Steve Martin New York Times Editorial....Looking for a Link.

[masmdu]

Steve Martin's editorial on Bush from a few days ago in the NYT.

I cant seem to find it.

Any help? Thanks

[joeybee12]

1. It was in Friday's paper

If that helps. Not sure I got his point. At first he seemed to be making fun of Bush, but then I thought he might be making fun of Dumbo's critics.

[peekaloo]

2. here

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/08/opinion/08MART.html

[ima_sinnic]

3. I am so disappointed in Steve Martin

When I read this thing in its entirety it seems to say absolutely nothing. No wonder there is confusion about whom he is knocking. It does in the end seem to be criticizing Bush's critics, or at least very much minimizing the idea that Bush's Iraq war is criticizable. It's just a meaningless play on words that seems to have no point. If I, a complete unknown, had written this, I would have gotten the standard "so sorry we can't use this" form letter so fast it would make my head spin. Apparently being famous gives someone license to have whatever meaningless tripe published, no questions asked.

And just to be sure that it was indeed written by THE Steve Martin, I googled his name and sure enough he did write a book called Shopgirl, which is mentioned at the end.

I do love all of Steve Martin's movies. I will still love them and consider him to be a comic genius, but now I must accept the fact that as a political pundit he absolutely sucks.

[MoonGod]

4. Didn't blow me away, but I think he makes his point...

... looks like criticism of the way the media has handled this whole thing.

Asking the wrong questions
Focusing on the "16 words"
Allowing BushRoveCo to obfuscate the truth with nonsense

[glarius]

7. He ends up by letting George Bush off the hook!!!

I never cared for his comedy anyway but this piece is not only not funny it is pointless!

[NashVegas]

11. Focusing on the *Details* and Missing the Big Picture

Is something both Bush detractors and Bush defenders are doing.

There's nothing to derail an argument like getting bogged down in semantics.

[joeybee12]

5. Always thought he wasn't much of a writer

The films he's written never quite gel, if you know what i mean. He's better doing other people's material. I keep thinking about his commment at the Oscars right after Michael Moore was on stage and Martin said something about Teamsters escorting him into the trunk of a car. Could have just been a quip, could have been that he didn't agree with Moore.

[nuxvomica]

6. I think he was criticizing Bush

But not very well. I'm disappointed that it's not very well done. What you said about famous people being given license is on the nose and this is a distressingly good example.

[Bossy Monkey]

12. He's clearly ridiculing Bush

The last paragraph can only be from Bush's point of view, therefore the rest has to be, too. Can't see Bush using the word "palindrome," but still.

[Enraged_Ape]

8. I consider myself a reasonably intelligent, informed person

and I have no idea WTF he was talking about.

Maybe it was a parody, something Bush might say to defend his outright lying.

But it's pretty weak, even as parody.

[Nlighten1]

9. Well

It started out pretty good by harping on the media's giving a pass on the "did" statements but then he petered off in the last paragraph.

Odd.

[baffie]

10. I like it. Makes the point for me.