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The goal is to find an incriminating datum that will leave a permanent stain on the target's reputation, make his defenders look like craven apologists, and give the general public a ready-made judgment that can be wielded without too much reading or thought.
It is charged (by knee-jerk Slate haters and paid apologists for our rivals) that by including a free umbrella with each subscription to Slate , we are attempting to extend our current dominant position in online poetry-read-aloud into the market for umbrellas, thereby stifling innovation in this crucial field.
And it's probably true that psychological predisposition, as much as reason and intellect, leads dour characters like Paul Tsongas (and--until the other day--Bob Dole) to be preachers of sacrifice, while sunny characters like Jack Kemp become apologists for alchemy.
Clinton's enemies, like his apologists, care more about politics than about truth.
So how can we Internet apologists explain away this finding?