And I had to poke around in a little-noticed literary journal called “The New York Times” to find it:
My favorite thing about this chart — as pointed out by a friend of mine — is that it appears to equate David Geffen and Donald Rumsfeld, which can’t be pleasant for either of them. (Geffen would remind us that he is more powerful.)
Regarding the relative importance of the feuds themselves, well, it’s not exactly like McCain is taking much of a risk in criticizing Cheney or Rumsfeld, both of whom are, literally, less popular than torture with the American people. Of course, McCain is less popular than torture among Republicans, so he’s not exactly helping himself either.
The real problem, of course, is that the McCain-Cheney-Rumsfeld gang bang is about policy, which is much less exciting than, you know, MAUREEN DOWD! BRIGHT LIGHTS! PRETTY PRETTY!
