Yesterday morning, Howie Kurtz, in his "Media Notes" column, which is dedicated to excusing the media from all manner of attacks, except those of Michelle Malkin or the creationist cranks of Powerline [two blogs he's particularly infatuated with] looked at the resilience of Barack Obama and how things like flag pins and Jeremiah Wright were not as effective as the beltway thought.
Somewhat gracious of Kurtz, which happens occasionally.
Sadly, he went on to write this paragraph:
Even more interesting, after many (mostly unfounded) attacks on his patriotism, Obama talked about "the America I love" and "American values" and "the promise of America" and "the flag draped over my father's coffin." He was sending a star-spangled message.
"Mostly unfounded attacks on his patriotism"?
Excuse me? That seems to imply some attack on Obama's patriotism was credible.
I'm not media critic, I'm obviously just some guy named Vinnie in an efficiency apartment, but it seems to me, when you write a sentence like that you are either pretty sloppy or rather reprehensible.
Tell us Howie, just what "unpatriotic" offense has Barack Obama committed?
...besides not wanting to bomb third world countries, which the beltway apparently considers the height of patriotism.
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Tell us Howie, just what “unpatriotic” offense has Barack Obama committed?
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UHMMM hes mochachino, WAPOs….for WASPos
Why, what else…he’s a Democrat…oh, and he hasn’t curled up into a ball and begged the MSM to please, pretty please, stop assailing his character, religion, ethnicity, wife, eating habits, dress, physique, sporting preferences, middle name, and other critical evaluations of why he shouldn’t be eligible for becoming President!
Why not rolling over! That’s UnAmerican! It implies that the Media is more concerned about ratins and sales, and serving their corporate masters…than in performing their duty as an institution providing intelligent information to the public.
purveyors of popular(pop) culture…more like poop culture
“Mostly unfounded attacks on his patriotism”?
Gotta throw that in for the “fair and balanced” part, don’ya know. :-(
How about your patriotism Howard Kurtz?
If he’s not wearing a flag pin, that’s your “tell”.
Ol’ Howard, documenting parochial life in the “Village,” is yet again undone by the failure of the American voters to heed the “Village wisdom.”
With Bush leaving in January, perhaps Howie is applying for the upcoming vacancy as Village Idiot.
It will make my day if Barack wins the nomination and goes on to campaign, It will even make it better if he does NOT, repeat NOT, go on any of the Sunday morning gasfests or on Shitball. He can show that the voters matter, not those windbags inside the Beltway.
I caught that too, Attaturk. It’s quite the conspicuous shiv. “I just want to apologize for all those insults I hurled at you last night. Most of them were unfounded.”
Uhhhh, thanks.
Given the fact that he went on faux news, I fear you’re in for dark days ahead wrt direct interaction with the windbags…. and that comment comes from an Obama supporter. :-(
Good morning, pups. It’s Collins and Kristof today. La Collins writes about “The Torch en Route,” and asks if anyone has noticed how much the presidential campaign and the Olympics are starting to resemble one another. Mr. Kristof writes about “The Too-Long Goodbye,” and asks if Hillary Clinton should soldier on if continued campaigning is 10 times more likely to benefit John McCain than herself.
http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/
The coffee, tea and hot chocolate are ready, and I’ve got French toast made with challah. Also, there’s a lot of mesclun in the fridge — help yourselves. It’s growing too fast for us to keep up with it. Have a great day.
1,837 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND…
Citizen Attaturk and the Firepup Freedom Fighters:
Don’t they have editors at that fuckin’ rag??!!! This guy Kurtz has gotta be exposed for his personal and ideological conflicts and then run outta town on a God damned rail!
KEEP THE FAITH AND PASS THE AMMUNITION THIS SHIT HAS GONE ON TOO LONG!!
Howie Kurtz Annis
trophy husband of gop consultant Sherry Annis
and a member of the gop spouse groups at CNN….that Howie? Those conflicts. Among his other fine examples of journalistic ethics have been commenting on the work of his wife without mentioning she is his wife.
Village Idiot is to high to aspire for Howie
He is the village Uriah Heep
Poor Howie. He believes patriotism ONLY comes in the form of wearing a China-made US Flag pin, you know, a pin our Forefathers never war or most of the current population. The only people wearing the China-made US flag pin are those who hate America the most and have to use something cheap to convince others they don’t.
