Art Brodsky rips the Washington Post for having a Sarah Palin editorial. Astute readers will find that nowhere in Art's post does he comment on anything that Palin wrote. He just rants. Apparently, he knows that she does not "care" about cap-and trade. Yet her state is a huge oil-producer that cares deeply about energy policies. Maybe they care the wrong way, but they, and she, certainly care. And this line floors me:
"She has no authority to write an article like this and the Post has no business running one."
To what "authority" does he refer? Maybe he should review the First Amendment. Nobody ever needs authority to write an editorial. As for the Post's business policies, whatever. Plenty of ex-politicians and ex-staffers, from both sides, work in the media and write editorials.
For all the left's claims that Palin is an ill-prepared idiot, she wrote something far more intellectually vigorous than Brodsky's big zero of easily refuted rubbish.
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Hi,
Afraid I have to agree with you.
Palin has a substantial following on the right, and much as Washington political reporters may dislike her, this entitles her to an op-ed in the Washington Post. Given her large following, her views on cap and trade are clearly news. I tend to assume she found a staffer to write the piece, and that it is a reasonably sound presentation of a conservative position on cap and trade.
That said, plenty of writers on both the right and the left have made asses of themselves. I suspect I've made an ass of myself a few times, too. One of the disadvantages of HuffPo not being a traditional newspaper is a low level of editorial skill and control.
Ray,
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