http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2007/08/08/the-famous-tale-of-nancy-boyda-and-other-deceptions/ n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:39:05 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2007/08/08/the-famous-tale-of-nancy-boyda-and-other-deceptions/comment-page-1/#comment-12481 Eunomia » For Some Reason, The Tale Of Nancy Boyda Lives On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:07:12 +0000 http://larison.org/2007/08/08/the-famous-tale-of-nancy-boyda-and-other-deceptions/#comment-12481 [...] Last summer, I noted the numerous references to Nancy Boyda’s abrupt departure from an Armed Services Committee hearing featuring testimony from Gen. Keane.  War supporters kept flogging this as evidence of antiwar Democrats’ intransigence and inflexibility in the face of new evidence.  Never mind that Boyda’s frustration with administration spin on Iraq was, is, widely shared, and her gesture, while a tad dramatic, was actually appreciated in many quarters.  Now Politico has dredged up the episode in its profile of five at-risk Democratic incumbents (most of whom are freshmen elected to traditionally Republican-leaning districts in ‘06) as one of the reasons why Boyda’s re-election is at risk.  At the heart of this sort of analysis is a very much inside-the-Beltway assumption that someone’s opposition to the “surge” will prove to be a major liability for Democratic candidates.  Just as I am doubtful that obsessing about the “surge” will aid McCain, I very much doubt that opposition to it is going to hurt House members.   [...] [...] Last summer, I noted the numerous references to Nancy Boyda’s abrupt departure from an Armed Services Committee hearing featuring testimony from Gen. Keane.  War supporters kept flogging this as evidence of antiwar Democrats’ intransigence and inflexibility in the face of new evidence.  Never mind that Boyda’s frustration with administration spin on Iraq was, is, widely shared, and her gesture, while a tad dramatic, was actually appreciated in many quarters.  Now Politico has dredged up the episode in its profile of five at-risk Democratic incumbents (most of whom are freshmen elected to traditionally Republican-leaning districts in ‘06) as one of the reasons why Boyda’s re-election is at risk.  At the heart of this sort of analysis is a very much inside-the-Beltway assumption that someone’s opposition to the “surge” will prove to be a major liability for Democratic candidates.  Just as I am doubtful that obsessing about the “surge” will aid McCain, I very much doubt that opposition to it is going to hurt House members.   [...]

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