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The Weblog at The View from the Core - Mon. 12/09/02 01:24:20 PM
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Aha! Now the Howellization of Augusta National makes sense to me. Sometimes, your Faithful Blogster is a little too slow on the uptake. Sorry. I don't think I've blogged anything about the Howellization* of the male-only membership policy of August National. (For some background, see this article, for instance.) But I've been running it through my mind. And this has been my question: why? Why is Howell Raines doing this to Augusta National? Does he have some personal score to settle with Hootie? Does he have some personal connection with the Now word comes that President Bush will nominate John W. Snow to replace Paul O'Neill as Secretary of the Treasury. And... Snow belongs to... Augusta National. Aha! I said to myself. Now the Howellization of Augusta makes sense to me. Do I think Raines had some inkling that O'Neill was on the way out which a lot of people say they could see coming a mile away and that Snow (or some other member of Augusta) might be tagged as a replacement? Do I think so? No. Do I sure suspect it very strongly? You betcha! Because, for the first time, the Howellization of Augusta makes sense to me: it was/is for a very specific political purpose. See also All the News That's Fit for Ginning Up. * "Howellization", in preference to "Rainesization" or "Rainesification". It is easier to read and has the advantage, I think, of sounding a lot like "howl-ization". :) P.S. I hear now that Snow has already resigned to avoid controversy over his Augusta membership. Still, "I sure suspect it very strongly". Lane Core Jr. CIW P Mon. 12/09/02 01:24:20 PM |
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