LA_MERC_Dirge
June 17th, 2004, 06:58 AM
This was posted on Drudge this morning...
"NYT FRANK RICH COMPARES REAGAN FUNERAL TO OJ MURDER DRAMA
Wed Jun 16 2004 17:52:56 ET
In a column set to be published on Sunday, NEW YORK TIMES Frank Rich writes: 'During the Reagan show the O.J. Simpson impact was sometimes literally acted out: the gratuitously attenuated aerial shots of the hearse streaking on California freeways to Simi Valley carried an eerie visual echo of the Bronco chase.'
On Public reation to Reagan Death, Rich claims: 'The dirty little secret of the week: The outpouring didn't live up to its hype. 'There was this kind of extraordinary outpouring not by the public but by reporters who should know better,' as Morley Safer told Larry King after it was over.'
Rich: Reagan 'understood nothing if not the cruel and fickle vagaries of show business'...
Developing... "
I'm glad I'm not this vitriolic that I can't mourn for someone of a different political lien. I have seen this attitude even on aquaintances of mine and it saddens me to see people behave like this. It just goes to show you how "open-minded" some of these people really are no matter what they say...
"NYT FRANK RICH COMPARES REAGAN FUNERAL TO OJ MURDER DRAMA
Wed Jun 16 2004 17:52:56 ET
In a column set to be published on Sunday, NEW YORK TIMES Frank Rich writes: 'During the Reagan show the O.J. Simpson impact was sometimes literally acted out: the gratuitously attenuated aerial shots of the hearse streaking on California freeways to Simi Valley carried an eerie visual echo of the Bronco chase.'
On Public reation to Reagan Death, Rich claims: 'The dirty little secret of the week: The outpouring didn't live up to its hype. 'There was this kind of extraordinary outpouring not by the public but by reporters who should know better,' as Morley Safer told Larry King after it was over.'
Rich: Reagan 'understood nothing if not the cruel and fickle vagaries of show business'...
Developing... "
I'm glad I'm not this vitriolic that I can't mourn for someone of a different political lien. I have seen this attitude even on aquaintances of mine and it saddens me to see people behave like this. It just goes to show you how "open-minded" some of these people really are no matter what they say...