As Kevin Drum says, "this is just annoying." To wit: "Nick Kristof thinks liberals are wrong for obstructing George Bush's Social Security plan — even though he agrees it's irresponsible. ... Seriously, what planet is he writing from? Everyone with a pulse knows perfectly well that neither of [Kristof's] proposals has even the slightest chance of being considered by anyone in today's Republican party. They are complete nonstarters."
Furthermore, plenty of Democrats have ideas on the subject ... they just think there are lots of more important things to worry about, know that the President will demand his (in Kristof's own words, rather bad) proposals be used, and overall that the President is (as is his wont) misleading the public about an important issue. Drum links a hilariously on point response to Kristof here. Thus, I join Atrios in making Nicholas Kristof the wanker of the day.* What a bloody moron.
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* Drum suggests someone from Fox News beats him out, but really, that's silly. Kristof actually claims to be on the side of the Democrats he calls to task. Kristof is part of the "oh, so you think our press is too liberal, huh?" brigade. I'm all for perspective, but being blind to reality is really not the best way to approach it.