Feel the Love
Ann Coulter spreads the love in the UK:
Meet Ann Coulter. In her opinion, “liberals are racists”, the French are “a bunch of faggots”, only property owners should be allowed to vote, and anyone who disagrees with her is a “fatuous idiot” or “evil”. In liberal Europe, such propositions are seldom aired, even in the most right-wing salons. In America, however, Coulter – blonde, fortysomething – is a regular guest commentator on news and talk shows such as Good Morning America, Hannity and Colmes, At Large with Geraldo Rivera and The O’Reilly Factor.
How we love ye Ann.
Thankfully, she’s not alone in her nutosphere. Witness Brent Bozell on the O’Reilly Factor, a show (well, network) not exactly know for its non-partisan viewpoint. The subject: the “Swift Boat Vets” ad with token liberal Paul Waldman of The Gadflyer. And this comes after the show in the “green room:”
But alas, it was not to be. The moment I walked in, Bozell looked at me angrily and said, “That was horseshit, what you said!” I reconstruct here the rest of the discussion as best I can recall. Although I wrote it down on the way home, a word here or there may be less than precise. Rest assured, though, the nasty parts from Bozell are verbatim:
WALDMAN: What part of it?
BOZELL: You’re a liar!
WALDMAN: What are you talking about?
BOZELL: That stuff about Kerry!
WALDMAN: What, about atrocities?
BOZELL: He called them war criminals!
WALDMAN: He didn’t accuse any individuals of anything.
BOZELL: You’re a liar!
WALDMAN: He never accused those guys of anything.
BOZELL: John Kerry is a liar, and you’re a liar!
WALDMAN: What are you talking about?
BOZELL: Fuck you!
At that, Bozell stormed out. I should note that throughout this little argument, I remained calm, partly in an attempt to diffuse Bozell’s boiling rage, but also because I was genuinely having a hard time figuring out what he was trying to get across. Bozell, in contrast, looked as though his head was about to explode, his voice growing louder and his face redder. I would say that I was afraid he was going to take a swing at me, but I don’t think “afraid” is quite the right word. I’m quite a few years younger than Bozell, and though I suspect he fights dirty, I have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, so I’m pretty sure I could take him. Fortunately, it didn’t come to that.
Well, at least kudos to the UK media for framing Coulter as respectfully as a totally complete nutjob can be framed. Those English, so polite… 🙂
President JFK
As in John Forbes Kerry.
“I’m John Kerry, and I’m reporting for duty.”
Speech tonight at the DNC a definite home run… energetic, upbeat, hopeful, concise, and a real display of true statesmanship. Despite the somewhat earned stick-up-his-ass reputation, Kerry proved himself tonight. Candy Crowley is moist.
Video will make it up on JohnKerry.com eventually; text is already up. If anyone knows another link, let me know.
Congrats to our next President. Latest polls have him up 5 points, this will only make things better.
Brace yourself for the hatefest next month in NY…
Horny Conventioners
Gotta love craigslist.
Married? older? bi-curious? top? bottom? vers? no-strings? vanilla? leather? role-playing? rubber? It’s all within spitting distance of the Fleet Center.
[ via wonkette ]
Andy Gets Kinky
What’s gotten into Andrew Sullivan?
…Tightly scripted, elegantly choreographed, seamlessly on the centrist message of war, unity, maturity and judgment…
…If the first night is any indicator, the Democrats have played the smartest, strongest card of the campaign so far…
…Remember when we were one as a nation? Do you really think that president Bush is capable of bringing any of us together again? Of course, some Democrats are responsible for exactly that polarization. But it’s nevertheless a smart move to portray themselves as a unifying future compared to the divisive past.
I feel dirty.
Somewhere, Ted’s crying…
CNN’s CoverageLight (now with 50% less real news!) of the DNC has left me hurling insults at the TV screen more than a few times today. Watching Judy Woodruff bait former President Jimmy Carter with her partisan slant is nauseating… not to mention just downright disrespectful.
It runs the gambit from “you don’t really think a MA liberal can win, do you?” to “polls show W is clearly stronger on homeland defense” to “did the Democratic party tell you what to say tonight and ask you to be nice to Kerry?” (I’m paraphrasing here.)
Let’s see, she’s reinforced a favorite GOP 4-letter word, promoted a bullshit statistic, and insuniated Carter doesn’t really like Kerry that much all before it’s time to run a Swiffer commercial. Nice job, toots.
She’d be less obvious giving Bush a handjob in primetime.
(Hmmmmm… I *am* just up the street from CNN HQ. Granted, most the bobbleheads are in Boston, but I’m sure there’s a giant plug outside the building I can accidently trip over.)
Best DNC Button
Somewhere in Texas, a village is missing its idiot.
If your Building Collapses, Give Yourself a Blowjob
This was making the rounds at work yesterday. Way funny.
[ thanks Tim! ]
Liar
Today on Crossfire:
Bob Novak: “Well, Paul, I’m no political hack.”
And he said it with a straight face. Nevermind that pesky Valerie Plame thing.
The Other Woman
James Moore has an interesting perspective into the interworkings of Karen Hughes over at Salon.
No one saw Karen Hughes’ transcendent moment with George W. Bush. Possibly, she had already crossed over from being his communications consultant to being his confidant.[…]
Actually, Hughes had become unsettlingly close to her boss long before journalism or outsiders began to take note. In fact, her worst critics have accused the presidential counselor of living almost vicariously through Bush. His goals and political ideology have been so inculcated into Hughes’ consciousness that she may no longer be able discern between her own thinking and the president’s. This undoubtedly is an odd characterization to make of two of the world’s most powerful adults. There is, however, no shortage of evidence to prompt the speculation.
Undoubtedly, this will be written-off as a hack piece by the right, but it is interesting if nothing else. Watching Hughes on TV promoting her “expansive love note to her president, ‘Ten Minutes From Normal'”, it becomes quickly evident she’s beer-bonged the Kool-Aid and W is our present-day messiah. Hughes’ claims to fame are the hatchet-job Bush did to fellow-Republican McCain in 2000, followed by an all-out campaign to bury the drunkard Bush angle the media was feebly following. Indeed, she’s willing to dive into the dirt for her president, no matter how taboo the topic.
It’s difficult to understand how anyone outside of the Jerry Springer show can behave this way, but this article makes at least some attempt to bring reason to her inexplicable devotion to Our Dear Leader.
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