Scabby Sully Beats MoDo

It's Amazing. Andrew Sullivan managed to be more offensive than Maureen Dowd today. Her bitter column was despicable. But the man who claims to be a writer, yet who debased himself crossing the writer's picket line to promote himself on The Colbert Report, was even worse.

He began by complimenting Dowd, and then quoted her, writing that:

She gets the core narcissism at the heart of the Clinton machine:

There was a whiff of Nixonian self-pity about her choking up. What was moving her so deeply was her recognition that the country was failing to grasp how much it needs her. In a weirdly narcissistic way, she was crying for us. But it was grimly typical of her that what finally made her break down was the prospect of losing...

How exactly was this core narcissism on display in Clinton's "choking up?" She was asked a question about herself. Her answer was about herself.  She was clearly not pleased at the prospect of losing. Who, after the amount of work she has put into her campaign, would feel any differently.

"In a weirdly narcissistic way,she was crying for us?" If Clinton does not believe that she is the candidate best able to guide us as President, she should get the hell out of the race? Does Romney think he would  do the best job? Of course he does.

Is there any honest answer that any candidate could have given to the question that the scabby Sullivan could not condemn? She was asked how she did it; how she got out and on the trail day after day.

Actually I enjoy working as hard as I possibly could and failing; so of course it's easy for me to do!

Well, it's a piece of cake for me, cause I love traveling again and again and again to little towns in Iowa and New Hampshire where I get to eat lots of free food!

I love getting to meet new people!

Famous for being a gay conservative,Sullivan, who has built his career out of playing the "sexuality card", then argues that the "Clinton machine" will use "every cheap tactic: the gender card...." This is from the first columnist in the history of the Times of London who devoted an entire column to how nervous he was before his wedding, and printed his vows as well. (He married his lover in Provincetown, the gay capital of Massachusetts)

He goes on:

This is always about the Clintons. If the Democrats have to lose to McCain in November so Hillary Clinton can become the first female nominee for any major party, that's a price the country will just have to pay.

What does Sullivan think of McCain? He wrote way back in November of 2007, in analyzing the GOP field:

Only One Republican can end this war with honour

It's obviously his turn. He was runner-up in 2000 and a loyal Bushie (through gritted teeth) in 2004. He’s more reliably pro-life than any of the other big names; he is extremely well versed in foreign policy; and his integrity on the detention and interrogation question makes him the sole Republican president who could reassure the world that the US will not continue to torture prisoners.

Two months ago, Scabby did not seem to see the disaster in a McCain Presidency that today's post implies.

But as he made clear on The Colbert Report, he wants Obama. Sullivan's love affair with the handsome, African American is based on two things:

1. A young man in Lahore would thrill to see Obama's picture on the cover of a magazine. The mere sight of Obama changes men's hearts, and America would be as loved as Obama is.
2. He is the only one who could end the war in Iraq, and unify the country.

Shame on Sullivan.

P.S.
A lot of great bloggers decimated MoDo today. Shakespeare's Sister, Whiskey Fire and Buck Naked Politics are a few of them.

(memeorandum)

 

Comments

[Rick]

Hast thou soured on the brilliant Ms. Doud? She reminds me of a bad prom date after the Qualude has kicked in. Attractive in an odd sort of way, yet you hand her off to someone else to take home 'cause you just can't tolerate all the drama.

[bbbustard]

Great Analogy - let's hope that we are all getting tired of politics of the personal that she personifies.

[bbbustard]

Great Analogy - let's hope that we are all getting tired of politics of the personal that she personifies.

[Rick]

My wife inquired about the well being of Mesdames this evening and sends along her very best. Her name pops up frequently here.

We have a friend who raises lamb in central Ohio and he has developed, through selective crossbreeding, a new breed that he is satisfied with. It tastes like no lamb you have ever had in your life. Additionally, he butchers at about half the traditional weight. So an entire rear leg weighs only about 6 pounds or so. It is succulent beyond belief. I have two lambs in the freezer now. So tell her that when the two of you drop by, we will feast like it were biblical times. Lamb and wine and bread. (we often bake our own bread) I am making myself hungry.

[Rick]

We stopped by the Carnegie deli for lunch a week or so ago and I was lucky enough to find a parking place right in front. When we left, heading south, we immediately passed the Stage and it look dramatically different to me. Have they done something there?

[Tim Harris]

I am glad you had a go at Andrew Sullivan. I have tried hard, for various reasons I shan't go into, to feel a little respect for the man,but about the only feeling I have come to have for him is a sort of tired and sickened contempt. He can at times, when he has the moderate mask he puts on to appear responsible and attractive, write moderately intelligently about things, but there is something very unpleasant at his heart which is readily exposed when his mask slips, as it regularly does when he discusses Hillary Clinton, among other things: something infantile and irredeemably silly, and no less poisonous for being infantile and silly. I don't usually like referring to 'whited sepulchres', but Sullivan's complaining about other people's honesty, or lack of it, makes we want to. He is neither honest not honourable.

[anonymous progressive]

whatever. Maureen Dowd has a far, far better head on her shoulders than Gloria Steinem does.

Watch what happens if Hillary wins the nomination. All that energy you see behind the Democratic turnout?

Poof. Gone. You heard it here first.

Manythanks to Tim Harris -his analysis of Sullivan is perfect. Those rare occassions on which the columnst writes intelligently only raise the hope that he'll do so again - hopes which he immediately dashes.
Thanks also to AM - but I disagree about Dowd - Steinem's writing over the years is far more impressive than the one note of Dowd.
By the way, because I thought MoDo's column was despicable, does not mean I'm a supporter of Hillary. I'm still pretty open about this. I hope you're wrong if in fact she's the nominee, I'd think that the Bush years would be enough to motivate, but I'll remember where I heard it first.
Thanks

Above from the Bustard

[bbbustard]

Rick - thanks for your support - Mme Bustard is at my side as I write this, waiting to get some chemo this afternoon. She's feeling really well, and her CA125 has fallen a lot. She really appreciates your comments, and is about ready to hop in the car for some bread and wine, and lamb.

If you had stayed on 7th, and looked up to your left when you were exactly two miles south of the Stage, you would have seen some Christmas lights shining along a balcony railing. As always, Mme Bustard thought me ridiculous for putting them up.