http://mathewingram.disqus.com/enFri, 28 Dec 2007 11:31:02 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/12/27/bhutto-and-the-lure-of-easy-solutions/#comment-49853That's cool.mathewiFri, 28 Dec 2007 11:31:02 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/12/27/bhutto-and-the-lure-of-easy-solutions/#comment-49726I just realized that John Dickerson, Slate's exceptional political correspondent, is twittering as he follows the candidates on the road. It's another fascinating application, and had never occurred to me.rhyndmanFri, 28 Dec 2007 10:04:24 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/12/27/bhutto-and-the-lure-of-easy-solutions/#comment-49369I agree, Richard -- and the only reason I didn't pick it up earlier<br>from the Globe's newswires is that I wasn't in the newsroom :-)<br>Technically, I'm still on vacation.mathewiFri, 28 Dec 2007 00:39:02 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/12/27/bhutto-and-the-lure-of-easy-solutions/#comment-49366Yes Mathew, it probably does say something that news of the Bhutto assassination first broke to you on twitter (I would have figured your all wired up to the Globe's newsroom... wouldn't they get a fast breaking story like this first?) But respectively, I think I am more enlightened when the news breaking on these new media sources like twitter and your blog are the stories that CNN or CBC isn't also breaking into 5 minutes later and covering for the rest of the day like the Bhutto story. The stuff we ordinarily wouldn't be hearing about from "old" media.Richard BudmanFri, 28 Dec 2007 00:32:59 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/12/27/bhutto-and-the-lure-of-easy-solutions/#comment-49017Agree, the Hitchens article is excellent.KaroliThu, 27 Dec 2007 16:54:14 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/12/27/bhutto-and-the-lure-of-easy-solutions/#comment-49014In the article you linked, there is this sentence, which is the heart of the differences of opinion surrounding Bhutto's leadership in Pakistan:<br><br>"...ever more radicalized generation of young Muslim men Miss Bhutto was entirely unacceptable as the leader of their nation..."<br><br>I see it in the Twitter feeds as well. To drop corruption accusations while unseating a government elected by the people is laughable. This is all about gender, and offended sensibilities at being led by a woman. It is about someone who would not and could not travel in the circles of men who wished to retain and consolidate power.<br><br>Gender was her handicap. <br><br>I am NOT saying that this assassination was because she was a woman at all. What I am saying is that much of what you read about her ability to lead in Pakistan and the allegations of corruption had much to do with her gender and offended sensibilities.KaroliThu, 27 Dec 2007 16:51:18 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/12/27/bhutto-and-the-lure-of-easy-solutions/#comment-48999Hitchens also has an excellent piece: <a href="http://snurl.com/1vw8q" rel="nofollow">http://snurl.com/1vw8q</a>rhyndmanThu, 27 Dec 2007 16:44:04 -0000