Mr. Chait doesn’t fare well.
At another point Chait began to plead, “Now again, I have to plead book leave on this one,” as an excuse for not knowing much about recent terror-related arrests, which makes you wonder why he is writing columns on terror for the Los Angeles Times.
Or not.
What a marvellous ‘interview’. It would be perfect with John Cleese (Fawlty Towers)as HH and hmm, Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) as Chait.
Chait has a limited vocabulary and understanding. Everything is ‘counter-factual’ by which, I think, he actually means ‘hypothetical’. When pressed, he has to admit he has no grounds for his opinions – but, he doesn’t like being ‘pressed’. That’s why he’s a journalist; he isn’t asked to substantiate his Wise Words. He’d be torn to pieces on a real blog.