On Wednesday, National Review Senior Editor Jay Nordlinger and others who went into histrionics over the notion of a few celebrities saying nice things about public service and the President.
Well, we cannot have that. The nerve!
Greenwald gives chapter and verse over the hypocrisy of this notion. To his credit Nordlinger sort of backed down in light of the evidence. However, this statement of Nordlinger, as Glenn noted, really stood out:
Greenwald spends some time on two figures in particular: Angela Williamson and Monica Goodling, appointees at the Justice Department. I regret to say that I had never heard of either of them, or their doings. It’s not that my memory is “either very short or very selective.” It could be that I’m not always a very attentive reader of the newspapers.
Um, yeah. Rush Limbaugh only.
And did you learn your lesson? Why, of course not.
Another pet theme, or pet peeve, of mine has to do with “safe zones” — my recent term for zones free of partisan politics. (These might include concerts, church, city tours . . .). A reader wrote me to say that he was sick of the intrusion of politics into the sports pages — hear, hear. Been singing this song forever. Those politics always — always — come from the left.
I guess Jay picked the wrong day not to listen to Rush Limbaugh:
CBS golf analyst David Feherty: "[I]f you gave any U.S. soldier a gun with two bullets in it … there’s a good chance that Nancy Pelosi would get shot twice, and Harry Reid and bin Laden would be strangled to death."
Yeah, always — always — come from the left alright.
Jay Nordlinger, just uninformed enough about politics to be a senior editor at a conservative political magazine.
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Heh.
In a way, it’s apolitical to be a winger, it’s more like a psychosis than actual politics.
Thanks, Attaturk. Links that could keep me reading all day.
Good morning all.
Good morning, pups. Prof. Krugman is off today, so it’s solo Bobo. In “Let’s Get Fundamental” Bobo says President Obama has drifted away from tackling the real problem with health care: perverse incentives. Bobo is obviously severely linky-impaired, so here is a link to the article in the Atlantic that he’s writing about. Maybe Frank Rich can take Bobo aside and teach him how to use the interwebs toobz…
Here’s Bobo.
The coffee and tea are ready, and I’ve got apple walnut muffins this morning. There’s a delightful chill in the air this morning, with the temperature below 70, and lower humidity. That may not seem cool to those of you in the north, but it’s a delightful change for us. Have a great day.
Well, hell, how can we expect the senior editor at a conservative political magazine to occupy his beautiful mind with such piddling little matters as the scandal that led to the resignation of the Attorney General of the United States.
Good Day to all the morning firepups. I have not been here forever (computer problems) and I missed you all.
And, a fine post to return too. I love when the right rejects having celebrities voice political opinions….except Ronald Reagan, Charlton Heston, Sonny Bono, Jon Voigt……
As Greenwald said, Nordlinger would have to be stupid and a fool to be in the position he’s in and not know of Monica Goodling. What does Nordlinger do at NRO? Isn’t politics his job? Falling upward is essential(but not the sole domain of) Republicans/Conservatives.
I wonder how many times it’s pointed out to these guys the military contributed to and voted for the democrats and the military run as democrats more then they run as republicans
these guys have a cute trick, they say things as if it’s common knowledge when the reverse is true
Hello?
I’m sorry I put up such a sucky post in the morning.
It’s a great post. It’s just a bit nauseating to read before breakfast, on an empty stomach.
It is not a sucky post. Been lurking here and elsewhere.
P.S. Good Morning
This post works for me..and so why should fascists capitulate when they have all the money and guns? A. they never will
Ted Nugent, Chuck Norris, Curt Schilling….
The governator
you attaturk, I look forward to your morning posts more then most of the authors here and I loved this installment
ps, I have a secret
I believe I have put up some sucky posts…I swear it’s true
you have never done it as long as I’ve read at the lake
Sometimes when rewriting history some details cannot be dealt with.
Schilling is considering running for Teddy’s seat. Good luck with that, asshole.
Late word on that is that he is not registered as a rethug and cannot run according to Mass. law.
How hard is it to register in MA? Or is it a time as registered whatever thing?
Thank you.
I knew if I whined hard enough I might get the comments to double digits. ;-)
Has to be registered in party for a certain amount of time.
Re: Kurt Schilling
In the late 19th Century the GOP used to win elections by “waving the bloody shirt” (figuratively) of the murdered Lincoln.
A century and a quarter later they want to wave the bloody sock?
Awwwww, too bad, so sad. Fuck you Schilling.
I thought it was a used condum.
I’ve seen Schilling interviewed about all manner of crap.
He’s glib — but not very bright. So it figures he’d be a dilettante who doesn’t know his ability to do things outside of throwing a slider.
Interesting…thank you for making me be more objective. Isn’t it natural; that when you see a right winger screaming at a woman in a wheel chair, to be a little pissed off? If I would have been at that town hall, that momo and I would be fightin!
Does anyone have any wisdom to relate about how to be more calm in the face of such right wing stupidity?
Pardon my spelling. I have a dis… that I also cannot spell.
The only golf I follow is Tiger Woods…But I wonder if Mr. Feherty may be disciplined? Like the guy who made remarks about folks who cannot swim….Those golf sponsors surely don’t like that stuff (even if it’s a Dem)
IIRC his mouth got him in trouble either last year or the year before.
Mornin’, RevBev
The golf world is pretty conservative. The old ones are dying off but the younger ones can make more money in 1 season than some of the old guys did in their entire career. Then they get into that “protect the wealth” mode and next thing ya know they’re making spots for Rethug issues.
Morning, if he got in trouble last year…one might think he would learn, maybe. Guess not.
Feherty apologized fairly profusely a few days after the shite hit the fan.
I read that the celebrity message was taped last year. Under Bush? If so, these guys are dumber and more pernicious clucks than ever.
it’s a “lifestyle” allright. This is more of the weird, right wing propensity to always accuse the left, of the the rights’ sick twisted behavior. Perfect example of the need for the kind of “free zones” this chump mentioned, Dr Offices: You shouldnt have to be harrased by your Doctor about “socialized” medicine. The work place: One shouldnt have to fight the urge to strangle the loud mouthed, foghorn-leghorn like clown/ rush limbaugh fan who is announcing his idiot opinions like a PA adress, and daring anyone to disagree with him. the right are the political bullies of American life.
Good Morning
Nice Attaturk
We be surrounded, in deep doodoo
But we have a secret weapon(s)
What might that be
The truth and the sheer force of our numbers
And somebody with gravitas call Trumka, he needs to stand tall