Karl Zinsmeister, Bush’s new chief domestic policy advisor, said this in 2003 about journalists in Iraq: “A significant number are whiny and appallingly soft. ? I almost wished there would be a very loud explosion very nearby just to shut up their rattling.”


Think Progress:

Karl Zinsmeister, Bush?s new domestic policy adviser, 3/28/03:

Alas, many of the journalists observable in this war theater are bursting with knee-jerk suspicions and antagonisms for the warriors all around them. A significant number are whiny and appallingly soft. [?] I almost wished there would be a very loud explosion very nearby just to shut up their rattling.

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