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I say this not to congratulate myself (well, not merely to congratulate myself) but to ask why St. Martin's Press, which announced yesterday that it was "suspending" publication of the book, was unable to make a similar determination before shipping 70,000 copies to book stores--copies that it has so far not recalled, by the way.
Another significant development the two papers note: The rightist candidate went to the winner's headquarters to personally congratulate him.
The woebegone victims congratulate themselves for their fortitude.
The Telegraph also ran an article by Richard Perle, a former U.S. assistant secretary of defense, attacking British, French, and German leaders for trying to influence the Senate vote through an article in the New York Times . "Why didn't the Senate congratulate its friends [Blair, Chirac, and Schröder] on their wise and timely counsel?"
Senators congratulate themselves for conscience, bipartisanship, and fidelity to the Constitution.