Monday, September 24, 2007

Part 1 Of Part 11

Hugh Hewitt limns the outline of President Bollinger's fantasy world in his speech preceding Ahmadinejad's address at Columbia's distinguished lecture series. He also takes the measure of Dean Coatsworth's pathetic examination of Ahmadinejad following the address. Hugh writes:

President Bollinger suggested that Ahmadinejad's speech to the Council on Foreign relations last year led to Ahmadienjad's party losing local elections, thus indulging the twin absurdities that Iranian elections are free and that open and sustained debate occurs over the airwaves which can use Ahmadinejad's speeches against him to win elections. "May this do that and more," intoned Bollinger. Talk about cluelessness combined with epic self-importance. President Bollinger was actually suggesting that by hosting the fanatic he and Columbia are somehow involved in helping take down the despotic regime.