Eric, you wrote:
Indeed, by sending Joe Wurzelbacher to the Middle East, pjtv.com may be taking its assault against the MSM too far. It is sending the message that anyone-which is precisely what “Joe the Plumber” came to symbolize during the 2008 presidential election-can cover the Israeli-Palestinian conflict more competently than the MSM. To be sure, this is an amusing proposition.
I think it’s closer to a proven fact. And considering that Joe–who had “no known qualifications for actually covering” the 2008 election–got straight to the heart of Barack Obama’s worrisome economic disposition (while the MSM weighed in with their chills, thrills, and shivers), it’s hard to imagine a more suitable “anyone” for the job. Frankly, if there’s anything we can afford less of in discussing the Middle East it’s “expertise.” Particularly of the academic variety that gave us the credentialed Walt and Mearsheimer. I, for one, am looking forward to Joe’s perspective.
“But having a first-class temperament and a first-class intellect, President Obama will (I pray, secularly) surely understand that traditional left-politics aren’t going to get us out of this pit we’ve dug for ourselves. If he raises taxes and throws up tariff walls and opens the coffers of the DNC to bribe-money from the special interest groups against whom he has (somewhat disingenuously) railed during the campaign trail, then he will almost certainly reap a whirlwind that will make Katrina look like a balmy summer zephyr.”
And Obama goes on to want to raise taxes, put up tariffs, open coffers to Dem special interest groups. Well, I guess Katrina will now look like a balmy summer zephyr, whatever that is.
What happens to useful idiots when they have outlived their usefulness?
Chris Buckley is an overly precious, poor writer, by the way, along with being a poor judge of political horseflesh.
Whatever has he done that we should care about what he thinks?
Had a famous father?
Obama may be looking at Brown-ish approval numbers before too long, after a couple of really cheerful unemployment reports. Rasmussen has his disapproval rating up to 41% now, after five measly weeks on the job. His 58% approval is not particularly good for a barely one-month-old presidency.
Sadly, Chris Buckley seems to have tumbled into the 41%. Breaks my heart.
Global New Deal — we make you more dependent on us, everywhere. You don’t need a worker’s revolt against the capitalists when the government will do it.
Christopher Buckley needs to go away and not discuss politics for a while. And he needs to lose the “impish gay Gene Kelly” look. Gene Kelly deserves better, as does William F. Buckley Jr. on politics.
excellent!
I liked “Thank you for not Smoking.” I think Buckley is funny. But he is a poor political commentator.
i think buckley is a superbly funny – and perceptive – writer of satirical fiction…
and he was half right about obama: a first-class intellect, yes; a first class temperament – yes but only for those folks who agree with him…
….it’s a genuine pity (and ironic) that christopher buckley confuses superior intellect and decent temperament with good character…
…our new president is not only demonstrably dishonest, he’s dishonest about being dishonest…
he has first-class dishonesty
“first-class temperament and a first-class intellect”—I had hoped never to hear this tripe again.
Temperament, shmemperament.
It’s easy to have a first class temperament when your pursuits are purely narcissistic, and you are succeeding, with the help of white guilt / diminished expectations, in having those needs fulfilled.
The stated political goals are just window dressing, so failures in coming up with a workable plans to solve those real world issues take a backseat to the ‘Ahhh, Air Force One is a very cool place to be’ moments.
retro tea parties? You’re clueless, Abe.
And the evidence of his “first class intellect” was what again?
If this item from the Hartford Courant is true, who can take Christopher Buckley seriously on anything? Since this became news last October, I’ve seen no refutation of the claim that Buckley ignores his son.
“As William F. Buckley Jr.’s only child, satirist and former White House aide Christopher Buckley is poised to inherit a fortune worth tens of millions of dollars.
But as Buckley waits for the estate of his late father to go through probate court in Stamford, a former Random House publicist is fighting in a Miami courtroom to increase the $3,000 a month in child support he pays for the special-needs son he fathered with her.
Irina Woelfle’s lawsuit blames 7-year-old Jonathan’s learning problems, in part, on Christopher Buckley’s refusal to have anything to do with the boy.”
“The father is notably absent from the minor child’s life,” her lawsuit states.”
Normally, #14, I’d rather not consider the personal affairs of politicians and pundits, but it’s hard to read your item without putting certain comments of his – e.g., “the thought of Sarah Palin as president gives me acid reflux” – in a new light.
Buckley thinks Big Brother Barack has “a first-class temperament and a first-class intellect?” Based on what? Ever since he announced his campaign for President, he’s consistently demonstrated a whiny, prickly temperament and a mediocre intellect. Not even Buckley’s girlie crush could be strong enough to overlook Big B.’s temperamental and intellectual deficiencies. Buckley is obviously deficient himself.
Is Brown really meeting Obama?
Pretty funny when you don’t take your own warning.
I wish there was an easier choice for this.
Appreciate the info guys, thanks