Gene Healy finds this long lost glimpse into the sick mind of Fred Barnes:
- In an essay in the Feb. 24 [1997] Weekly Standard, Barnes laments the current “ennui” in Washington and confesses his longings for the glory days of old — you know, the Golden Age commonly known as “the Bush administration.” “The last great moment in Washington was Desert Storm,” Barnes writes, with an almost audible sigh. “It was exciting to follow and write about … Every press conference, I watched. Desert Storm was all I thought about or talked about. My stories concentrated on President Bush’s heroic role in the war. As best I recall, he wasn’t in a funk, not even for a single fleeting moment.”