Sad.
*waving to Vinnie in the efficiency apartment* LOL
It’s the stupid way these assholes use language to sya nothing and cover their asses - mostly - sounds like the modifier that any side can latch on to. See he’s MOSTLY a good dude… or See he not completely a good dude, he’s compomised.
They won’t call it like it is because the world of gray, the middle is where all the chat and fun are for these assholes - moderation.
Screw it! we need serious radical change. YES WE DO.
There, that’s better
Good freakin’ grief !
Many thanks for that piece of information. So, howie boy is not only in bed with the goopers figuratively but literally as well.
you guys are gonna just love this, over at raw story they are linking to koch saying “obama can’t win”
the republicans like to trot koch out as if we think he has a progressive voive
I remember for the run up to the war my friend pointed to koch claiming he was a liberal and even liberals wanted to attack Iraq
I of course disabused him of that notion
anyway, koch says obama can’t win in the general
link
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/.....00697.html
I think Koch must be senile by now. I also remember his being very pro-Iraq war. But then, he’s Jewish …
Ed Koch was a horse’s ass when he was mayor. He hasn’t gotten any better with time. He used to show up at the Philharmonic concerts in Central Park and shout “How am I doing?” and we used to sing: “A horse is a horse of course, of course, unless it’s Mr. Ed.” Ah… takes me back to my younger days!
I understand that cock is a member of the “Likud for clinton2″ organization
Well yes, there was always that.
I don’t remember Koch’s mayoralty all that well. (Too busy with career to pay attention.) He seems to have been OK, but, as you say, annoying.
He mainly seemed almost tolerable because he followed Abe Beame, who was a hopeless disaster. God, I remember watching the mayoral debates before that election — at one point Koch was sitting down and Beame was standing up and they were the same height…
Ed Koch…
I thought I smelled the Crypt Keeper. Didn’t he go out with the 90s?
Uh oh, do I detect evidence of shortism?
We who are short salute you! Randy Newman wrote a song about me…
The only advantage I’ve ever found from being short is that you can stand up under the overhead bin after the plane lands, while waiting for deplaning. Helps after a long cramped flight.
Off to a meeting. See y’all later.
Seems to me Howie is auditioning to take over “Dean Broder’s” spot @ the Post.
I’d really like to know what their circulation numbers are. At least weekly I lament that, having canceled my subscription, I can’t cancel again for their latest outrage.
BTW, WaPo editor Len Downie was editor of the paper @ Ohio State, and was just as big an a**hole there as he is now.
It’s sure a good thing that teh internets and teh blogs came along when they did, when you take a look at who’s occupying the editorial positions at the supposedly and formerly “great” [and mostly unfounded in their “greatness”] MSM.
Reminds me of CNN’s Campbell Brown Senor, wife of Dan Senor, chief propagandist for the Iraqi
occupationinterim government.Howie is a pig.
THE END.
Morning, Attaturk.
I’d say it’s mostly pretty well founded that he’s rather reprehensible.
Vinnie in the Efficiency is threatening the livelihood of the lot of them.
You and your fellow villagers are obsolete, Howie.
Who names a kid Howie anyway?
(morning, Attaturk!
and thank you kindly for your thoughts)
prolly Thurston Howell III, lovey.
LOL.
I have a different nit to pick. We talked about this the other night. What flag over his father’s coffin? Did he mean his grandfather?
It’s going to be a very long train when all deserving media pundits, gasbags, bloviators, egotists, empty headed newsreaders, and shills of the status quo are sent down that rail. On that day America should declare a holiday.
ayup!
(well said.)
Addington gets a subpoena:
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/....._0507.html
Will he show up?
Patriotism? Obama’s got yer patriotism:
nope.
not until our new President makes him.
obama could smack them down even better then that, he might have a flag on a wring or on his watch, his wallet, his belt
he could ask whoever asked, “why do the republicans hate this country, I don’t see anyone else wearing this flag on their belt”
or something equally stupifying to whoever brings the issue to an interview
Stupification!
brilliant.
Stupify them all.
perris– many thanks.
I saw somewhere that the transcript for the speech had grandfather, so yes.
If you go to the site, be sure to point out to Howie in the comments what a dork he is .