Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:04:00
Sullivanwatch part a billion
Twice in a day, Ace skewers the balloon of self-importance that is Andrew Sullivan
He could have just said, “Yes, I was searching for a way to support the Edwards family through this crisis, and, without giving the matter much thought, reflexively praised the family for making one decision, and then reflexively praised them for an opposite decision when I learned they’d changed their minds. It’s not really such a horrible thing to speak a good word about a family suffering a cancer scare, is it?”
But the guy has absolutely no sense of humor about himself, and is far too egotistical and narcissistic to even admit such a low level of fault.
The worst fault a blogger can have, and yet one so many possess.
And thus a bit of needling from Jonah Goldberg becomes, as always, a pretext to return to Andrew Sullivan’s favorite subject, Andrew Sullivan, and his favorite theme relating to that subject, Why Is Everyone So Blind And Dishonest As To Not Be Capable Of Recognizing That Everything Andrew Sullivan Writes Is Well-Nigh The Word of MIGHTY GOD HIMSELF.
Heh. See, this is a large part of why Andrew annoys the living hell out of me. Everything becomes personal with him. People who have never given him a passing thought are painted as personally assaulting him at every turn; which I suppose is just an extension of the main reason I cannot stand him anymore; his unchecked hysteria. That and the fact that he’s willing to suckle at the teat of anyone opposed to George W. Bush on any level, even if that person is someone at whom he would have turned up his nose in say, 2001.
And so we have Elizabeth Edwards diagnosed with serious cancer, and Sullivan is roused to say a nice word about her; but the real emotion comes when Jonah Goldberg dares to poke fun at him for a bit of hackery. Why didn’t you give my book more publicity!?!
One can almost smell the salt in the angry tears.
Not to be redundant, but...heh.
What’s that old joke? It’s sad when a school collapses in Ecuador, killing dozens; but it’s a TRAGEDY when my car won’t start.
And that other old joke about the fickleness of the weather: Don’t like Andrew Sullivan’s opinion? Stick around for five minutes, it’ll change.
OK, this is just getting silly, I’m not saying “heh” again. Read the whole post. For all the cheap shot Ace takes at Sully, he has Sullivan scoped out from top to bottom. I wish he’d make his arguments without all the gay jokes, though. They aren’t necessary, and it gives tacit approval to the bigots among the commenters over there license to run wild.
Posted by JimK at 08:04 PM on March 22, 2007
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#1 Posted by Buzzion
on 03/22 at 10:21 PM -
Gee I can think of others who happen to be just like that.