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Grins

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5. Safire was smart despite being a conservative.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Dec 25, 2025, 12:52 AM

Dec 25

His use of and comments on the English language were great. A reason the NY Times hired him.

And then came a change.

He came to hate Nixon. And those around him.

And during Iran Contra HATED Bill Barr. Referred to him as “Coverup-General Barr” because of his burying evidence that implicated George H.W. Bush in “Iraqgate” and “Iron-Contra.”

Sound familiar?

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Safire was smart despite being a conservative. Grins Dec 25 #5

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Then you would have really disliked him as a US Senator from TN. JohnnyRingo Dec 25 #7

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