Archive for the 'hack' Category

Call Me Classless…

Posted by Brendan on June 16th, 2008 filed in death, hack, media

… but after returning from a bluegrass festival and seeing the outpouring of grief over Tim “Pumpkinhead” Russert and calls for civility, I’m wondering what the big deal is.
The guy was a classic example of the banality of evil, a fat backslapping bloviator who was probably a nice guy, but who was also Dick Cheney’s [...]

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LTE: Bill Kristol is a Hypocrite

Posted by Brendan on June 2nd, 2008 filed in calling bullshit, hack, letters, media, right wing dingalings

Nepotism hire William Kristol takes Barack Obama to task for not exhorting college graduates to serve in the military (What Obama Left Out, NYT 6/2/08).
It is understandable that Mr. Kristol is looking for more cannon fodder to serve in the wars he so gleefully looks forward to starting. After all, thanks to Iraq, a war [...]

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Oy

Posted by Brendan on May 10th, 2008 filed in comedy gold!, hack, media

Amy Argetsinger, Village idiot
According to Amy Argetsinger in the Post, “First daughter’s decision to wed privately disappoints a public fascinated by her coming of age.”

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There are really so many kernels of undigested corn gems in this steaming turd of an article, I don’t know where to begin. I [...]

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Hacktacular

Posted by Brendan on April 17th, 2008 filed in calling bullshit, hack, media, youtube

George Snuffleupagus: Media Hack.

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MoDo Does Her Trick

Posted by Brendan on February 24th, 2008 filed in calling bullshit, hack, media, plain pitiful

Maureen Dowd does her one trick today. It’s called “sex panic”, in which Hillary Clinton is portrayed as a man (albeit an impotent man, this time), while Barack Obama is portrayed as a woman, or more specifically, as a girl. It’s the one thing Dowd, who has never been married and has no [...]

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Tell Me Another One, Annie…

Posted by Brendan on September 11th, 2007 filed in BAH, calling bullshit, hack, media

Anne Flaherty for the AP, claims “GOP war support on shaky ground”.
Besides the fact that this is a load of crap, with GOP leaders happy to say anything about Iraq but always voting in lockstep with the Pweznit, Anne’s bias is showing:
Republican support for the Iraq war remained on shaky ground in Congress [...]

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Ron Fournier is a Hack

Posted by Brendan on August 19th, 2007 filed in calling bullshit, hack, media

Analysis: Who’s the Dems Goldilocks?
DES MOINES, Iowa - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is too experienced, Sen. Barack Obama too raw. Listening to Democrats give their Goldilocks view of the 2008 presidential campaign must make voters wonder: Will any candidate be just right for the White House?
“Their Goldilocks view”? What the hell does [...]

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Linda, Meet Nancy: I’m Sure You Have a Lot to Talk About

Posted by Brendan on August 18th, 2007 filed in abortion, hack, politics

The Family Business
A former Reagan administration official and once President Bush’s choice for labor secretary, Ms. Chavez now sits at the helm of a political empire that includes antiabortion, anti-union, anti-affirmative action and pro-Republican groups. What was fascinating, and disturbing, about The Post’s report was how little of the donations these groups collected were spent [...]

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Richard Cohen: Apologist for Felons, and Total Moron. Also, a Meditation on Responsibility

Posted by Brendan on June 19th, 2007 filed in Richard Cohen is an Idiot, calling bullshit, criticism, hack, media

This is not an entirely trivial matter since government officials should not lie to grand juries, but neither should they be called to account for practicing the dark art of politics. As with sex or real estate, it is often best to keep the lights off.
That’s the inestimable Richard Cohen, who is so infernally stupid [...]

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With the Chair

Posted by Brendan on June 7th, 2007 filed in blogs, calling bullshit, hack, media

My ethics are thiiiis big
In which Booman takes the unctuous Joe Klein in his teeth and shakes him like a pit bull shakes a three-year old child.
You say you love blogging but you’re bummed that ‘the smart stuff is being drowned out by a fierce, bullying, often witless tone of intolerance that has overtaken the [...]

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