Month: May 2001

The film had barely stopped rolling over at CBS before the Kerrey spin machine started cranking out apologias: “I think this war’s not over,” warbled Kerrey after the broadcast. “I think they’re not going to leave us alone until we’re all dead. It’s always possible to dig up one more horrible night.” But who, pray … Continue reading “The Spin Begins”

Democrats defend him because he’s one of them: Republicans defend him for ideological reasons; liberals like Robert Scheer give former Senator Bob Kerrey, accused war criminal, a pass, but use the occasion to condemn America as the epitome of human evil; neoconservatives like Mona Charen give Kerrey a pass, and use the occasion to re-fight … Continue reading “Getting Away with Murder?”