Quote of the Year
Dec 29th, 2007 at 9:47 pm by Susie
Andy Rosenthal on the hiring of William Kristol by the New York Times:
“The idea that The New York Times is giving voice to a guy who is a serious, respected conservative intellectual — and somehow that’s a bad thing,” Rosenthal added. “How intolerant is that?”
“Serious.” “Respected.” Respected by whom - the 27% of the true believers who still agree with him? “Intolerant”? How many people have to die in Iraq before the paper of record buys a clue? Gee, I’m sorry that bloggers place such a high premium on truth at the expense of Beltway show business.
Kristol is not a conservative, anyway. He’s a dangerous, radical neocon.
I’m disgusted by the New York Times newspaper (as Jimmy Breslin calls it). These Very Serious war-loving assholes are pathetic and the Old Gray Lady is now a crack whore.
Hey Andy, because there’s something happening here and you don’t know what it is, this one’s for you:
[...] “open-minded” commentary on the Kristol story can be found here, here, here, here, and [...]
Horowitz wanted wingnut welfare, now we have proof.
And lets not forget that Kristol was a co-founder and chairman of Project for the New American Century, which at various times has counted among its numbers Elliott Abrams, John Bolton, Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, and– never to be omitted from any list of “respected” conservative intellectuals– Dan Quayle.
Over at Hoffmania there is a reminder that in writing for a newspaper, Kristol will be subject to something new, public feedback. The emotional responses will never see ink, but a ruthless program of public fact-checking might be just the ticket for Bloody Billy.