Friday, May 07, 2004

Posted here Friday, May 07, 2004 at 12:28:20 PM     Several reflections on the Rumsfeld hearings. 1. The senators spend way too much time giving speeches and too little on asking questions. The long question gives R too mnay leads, and too much time, to dodge the quesion's central inquiry. 2. R's stress on the damage of the pictures, rather than the damage of the acts, is to me fundamentally to miss the point. I think he is sincere, which in  a way makes it worse. It really is a question of character.     ********