Posted 9:17 AM by Scoobie Davis

Dude, Where's the Fairness?
The other day (5/17), I wrote that I suspected that I was being blackballed by Opinionjournal.com (they didn't print my response to Peggy Noonan's recent column). So when Brenden Miniter wrote an obnoxious article on Clinton, I used the pseudonym Chester Greenburg (the Seann William Scott character in the classic film Dude, Where's My Car? (more on this later). They printed my letter:

What Clinton Really Said
Chester Greenburg - Los Angeles

In his attempt to deflect criticism from Mr. Bush, Mr. Miniter rehashes the same tired misinformation spread by the American right that Bill Clinton "famously wrote a letter in which he described himself as 'loathing the military.' " This is a grievous misrepresentation. Here is the entire sentence on which Mr. Miniter based his distortion: "I am writing too in the hope that my telling this one story will help you to understand more clearly how so many fine people have come to find themselves still loving their country but loathing the military, to which you and other good men have devoted years, lifetimes, of the best service you could give." In fact, in the letter, Mr. Clinton expressed respect for the military while simultaneously displaying bitter opposition to the war. If the case against Bill Clinton is so clear-cut, why is it necessary to put words in his mouth?

Bill Clinton certainly doesn't deserve any medals for his activities during the Vietnam War. He didn't want to go to Vietnam--but he didn't want any other Americans to go either. This is in stark contrast to many in the current Republican leadership who, at the time, thought fighting the war was great--just as long as others did the fighting. As long as Mr. Miniter is interested in what Bill Clinton "famously" didn't say in 1969, why doesn't he look into George W. Bush's whereabouts during the final two years of his six-year commitment to the Air National Guard.