"Archivists Are the New Macho Heroes of Washington."

Maureen Dowd declared, in her Sunday op-ed piece about Dick Cheney's refusal to deposit classified material to the National Archives, that "archivists are the new macho heroes of Washington" because theses archivists are demanding compliance from the Vice President's office.

Here's a NYTimes article from Friday about the National Archives and Dick Cheney: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/22/washington/22cheney.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1182779972-37PLN5H1T6J5QDNYfggmsA

Dowd's article at the NYTimes website is restricted to those who want to pay for it, so I can only quote what all archivist have been raving about on the listserves. Despite Dowd's nerdy characterization of archivists -- "dedicated 'We the People' wonky types with glasses and pocket protectors" -- we have some muscle. (Maybe I need to work out a little more to gain more muscle, but at least I can claim professional machismo. And, Dad, aren't doctors a little wonky and wear pocket protectors?)