The Argyle General

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In "The Argyle General", Maureen Dowd writes the following:

"Can we trust a man who muffs his mufti?

"Trying to soften his military image and lure more female voters in New Hampshire, Gen. Wesley Clark switched from navy suits to argyle sweaters."

Apparently she didn't read the "New Year's Resolutions" piece by her fellow New York Times columnist Paul Krugman in which he appeals to his fellow reporters to follow a few simple rules to prevent "laziness and personal pettiness to shape this crucial election." Number one was (drum roll, please): Don't talk about clothes!:

"Al Gore's endorsement of Howard Dean was a momentous event: the man who won the popular vote in 2000 threw his support to a candidate who accuses the president of wrongfully taking the nation to war. So what did some prominent commentators write about? Why, the fact that both men wore blue suits.

"This was not, alas, unusual. I don't know why some journalists seem so concerned about politicians' clothes as opposed to, say, their policy proposals. But unless you're a fashion reporter, obsessing about clothes is an insult to your readers' intelligence."

Sadly, Dowd has added yet another superficial criticism to that list.

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