Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Breaking Bread
Despite the snarky spin Washington Post reporter Dana Milbank puts on this story, he can't disguise the generous spirit of the current administration to praise the accomplishments of the Clinton era. Here's the lead:
This is the season for memorable banquets. In 1621, the Pilgrims sat down with the Indians in Plymouth. Yesterday, the Bushies broke bread with the Clintonites at the State Department.
Present at the Republican luncheon were at least a dozen Democrats of the Clinton Administration including former NSA Sandy Berger and former UN Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, the latter one of the sharper critics of President Bush during the last election. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised their work in helping to contain genocide in the Yugoslavia break-up.
I guess the mean Republican smear machine wasn't invited.
My main problem with the lead of the story is the continuation of the myth of Pilgrim origin of Thanksgiving, which, oh my gosh, is tomorrow (where has this year gone?). I know this reveals my pride in the state of my origin, a provincial pride, as a good friend once said, but Virginia was having Thanksgiving before Massachusetts had Pilgrims.
This is the season for memorable banquets. In 1621, the Pilgrims sat down with the Indians in Plymouth. Yesterday, the Bushies broke bread with the Clintonites at the State Department.
Present at the Republican luncheon were at least a dozen Democrats of the Clinton Administration including former NSA Sandy Berger and former UN Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, the latter one of the sharper critics of President Bush during the last election. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised their work in helping to contain genocide in the Yugoslavia break-up.
I guess the mean Republican smear machine wasn't invited.
My main problem with the lead of the story is the continuation of the myth of Pilgrim origin of Thanksgiving, which, oh my gosh, is tomorrow (where has this year gone?). I know this reveals my pride in the state of my origin, a provincial pride, as a good friend once said, but Virginia was having Thanksgiving before Massachusetts had Pilgrims.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 6:20 AM 
