Sunday, December 14, 2008

Directing Friendly Fire at Michigan's Friends

The Livingston Press and Argus has a bizarre editorial in editions for Sunday (Dec. 14, 2008).

It's an attack (and a fairly juvenile one at that) on Sen. Chris Dodd, who has been working to push through a loan for the American auto industry. The writer attacks Dodd for having a full head of hair, for having divorced his first wife and then dating a couple movie stars (gee, didn't Ronald Reagan do that?).

The writer doesn't like the fact that Dodd wanted GM CEO Rick Waggoner to step down as a condition of the federal loan. But there's not a word of criticism for the Southern Republican senators who wanted to legislate 50 percent pay cuts for thousands of workers as a condition of the loan as a thinly veiled excuse to sink the loan.

Of all the people to criticize, Dodd is pretty far down the list. At least he voted for the loan.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

More and more the Press/Argus seem like a bunch of high schoolers who think they are so cool and think making fun of people is hilarious!