The religio-hucksterism surrounding the Schiavo case makes DeMille's Hollywood crusades look like amateur night. This circus is the latest and most egregious in a series of cultural shocks that have followed Election Day 2004, when a fateful exit poll question on 'moral values' ignited a take-no-prisoners political grab by moral zealots. Frank Rich
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![[Regarding] The Swift Boating of Cindy Sheehan ... meet with folks out in the heartland and hear what's on their minds. - Frank Rich Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W1JlZ2FyZGluZ10gVGhlIFN3aWZ0IEJvYXRpbmcgb2YgQ2luZHkgU2hlZWhhbiAuLi4gbWVldCB3aXRoIGZvbGtzIG91dCBpbiB0aGUgaGVhcnRsYW5kIGFuZCBoZWFyIHdoYXQncyBvbiB0aGVpciBtaW5kcy4g&author=ICBGcmFuayBSaWNoICAgIA==&num=3 "[Regarding] The Swift Boating of Cindy Sheehan ... meet with folks out in the heartland and hear what's on their minds. - Frank Rich Quotes")
![[Nation editor Katrina van den Heuvel told me that the failure to adequately cover the Downing Street Memo] epitomizes the timidity, the cowardice of a media that has been manipulated, intimidated, bullied by an administration that has taken it to a high level. ... lapdog news media. - Frank Rich Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W05hdGlvbiBlZGl0b3IgS2F0cmluYSB2YW4gZGVuIEhldXZlbCB0b2xkIG1lIHRoYXQgdGhlIGZhaWx1cmUgdG8gYWRlcXVhdGVseSBjb3ZlciB0aGUgRG93bmluZyBTdHJlZXQgTWVtb10gZXBpdG9taXplcyB0aGUgdGltaWRpdHksIHRoZSBjb3dhcmRpY2Ugb2YgYSBtZWRpYSB0aGF0IGhhcyBiZWVuIG1hbmlwdWxhdGVkLCBpbnRpbWlkYXRlZCwgYnVsbGllZCBieSBhbiBhZG1pbmlzdHJhdGlvbiB0aGF0IGhhcyB0YWtlbiBpdCB0byBhIGhpZ2ggbGV2ZWwuIC4uLiBsYXBkb2cgbmV3cyBtZWRpYS4g&author=ICBGcmFuayBSaWNoICAgIA==&num=9 "[Nation editor Katrina van den Heuvel told me that the failure to adequately cover the Downing Street Memo] epitomizes the timidity, the cowardice of a media that has been manipulated, intimidated, bullied by an administration that has taken it to a high level. ... lapdog news media. - Frank Rich Quotes")
