I don’t have cable or satellite (live in the boonies, and frankly it’s not
worth the money), so I’ve had to rely on the main network stations for news on
Saddam’s capture. I’ve been struck by the dour faces and the almost pained
looks on all the reporters’ faces. They seem almost disappointed that we caught
the SOB. In the time I’ve been listening, I’ve seen Sandy Berger and Dick
Holbrooke and a number of other hand-wringers telling me not to celebrate and a
bunch of network types telling me that this really isn’t all that good.
Well, bugger that for a lark. I’m thrilled to my toes about this. I’ve been
singing, “Ding dong, the witch is dead” all morning, and I’ve been holding my
two-month-old baby son and telling him that he’s safer now. I’m waiting for Fox
News Sunday to come on because at least there I hope to see professional
journalists have to suppress a bubbling joy and excitement that they really
feel–in other words, people who feel how I feel about all this but who have a
job to do. I really don’t think those network types feel that way…but
naturally they’re not biased.
I hope the conservatives and Republicans hit back hard on this with those
mainstream media types. Nothing shows the chasm between normal Americans and
the professionally pretentious as their reaction to some of the best news of
the year.
Merry Christmas!! Woo-hoo!