that theme. Well, I wrote that one, and theme was funny (poking fun at GW and Harriet Miers as “best friends”) and the songs were good too (“Friends in Low Places,” “My Bestest Friend,” and “All Apologies” were highlights), but still, I should have known better.

It’s not that I’m against Bush-bashing, but I am. It’s a cheap tactic for a paper sometimes, so we can do better.

I guess it’s not as bad as The Nation, but hey, we’re not an unapologetically liberally slanted paper. We just lie about it, and say we’re balanced. Kind of like Fox News.