Just to show that newspaper editors are not immune from bouts of insanity, there’s the assistant national editor of The Washington Times, who has a habit of posting his thoughts on Internet message boards. (Why a newspaper person would ever get involved in all this Internet craziness is beyond me.)
Among his thoughts: the evils of interracial relationships, why people should be “persecuted and run out of town” for supporting gay rights, the South was right, and Abe Lincoln was a “war criminal” who should have been tried for treason.
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10 December | 18:04 | maud
Wow. Sounds like some of my relatives. You know, the same one who complain about the liberal media.
10 December | 18:05 | maud
Err, I mean the same ONES who complain, etc.
12 December | 11:12 | anna
yea, that guy's a real winner. ug.
12 December | 18:44 | liz
So that's where Jesse Helms ran off to...
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