12/30/2002
Graham -- compulsive, not anal
Punditwatch watches the Sunday talking-heads shows so you don't have to. Here is David Brooks of The Weekly Standard, giving an odd assessment of Bob Graham on The News Hour (italics are Brooks talking):
People don't like anal retentives for some reason. They're prejudiced against them.
Graham keeps voluminous daily diaries. On the plus side, however, Brooks offered this:
Bob Graham has been on the Intelligence Committee, has articulated positions on Hezbollah,
knows how to spell Hezbollah, which is more than most Senators do.
A pretty weak negative, I'd say. Graham is not "anal retentive," more like obsessive-compulsive. Big difference. And only about a few things, really, like ties with little Florida maps on them and the little notebooks. Any blogger can understand the need to compulsively record impressions. Sheesh: these news shows have to bring in Brits to talk about Florida politicians and they don't understand and use outdated Freudian terminology to boot.
(Thanks to Fla. Politics for pointing to this. )
People don't like anal retentives for some reason. They're prejudiced against them.
Graham keeps voluminous daily diaries. On the plus side, however, Brooks offered this:
Bob Graham has been on the Intelligence Committee, has articulated positions on Hezbollah,
knows how to spell Hezbollah, which is more than most Senators do.
A pretty weak negative, I'd say. Graham is not "anal retentive," more like obsessive-compulsive. Big difference. And only about a few things, really, like ties with little Florida maps on them and the little notebooks. Any blogger can understand the need to compulsively record impressions. Sheesh: these news shows have to bring in Brits to talk about Florida politicians and they don't understand and use outdated Freudian terminology to boot.
(Thanks to Fla. Politics for pointing to this. )
