Political WavesCommentary on the latest political, cultural, social, and sporting events.Dick Cheney and the "Oprah Defense"- February 21, 2006 From the chaotic and destructive response to those Danish cartoons, we can glean two powerful insights: 1) Cartoons can sometimes pack a greater wallop than written criticism; 2) It is often more hurtful to be mocked than to be simply criticized. The Islamic rioters realized what most politicians come to know, that few things in life sting more than being broadly lampooned. It is one of the hazards of political life that the powerful are often undone not by large, spectacular misdeeds,...http://journals.aol.com/jeffrowan111/PoliticalWaves/entries/2006/02/21/dick-cheney-and-the... |