Joe Scarborough: “it might surprise a lot of my conservative friends, but one of my joys every day is reading The New York Times, and…”

“it might surprise a lot of my conservative friends, but one of my joys every day is reading The New York Times, and especially the editorial page of The New York Times. There are a lot of writers there that I do not particularly agree with, but I certainly appreciate their flair and their style and just how they are really some of the best and the brightest writers in the business. One of the best writers stylistically is also one of the most liberal and somebody that I rarely agree with, and that is Anthony Lewis. A few days ago, on February the 9th, Mr. Lewis wrote an article entitled ``Self-Inflicted Wound'' regarding the impeachment process, and gave a searing critique of the House managers' performance in that. He talked about his greatest concern being the moral absolutism these House managers took over to the Senate trial. This is what he said: ``Representative Lindsey Graham's voice trembled as he ended the Republican prosecutors' presentation of evidence. `For God's sake,' he told the Senate, `figure out what kind of person we have here in the White House.' ``Why the trembling emotion? Frustration, I think. Mr. Graham and the other Republican managers are true believers. ``If they could only see it, one reason'' that Americans don't understand their argument is ``their absolute conviction that they are right.'' Mr. Lewis goes on to say: ``Americans are wise to be uncomfortable with absolutism.…”