Response to CT commentator

Licanin,

Wish I had all the time in world to respond at a moments notice. But since you persist... so will I. Somersby it is. Below are responses to his post today.

LET THEM EAT PEANUT BUTTER
First, somersby has issues with the NY Times publishing a letter to the editor. (If I had a nickel) Pick up any newspaper and you find outrageous letters to the editor. Yes, Somersby is correct that the conterversy is about Kerry's first medal. He claims that the fingernail scrape claim "was shown to be blatantly false." There's nothing blatant about it. It is a legitimate question. I think it's pithy and not worth our time... but hardly blatantly false.

Somersby then goes on to berate Maurine Dowd. I'm no fan of Dowd, but what is Somersby's complaint? That she uses rhetoric?! Shocking.

Somersby continues to rail against the media, justifiably I might add. Then he loses himself in the opinions of Woodward and Schweizer about a supposed "holy war." He's entitled to it... but it's no different than what Dowd and Wilogren do. He adds opinion to opinion, spins it his way and then complains when others do the same.

ONTO AL GORE

CREATING THE INTERNET
March 9, 1999; CNN interview “During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.”
TRUTH: The Internet is an outgrowth of a Pentagon program established in 1969. In the 1980s, Gore supported legislation considered favorable to the Internet’s development.

FINDING LOVE CANAL
I think he's clean on this one. It's mostly spin.

UNION SONGS
Still questions here. The laugh was about it being a "lullaby" not about his mom singing him to sleep. Still, I've got no major quarrel here. But it's a bit sketchy

NAOMI WOLF
Being paid between 5 and 15 grand for just the outfit is a joke. But what did she do for the campaign?