GREAT BOWTIES THINK ALIKE

TBOGG has been having fun with the recent writings of George Will, particularly Will's penchant for the word "axiomatic" (here, here, and here, for example).

And now, that other highly-visible bowtied conservative commentator, Tucker Carlson (whose job is mostly to shout over well-earned applause for the words of Carville/Begala/Garofalo) gets in on the act:

Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bob Graham is making up for his lack of personality with an oversupply of vehemence. After yesterday's truck bombing at the U.N.'s Baghdad headquarters, Graham put out a statement saying -- quote -- "Had the president pursued the war on terrorism prior to initiating military action against Saddam Hussein, as I advocated last year, it is likely that al Qaeda and other terrorist networks would not have been able to take advantage of the chaos that now exists in Baghdad" -- end quote.

In other words, yesterday's tragedy was the president's fault. Only Bob Graham could have prevented it. The moral of the story: No event, not one, is so tragic that it can't be turned into a political opportunity for a presidential candidate. That's axiomatic. Everybody knows that. But it's still revolting, I have to say, to see it.

Well done! Now if only Tucker could get a "shut up!" in there from time to time, he has a chance to be a full-grown cable commentator. Good luck, my cheeky friend!