ANOTHER EDITION OF "HEADS I WIN, TAILS YOU LOSE"

BEFORE Ahmadinejad spoke at Columbia, Slots Bennett was against his appearance. When told about Pres. Bollinger's intention to present serious questions to Ahmadinejad, he approved but said he'll believe it when he sees it because you can't count on liberal Ivy League presidents to do the right thing. NOW that Bollinger delivered a strong introduction that brought up just about all the points Slots would have, Slots turns around and says Bollinger was rude! Huge Ego Hewitt was at least consistent:

Columbia University's president, Lee Bollinger, gives a speech stating some things that we all know to be true --that Iran is at war with the West and is a cruelly repressive regime. Bollinger sits down, and Ahmadinejad schools him, and especially his hapless dean, as well as the audience and the world on how propaganda works. Some, including Dean Barnett below, express surprise and admiration for the Bollinger remarks. Talk about the soft bigotry of low expectations! Bollinger's remarks are the equivalent of the apology offered by the reckless driver to the victim of his recklessness. The dean's dismal performance afterwards illustrates why this was a fiasco from the start. The too polite dean dared not cut the fanatic off or press a question as central

BTW Hugh, Bollinger is the President of Columbia, not a Dean, just as you noted in the first sentence.