Take a look at these two very different takes of the bow that President Obama (Mr. Gibbs protests notwithstanding) offered to the Saudi Monarch.
The Time Magazine article is here.
The Pajamas Media article is here.
My take:
Time loses. Mr. Macleod violates topicality in the first paragraph, rendering everything he says after that point moot. In the second sentence, Mr. MacLeod says, "Despite the continuing outrage of conservatives and Arab-bashers..." This ad hominem lede attempts to shift the argument away from the propriety of the bow itself.
Read both articles and then judge for yourself the merits of their respective arguments.
The Time Magazine article is here.
The Pajamas Media article is here.
My take:
Time loses. Mr. Macleod violates topicality in the first paragraph, rendering everything he says after that point moot. In the second sentence, Mr. MacLeod says, "Despite the continuing outrage of conservatives and Arab-bashers..." This ad hominem lede attempts to shift the argument away from the propriety of the bow itself.
Read both articles and then judge for yourself the merits of their respective arguments.
