On Being Wrong: I Told You So (Richard Reeves)

[deadparrot]

NEW YORK -- No doubt there is something both petty and unseemly about saying, "I told you so." After all, the people who were wrong about something -- invading Iraq, for instance -- know what mistakes, honest mistakes, they made. But it does feel good to remind them.

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My "told you so" instincts were aroused by Extra!, the newsletter of a valuable liberal voice, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, which marked the anniversary of the Iraq invasion by quoting the first words of grandees who were wrong then and still are:

# "I will bet you the best dinner in the Gaslight District of San Diego that military action will not last more than week ..." said Bill O'Reilly of Fox News.

# "All the naysayers have been humiliated so far. The final word is hooray," said Morton Kondracke, also of Fox.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucrr/onbeingwrongitoldyouso

[ixion]

1. rated 5 stars

I hate to say I told you so, but as one who has ALWAYS been opposed to the BushCo course of illegal invasions, I TOLD YOU SO! :grr:


Now I'm waiting for every war mongers mea culpa, so we can get them on a plane to the Hague.

[Hissyspit]

2. I remind people I told them so every chance I get.

I don't care what they think.

[Skittles]

3. I disagree with his assessment of Reagan

sure that bastard Reagan "changed the world", but it was certainly not for the better

[Jack Rabbit]

4. I agree, Skittles

His idea of smaller government wasn't smaller and his concept of fiscal responsibility was wholly irresponsible.

He looks better to me now than he did at the time, but that only because we now have His Imperial Incompetency as a new point of reference.

[deadparrot]

5. I haven't read his book, but that doesn't appear to be what he was saying

in the article.

Even if I wrote that the 43rd president of the United States dumbed-down America with his gift for mixing fact and fiction to turn issues into emotions, I could hardly ignore the truth that the man changed the world. He made us see the world around us in a different way, an achievement associated with genius.

It says he "changed the world," but there's nothing said that implies it was for the better. Whether you saw the world in a different way because of him is debatable, but Americans seem to like the guy a lot, so he must have offered something...though I'm at a loss as to what. :shrug: