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From Morn To Noon She Fell; From Noon To Dewy Eve…
Watertiger sends the following tidings:
From: “Michelle Malkin”
To: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:04:58 -0400
Subject: Re: Michelle no longer on the Factor?I made the decision to quit appearing on the O’Reilly show in response to the poor handling of the Geraldo Rivera matter (the staged “apology” on The Factor was a complete farce). I won’t go into details, but please know that your support means a lot to me. You can catch me on other Fox News shows and read my daily blog posts and weekly columns at MichelleMalkin.com.
Best,
Michelle
Translation: The O’Reilly show fired me for my poor handling of the Graeme Frost matter (my continuing attacks on a 12-year-old kid with traumatic brain injury made me a liability) and for my endless campaign against Geraldo Rivera, to list some of this month’s examples. Having been given the opportunity to resign, I have turned it around on the O’Reilly show and am now performing my Brave Little Topsy act. Can you believe their poor handling of the. . .uh, thing? I am so outraged at this lack of professionalism that I will die here in this snowbank before continuing to associate myself with such a program.
You can catch me on other Fox shows unless I’ve really done it to myself this time, in which case I’m calling Howie Kurtz to bail me out again, plus I still have a blog and a syndicated column, so nyeah.
Bradrocket adds: I dunno. If she got to interview the Black Panthers every night, I think it would be an entertaining, Jerry Springer-esque carnivale:
(Via TBizzy)
whack said,
October 15, 2007 at 17:15
Stalkin’ Malkin walkin’? Boo freaking hoo.
Wally Whateley said,
October 15, 2007 at 17:18
Oh, brave little Topsy! Brave, BRAVE Little Topsy!
You sure O’Reilly fired her? I’m pretty sure he gets off on unfounded accusations against children…
Lesly said,
October 15, 2007 at 17:20
What’s the Rivera apology about?
Gavin M. said,
October 15, 2007 at 17:22
Ah. I added a link…
Wally Whateley said,
October 15, 2007 at 17:30
Got any links that don’t require me to give La Diabla any hits?
Legalize said,
October 15, 2007 at 17:30
Lesson: even the fuckwits associated with Bill O’Reilly understand that Malkin and her brood only further disclose how unhinged and hateful modern conservatism actually is.
JK47 said,
October 15, 2007 at 17:33
I think Gavin’s right on. She’s no longer going to appear on the highly-rated O’Reilly show over this minor Geraldo kerfuffle? I don’t think so.
What an embarrassing week for the little racist monster.
Legalize said,
October 15, 2007 at 17:35
And she still doesn’t have the sense to quit:
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/10/15/s-chip-and-the-democrats-human-shield-campaign/
Sharon said,
October 15, 2007 at 17:36
Apparently the WSJ’s editorial page slammed Michelle. When the nutjobs at the WSJ are willing to call another conservative on your trollish behavior, you’ve really hit bottom.
bpower said,
October 15, 2007 at 17:36
I’d still hit it, thats why I hate her so much, she proves what dispicable human being I am.
Scrub,scrub, rinse, rinse, scrub, scrub…
Nope, still feel dirty, I hate you Malkin!!!
Rufus said,
October 15, 2007 at 17:36
Shorter Malkin:
I haven’t been “destroyed.” Part of my roof is still intact.
NobodySpecial said,
October 15, 2007 at 17:37
Yes, us Democrats are trying to shield humans from Michelle Malkin. G_d will react favorably.
Gavin M. said,
October 15, 2007 at 17:40
Honestly, I’m against the not-linking-to-people thing on principle. People are always doing it to us, all like, “Bwaha, I refu-u-use to give them any traffic!” when they’re really trying to keep their readers from seeing what we wrote.
Ann Althouse refuses even to mention our name — which doesn’t stop her from writing long posts about us, but she’s agile that way. I think it’s just a lot easier and more honest to let the hits flow as they may.
Gavin M. said,
October 15, 2007 at 17:47
Added another link. Thanks!!
Lesley said,
October 15, 2007 at 17:49
Has O’Reilly announced she’s fired? Where are the conservative editorials taking her to task? I wish they’d announce she’s fired and for what. She shouldn’t be allowed to get away with “I quit.”
Mister DNA said,
October 15, 2007 at 17:50
Malkin may have been fired from O’Reilly’s show, but it probably doesn’t have anything to do Graeme Frost – Mr. Loofah O’Falafel has no problem at all picking on children.
Mister DNA said,
October 15, 2007 at 17:51
“doesn’t have anything to do with Graeme Frost”, I meant to say…
David Robinson said,
October 15, 2007 at 17:53
She got fired because all she did was wound the 12-year old — figuratively speaking .
Roxanne said,
October 15, 2007 at 17:54
What becomes a martyr most? Jesus H. Get off that cross –somebody needs the wood.
bemused said,
October 15, 2007 at 17:55
Stick a fork in her.
The fat lady is singing.
Red Auerbach is lighting his victory cigar.
Henry Winkler is sailing over the shark in his leather jacket.
Whatever metaphor for “over” you want to use, Michelle is now RIGHT THERE.
Being on TV is the mother’s milk, the holy grail, the highest state of enlightenment, the sine qua non (I am so full of repetitive analogies today!!!) of wingnut welfare. FOX is the ne plus ultra (sorry, had one more left in me) of the righty universe. And The Factor, whatever we think of it over here in reality world, is the capo di tutti capi (all right, somebody punch me now) of the FOX empire.
You don’t “quit” The Factor if you’re Michelle Malkin, you get down on your knees and blow as many assistant producers as it takes to get on the show and stay there. Nobody gave a shit about a maniacal, plastic-faced, scrawny Asian woman who defended the Japanese internment UNTIL she went on FOX. And now, nobody will ever care again. Boo hoo.
Bottom line: O’Reilly fired Malkin over Graeme Frost. Then he gave her the opportunity to say she quit. And now she’s been busted making up a bullshit story that trashes the guy after he cut her some slack.
If Michelle Malkin had handled this any worse, she’d be in jail. Maybe that’s something we can look forward to.
Lesley said,
October 15, 2007 at 18:00
I’m not seeing the WSJ link. Can’t find that editorial either.
Righteous Bubba said,
October 15, 2007 at 18:07
Stick a fork in her.
Unhinged!
I think she’ll be around. She gets a lot of traffic, she’s hot, and she or Jesse is better at writing sentences-to-the-yokels than most of her brain-dead compatriots.
Gary Ruppert said,
October 15, 2007 at 18:12
The fact is that Geraldo’s insane comments were not forgivable just by apology, but by Geraldo being fired from Fox News.
Fox News decided to stick with a man who hasn’t drawn ratings for 20 years over a new up and coming Conservative Superstar. Their loss.
Bill O’Reilly is a squishy little wimp who has been caving on the War for 4 years. And that’s a fact.
g said,
October 15, 2007 at 18:19
Who wants to bet she goes crawling back to them and begs to be on again in 6 months?
J— said,
October 15, 2007 at 18:21
Hot Air TV live and streaming right now! See Bryan and Michelle shoot the breeze and respond to readers’ questions and comments.
Marco said,
October 15, 2007 at 18:23
Gary Ruppert said,
October 15, 2007 at 18:12
The fact is that Geraldo’s insane comments were not forgivable just by apology, but by Geraldo being fired from Fox News.
Fox News decided to stick with a man who hasn’t drawn ratings for 20 years over a new up and coming Conservative Superstar. Their loss.
Bill O’Reilly is a squishy little wimp who has been caving on the War for 4 years. And that’s a fact.
Wow, teh funny is here this Monday.
Trilateral Chairman said,
October 15, 2007 at 18:34
Uh, maybe it’s just because it’s Monday, or maybe it’s because I’m reading a version of the story that’s been reflected through Malkin’s funhouse-mirror of a mind, but I’m still a bit confused about what the heck is going on. (And I can’t find the WSJ article either)
But frankly, if Geraldo is involved (however inadvertently) in taking down Malkin, it’ll be the first useful service he’s provided in a long time.
g said,
October 15, 2007 at 18:35
I’m with Trilat – what the fuck actually happened? And why do we care about it?
Marco said,
October 15, 2007 at 18:37
I hear she’s anchor(baby)ing a new Fox special.
The 4H Club: The Enemy Within
Fight them, Michelle. Fight them hard.
Rightwingsnarkle said,
October 15, 2007 at 18:38
Good news, for two reasons:
1. It’s just plain good news.
2. It’s the basis for teh first entry in my brand-spanking new blog! inspired by my time here at S,N!
Brain Thrust said,
October 15, 2007 at 18:38
“Ms Malkin is more of a man than Geraldo…”
I couldn’t think of an original comment, so I borrowed one from Malkins commenters/enablers.
Gavin M. said,
October 15, 2007 at 18:40
Oh, it’s hard to explain. Geraldo and O’Reilly had an on-air bust-up, and Malkin has been refusing to let it die, launching a sustained screeching attack on Geraldo beyond the point of anything making any sense anymore.
Ripley said,
October 15, 2007 at 18:42
I asked this at Tbogg’s, but hasn’t she appeared on the Factor since the Geraldo incident? I thought she was hosting last week or so, when O’Reilly stepped in it (again) over some issue and needed to escape the public eye for a few days.
I don’t keep track of her or FOX News (snicker!), so I could be mis-rememberizing, but I’d swear I saw something about her guest hosting, lately.
Sammiches United said,
October 15, 2007 at 18:43
We gave you all weekend, and no Sammiches.
Loofa Sammich for O’Rly? Sausage Sammich for Malkin?
Maybe a little kid sammich?
Southern Beale said,
October 15, 2007 at 18:45
Over at Atrios, home of the dumbest trolls evah,American Hawk posts:
“Unlike lefties, conservatives have standards and sometimes have principled disagreements where two equally reasonable people disagree. This is news? Must be foreign to liberals, I guess.”
Ach, zee grapez, zey are ZOUR!
Trilateral Chairman said,
October 15, 2007 at 18:49
From the comments at thinkprogress:
After which it apparently degenerated further into some kind of squabbling match.
I’d say that the spitting comment was a bit out of line, but the first comment was within the realm of…well, not civilized discourse, but tolerable political diatribe.
Here’s how I’d like to see this end:
(1) Geraldo should absolutely reaffirm his criticism of Malkin and refuse to back down. He should, however, apologize for the spitting remark, and voluntarily remove himself from the airwaves.
(2) Malkin should storm off in a huff from O’Reilly’s show (which she appears to have done) and sink into total obscurity.
It’s win-win, as far as I can tell. Now if only we could dispatch O’Reilly too….
Johnny Coelacanth said,
October 15, 2007 at 18:50
From reading the comments at Stalkin’ Malkin’s place, (dip computer in bleach, wait for it to dry…) Geraldo apparently said that he would spit on Michelle Malkin if he saw her in person. He then apologized, prefaced with “I won’t say what I think about Michelle Malkin.” My estimation of Mr. Rivera has been pushed up a couple notches. Anyway, that wasn’t good enough to repair Michelle’s offended sensibilities, and she quit because Bill Orally refused to fire Geraldo, and will continue to have him on the show regularly. Boo fuckin’ hoo.
g said,
October 15, 2007 at 18:52
So wait now, Michelle and her commentors are saying that Geraldo – who is still employed by Fox – is a has-been and that she – who is no longer employed by Fox – is a superstar?
What would be wrong with spitting on Malkin? just askin’.
Johnny Coelacanth said,
October 15, 2007 at 18:54
“What would be wrong with spitting on Malkin?”
Some women with very low self-esteem might like that kind of degradation, but Ms. Malkin strikes me as the type who thinks spitting on someone else is foreplay.
Johnny Coelacanth said,
October 15, 2007 at 19:00
Oh, and spitting on people is vile. If it comes to assault, I’d whack somebody with a two-by-four before I spit on them, and if you spit on me, it’s back to the two-by-four.
kingubu said,
October 15, 2007 at 19:03
Wait, so Malkin threw an adolescent “either he goes or I go” tantrum and lost… to Geraldo???
Ouchie.
Johnny Coelacanth said,
October 15, 2007 at 19:08
Oh, so not nice, but LOL from the Watertiger comments:
“Watching Michelle Malkin is like watching a dog take a crap to music.”
g said,
October 15, 2007 at 19:09
Oh, and spitting on people is vile.
Actually, I was kinda joking when I said “what could be wrong with spitting on Malkin” but Johnny, I’m curious – I’ve never spat on anyone nor have i been spat on, and I don’t think I’ve known anyone who was either spitter or spittee – why is spitting so bad, and what is the cultural origin of this?
It doesn’t seem like that much to me, I mean, it’s an insult, I get that, but why is it such an inflammatory insult, why is it so much more worse than just having someone curse you? Does anyone know?
tb said,
October 15, 2007 at 19:11
You need to check out Tbogg’s video clip of Malkin miming the actions of a hard-hitting journalit. My Christ it is painful. I had to turn it off at “there’s only one whore on this show and it’s YOU Mr. Shabazz”.
JK47 said,
October 15, 2007 at 19:12
Geraldo’s got connections that the Malkin thing does not. She can huff and puff all she wants but when it comes down to it she’s not really a part of their little boys club.
I think the Frost incident probably greased the skids. I also think the Malkin thing is afraid of Geraldo. Say what you want about that douchebag, but he’s not going to back down from a little twit like the Malkin thing. She’s running scared.
Johnny Coelacanth said,
October 15, 2007 at 19:18
“nor have i been spat on, and I don’t think I’ve known anyone who was either spitter or spittee – why is spitting so bad, and what is the cultural origin of this?”
I couldn’t tell you anything about the cultural bias (it’s unhygienic?), but I grew up as a nerdy bookworm in a neighborhood where the bullies would beat you then spit on you to make sure you knew your place. It’s kind of a trigger for me, so I disavow it as being dehumanizing and hateful. I knew you were kinda joking, and I can’t really condemn Geraldo for his urge to expectorate on that harridan Malkin.
Pvt. Joker said,
October 15, 2007 at 19:18
Geraldo opened Malkin’s conscience, but there was nothing in there except some dusty bottles.
J— said,
October 15, 2007 at 19:18
Just to be clear, Shabazz represents the New Black Panther Party.
I am pedant. Hear me pedantize.
Johnny Coelacanth said,
October 15, 2007 at 19:20
yeah tb, I saw that video when it was fresh, and it’s an embarassing performance by Malkin. No great loss to the Factor, but she belongs on Fox news, if she belongs on TV at all.
Tommykey said,
October 15, 2007 at 19:20
Spitting on Michelle Malkin is wrong because it is needlessly cruel to the bacteria in your saliva that might actually come into physical contact with her!
g said,
October 15, 2007 at 19:21
Geraldo is probably the one reporter who is just as self-promoting, just as outrageous, just as ill-mannered as Michelle and he won’t back down like another person might. – only it appears he has a little bit more of a conscience than she does when it comes to truth and victimizing innocents.
Johnny Coelacanth said,
October 15, 2007 at 19:26
“Hear me pedantize.”
How about pedanterate? Pedantify? Pedantinate? Can we settle on the proper verb form for pedant?
Johnny Coelacanth said,
October 15, 2007 at 19:29
“she’s not really a part of their little boys club.”
I think that’s part of it. We all know how Orally likes to treat the women who work for him; making Malkin a permanent part of the show was never in the cards unless she went to the Bahamas with him, is my guess.
Me said,
October 15, 2007 at 19:39
Please, if you do nothing else, just keep posting that picture of the Flaming Malkin.
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
October 15, 2007 at 19:42
Stalkin’ Malkin must have had a lot of baked beans before she got shot down in flames.
Ain’t it a shame?
bemused said,
October 15, 2007 at 19:47
And here I thought I was the only one that noticed that the flames were coming out of her ass. Silly me. Never misoverestimate the juvenility (since we’re making up words) of the SN population.
Pvt. Joker said,
October 15, 2007 at 20:01
That’s the first time I’ve seen that video of her with Shabazz. She has a very weird cadence — emphasizing the wrong words, etc. For example, here’s what I hear in the first sentence of the clip:
“Mr. Shabazz, you and your so-called party how many members do you have fifteen, have. made a. career. out of. stoking. racial demagoguery.”
sophie brown said,
October 15, 2007 at 20:03
I’m worried. With Malkin in disrepair and Coulter box-office poison with an adams apple are we at risk of seeing the rise of Schussel or Pammy? That would be bad. Real bad.
Sharon said,
October 15, 2007 at 20:05
The WSj reference comes for the The Horses’ Mouth over at TPM
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/horsesmouth/2007/10/even_wall_stree.php
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
October 15, 2007 at 20:05
bemused said,
October 15, 2007 at 19:47
And here I thought I was the only one that noticed that the flames were coming out of her ass. Silly me. Never misoverestimate the juvenility (since we’re making up words) of the SN population.
Come for the sophisticated commentary, stay for the poop jokes.
Sadly, Cambridgeport said,
October 15, 2007 at 20:08
pedanticate
J— said,
October 15, 2007 at 20:15
How about pedantificate?
Rob said,
October 15, 2007 at 20:16
I’d be willing to bet that she’ll be back on The Factor within a month.
Hoosier X said,
October 15, 2007 at 20:17
So, what did Bat Girl Malkin say that would provoke someone to say she should be spat on?
Oh. Right. Let me rephrase that.
So, what did Bat Girl Malkin say that would not provoke someone to say she should be spat on?
Pope Ratz said,
October 15, 2007 at 20:32
The verb needs some work, but the Catholic Church has the noun perfected like a shining jew(el).
Pedanterasty.
flatfoot said,
October 15, 2007 at 20:52
Malkin in booster seat awaits incoming fire and ask’s- are we there yet?.
pedant's pedant said,
October 15, 2007 at 21:04
Pedanticize
Legalize said,
October 15, 2007 at 21:16
That pic of Stalkin’ Malkin in her booster seat is creepy as hell. She barely looks human.
Oh, wait …
The Mahablog » Malkin Quits O’Reilly Factor said,
October 15, 2007 at 21:17
[...] Giraldo Rivera was mean to her. Poor baby. See also Tbogg and Gavin. [...]
David Robinson said,
October 15, 2007 at 21:36
Possible titles for the photo of Michelle Malkin accompanying this article:
The Miracle of the Burning Bush
or
The Last Supper
Righteous Bubba said,
October 15, 2007 at 21:40
The Miracle of the Burning Bush
Unwhinged?
moondancer said,
October 15, 2007 at 21:46
She is quoted, “..I still have my syndicated column.” That will be great comfort as you enter the dark, cold winter of your career, my little caramel nugget.
David Robinson said,
October 15, 2007 at 22:07
Introducing new, improved* The Factor
*now with 10% less racism!
J— said,
October 15, 2007 at 22:12
Damage control!
Karen said,
October 15, 2007 at 22:22
My sons, ages five and nine, and my husband have a running joke the punchline to which is “farts of fire with burning butts.” I couldn’t tell you where they got it or why they think it’s funny, but the picture of MM falling will now forever have that title in my mind.
And I adore the title. Many, many compliments for the best use of Milton I’ve seen in ages.
I love you guys. There are no other blogs on Earth that can manage references to epic poetry and flatulence jokes in the same post. Keep up the good work.
Karen said,
October 15, 2007 at 22:23
I adore the title to the post, I mean, not my silly title to the picture.
Basment Blogger ‘trex” tries to nip at Mighty Michell Malkin : 186 kpersecond said,
October 15, 2007 at 22:37
[...] morons on the left try to pin the reason for leaving the O’Reilly factor with her view on [...]
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
October 15, 2007 at 22:37
Howie Kurtz, still a putz. And objectively pro-stalking.
Whether or not the Frost family should be considered too well-off to qualify for federal health benefits doesn’t seem to fall in that category.
Yo Howie, that is the job of the state of Maryland and the Feds, and the Frosts did qualify. The purpose of the attack by Stalkin’ Malkin and fellow orcs, winged monkeys, etc. is to punish the Frosts for daring to speak in favor of the program.
wordyeti said,
October 15, 2007 at 22:41
Dang! I clicked over the the WSJ editorials, hoping to see them call out the Malkinthing by name. But they were all squishy over it, pretty much saying that the Frost family actually are the kinds of blue collar hardworking salt-’o-earth types that are supposedly the core of the great U.S. of A., and that they did deserve a “limited for of SCHIP.”
Closest they got to delivering an actual slam to the mean-spirited little freak were a couple of sentences in which they wrung their hands over how the out-of-control cruelty and disregard for the facts that the wingnutosphere has been practicing for the last couple of weeks has been playing right into the Democrat’s hands. I guess the theory behind that one is that it’s OK to be a shitsucking narcissitic warmonger, just as long as someone within the movement doesn’t actually pull back the curtain to reveal the wizened, Davros the Dalek-like men behind the “compassionate conservative” pablum.
Now that the WSJ has been assimilated into the News America empire, and Malkin has transgressed with Fox, I think we’ll see a lot more veiled shots at the “firecracker” coming out in the editorial pages. Everyone is getting the morning memo and talking points from Ailes these days, and Malkin is definitely outside of the little circle of trust. She interfered with the making of the almighty $$, and Rupert’s minions Will Have None Of That.
RedStayteColluge said,
October 15, 2007 at 22:57
Ugh.
SN! oxygen-deprived troll Darleen is taking up the reigns of Anti-SChip shreikingover at Pasty’s mouthbreathing echo chamber.
Notorious P.A.T. said,
October 15, 2007 at 23:01
Malkin has been refusing to let it die, launching a sustained screeching attack on Geraldo beyond the point of anything making any sense anymore.
Or as Mrs. Malkin calls it, “blogging”.
ceabaird said,
October 15, 2007 at 23:30
When the fuck did malkin register her freakin’ name as a trademark!?! “Michelle Malkin, tm” is taking self-pretentiousnessity to new, Marianas Trench-like depths.
I guess she showed us! Like, sooooo bad.
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
October 15, 2007 at 23:43
I scoff at Michelle Malkin’s self-pretentiousnessity. And take it to the 32nd power.
P.S. Howie won a well deserved WOTD.
tigrismus said,
October 15, 2007 at 23:49
I don’t think the genesis of the Geraldo affair was an on air comment, though they’ve sparred on air several times, I think it was this month-and-a-half-old Boston Globe article. I guess it’s kind of like the “after 9/11, I’m outraged by Chappaquiddick” folks, after the Frosts she’s outraged enough by Geraldo to quit.
tigrismus said,
October 15, 2007 at 23:52
Well, phooey, had I followed the links I’d have seen that was already pointed out by the “Michelle Malkin is an Idiot” people.
Anne Laurie said,
October 16, 2007 at 0:14
Apparently the WSJ’s editorial page slammed Michelle. When the nutjobs at the WSJ are willing to call another conservative on your trollish behavior, you’ve really hit bottom.
Naah, Wordyeti’s got it: The WSJ could care less about trollish behavior — they’ve been trolls for decades — but if Malkin’s ongoing crusade against “socialized health care” is starting to make the megacorporations nervous, she needs to be slapped down soonest. Remember, the latest GM strike was over who paid for retirees’ healthcare, and Walmart is now running TV commercial insisting they do *so* provide health coverage for their employees, sort of, if you squint just right. The Great American Ruling Class Consensus is barrelling towards some form of national health care in the not-too-distant future, and hardcore media outliers like Malkin are being reined in to suit the new reality. Which does sweet fck-all good for the Graeme Frosts of the present, but it’s an interesting straw in the 2008 electoral winds.
Luther said,
October 16, 2007 at 0:17
Check out the cartoon Malkin links and requests votes…and vote.
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/shared-blogs/ajc/luckovich/entries/2007/10/12/smear_campaigns.html
Marco said,
October 16, 2007 at 0:25
As Luther and j-said posted, Michelle has invited her readers or “anchor babies” to vote against a cartoon featuring her vile-assness. It’s classic Michelle.
“Attack those who attack me, my sweet, not-unhinged anchor babies.”
Marco said,
October 16, 2007 at 0:27
Actually I should have said
“Attack those who call me out on my horeshit, my sweet, not-unhined anchor babies.”
Ex-Fed said,
October 16, 2007 at 0:50
Poor Michelle. She’s at that awkward stage — too nutty for the O’Reilly Factor, not quite nutty enough for involuntary civil commitment.
mrogi said,
October 16, 2007 at 1:09
Michell Malkin debased herself and consistently carried Bill O’Reilly’s political spit bucket. She even betrayed her maternal instincts to do O’Reilly’s bidding by invading the home of a 12 year old to harass him and his family. This is the thanks she gets; an ignominious dismissal from the No Spin Zone.
Dr Zen said,
October 16, 2007 at 1:29
Spitting is like putting part of you on someone, but the part is refuse. So it’s a bit like shitting on someone. I would be outraged by someone spitting on me, much more than their hitting me.
freddy said,
October 16, 2007 at 1:31
The backflips begin over at Flaming MalkinTM:
Grown-up Jeff Goldstein weighs in:
The entire dustup over SCHIP has never been about the Frost family — except insofar as cynical Dems were willing to use an injured child already covered by the program as an emotional beard to demand an increase that would cover those making close to twice as much as the boy’s family.
J— said,
October 16, 2007 at 1:55
Malkin’s update leaves out the best part of Goldstein’s post (emphasis his):
Say what you will about Goldstein, he knows his audience.
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,
October 16, 2007 at 1:58
Say what you will about Goldstein, he knows his audience.
You mean his mirror?
SamFromUtah said,
October 16, 2007 at 2:01
Say what you will about Goldstein, he knows his audience.
Know them? I thought he was describing them.
The Krugman ref and the second paragraph straightened me out. Almost.
FlipYrWhig said,
October 16, 2007 at 2:22
For a moment, before considering the source, I was hoping that “grown-up Jeff Goldstein” was actually a different person than Pasty Goldstein, in the spirit of the two Roger Aileses.
Johnny Coelacanth said,
October 16, 2007 at 2:44
Be careful what you say folks; mention that name too much and Pasty or one o’his minions will be over here to give us a good cock slapping. Besides, he can only wish he had Malkin’s notoriety or audience. Maybe if he defends her vociferously enough, he can get Allahpundit’s weekend spot.
Fishbone McGonigle said,
October 16, 2007 at 2:46
(hi, Mr Krugman!)
That probably should be Professor Krugman, pasty.
Johnny Coelacanth said,
October 16, 2007 at 2:48
As an aside, Google for Stalkin Malkinand get lots of results. Amusing if you’re easily entertained a la moi.
erlking said,
October 16, 2007 at 2:51
Just for the record, the Oxford English Dictionary gives the verb form as “pedantize”– 1. intr., and trans. with it. To act as a pedant (formerly also, schoolmaster); to speak or write pedantically.
First record of the word in print: 1611 R. COTGRAVE Dict. French & Eng. Tongues, “Pedantizer, to pedantize it, or play the Pedant: to domineere ouer lads.”
Some other noteworthy appearances in print:
1783 Ainsworth’s Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.), “To pedantize, or play the pedant…”
1968 W. J. BOUWSMA tr. P. Sarpi Let. in W. J. Bouwsma Venice & Def. Republican Liberty ix. 522 “To pedantize over other men in matters not settled.”
2. trans. To turn (a person) into a pedant. Obs. rare.
1734 R. NORTH Lives of Norths (1890) III. 89 “That bare reading without practice, which pedantiseth a student but never makes him a clever lawyer.”
Sorry. Was that pedantic?
Righteous Bubba said,
October 16, 2007 at 2:53
Malkin’s update leaves out the best part
Jesus Christ. Has Goldstein got the wide stance to go with that?
Johnny Coelacanth said,
October 16, 2007 at 2:55
“Just for the record, the Oxford English Dictionary gives the verb form as “pedantize”–”
Ah, that’s what I get for doing this instead of actually going to a dictionary.
noen said,
October 16, 2007 at 3:39
What is really funny is that in the comments to the “Do you like this cartoon?” post Malkin’s flying monkey’s can’t understand why it is when they vote no they can’t see the results.
It’s a conspiracy ah tells ya!!
(you have to sign in to see the poll results)
–
RedStayteColluge said:
“SN! oxygen-deprived troll Darleen is taking up the reigns of Anti-SChip shreiking over at Pasty’s mouthbreathing echo chamber.”
I don’t think we’ve seen the end of this yet. Graeme appearing on Olberman should be powerful stuff. The right has a LOT to lose yet. I wonder.. I think those heads that have already exploded will scoop up their brains, reassemble themselves and explode all over again. I’m getting the popcorn out.
Rightwingsnarkle said,
October 16, 2007 at 4:00
“Was that pedantic?”
No, it was pedanterrific.
DEMIZE! said,
October 16, 2007 at 4:19
!Aye bendita,bendita mia!The thing is she is gonna be all emotionally jammed up about this,and I’m gonna wait for the payoff.Does O’reilly remind anybody else of that dick highschool gym teacher everyone used to hate?
zsa said,
October 16, 2007 at 5:41
Hey, is it just me or is there something just horribly overblown in Goldstein’s writing? It’s like the guy is convinced that the more unreadable the prose, the more intelligent it sounds.
It’s always the same. You start out thinking “Wow, this is pretty convoluted, it might be rather profound”, soon leading to “this is just deliberately obfuscated”, and finally winding up at “is that all?”.
It’s the latter day equivalent of a 14th century illuminated manuscript. It’s highly detailed and ornamented and it’s all in fucking Latin or some shit, and you just have to think that whatever it’s about must just totally kick ass … but when you get it deciphered, it’s a fairly mundane story about a monk who eats paste.
At some point in the past, this guy was paid by the word.
phdwjj\\\\ said,
October 16, 2007 at 6:08
Too Bad!
Michelle is a little hottie.
A woman with brains and a conservative too. Must scare the shit out of democrats. No soccer mom here. She probably makes Billy’s winkie shrival up just like Ann Coulter did.
DEMIZE! said,
October 16, 2007 at 6:10
“but when you get it deciphered, it’s a fairly mundane story about a monk who eats paste.” That’s mucilagius ad nauseum my dear.
Mo's Bike Shop said,
October 16, 2007 at 6:10
Can we settle on the proper verb form for pedant?
Pedazzle. When it’s good.
I adore the title to the post, I mean, not my silly title to the picture.
You mean “farts of fire with burning butts” isn’t Milton?
emotional beard?
What a weird guy.
Some Guy said,
October 16, 2007 at 7:15
Halfway through the youtube thing, wow. She’s using playground argument tactics. “No, YOU are!”
Michelle Malkin Quits the Factor « The Van Der Galiën Gazette said,
October 16, 2007 at 10:22
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Michelle Malkin Gets The Pink Slip « The Fruit Fly said,
October 16, 2007 at 18:03
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Lame Man said,
October 16, 2007 at 18:16
to use an injured child already covered by the program as an emotional beard
Emotional beard? Does that mean that the boy is gay, in addition to having super secret hidden trust funds?
mat said,
October 16, 2007 at 22:39
Say what you will about Goldstein, he knows his audience.
A bunch of angry, deluded, sad, chubby, mulleted rednecks living in the cool and damp confines of grandma’s basement.
I once made some MySpace Profiles for Goldstein’s best and brightest commenters “B Moe,” “Pablo,” and “HappyFeet.” I was taking a bit of artistic license in making them, but I remain pleased with my resuts.
Grand Moff Texan said,
October 17, 2007 at 0:02
If you vote “Yes”, you can see them, but, amazingly over 50% of voters DIDN’T like the cartoon….hmmmm….”
Uh-huh. Welcome to the internets. Hit it, boyz!
Hey, hey, hey [repeats during hole thing]
We on top of the world boy
Freep it (o-k-k-k)
On top of the mothafukin world (k-k-k)
This ya boy Lil Scrappy
We feelin to freep shit up
(Yea) we feelin to freep shit up
We feelin to freep shit up
Now freep it up a notch
(Yea) Freep it up a notch
Freep it up a notch
Freep it up a notch
Its goin down like this ya’ll
A-town, your town
I love everybody you no what im sayin all them thug niggas
We got crunk niggas on the right, (o-k-k-k)
I say we got crunk niggas on the left (o-k-k-k)
We gonan tell all u crunk niggas to get nasty (that’s what it is)
Now we’ll knock a hatta out (cuz)
Cuz we some head bussaz
Im just bein me
Freep it up a notch (im just bein me)
Freep it up a notch (step your game up) [repeat]
Im just bein me
Im just bein me
Prince of crunk
Take it to another mothafukin song
That’s just a intro (Freep it)
.
joanne murphy said,
October 17, 2007 at 2:58
Gary (btw are you for real or just a brilliant satirist of the typical knownuthin fascist pinhead?) let me just take this opportunity to vent on how I hate that the wingnuts have hijacked the term “conservative.” There is NOTHING remotely “conservative” about their philosophy, which can charitably be described as radically retrogressive.
To wit: Eisenhower was a conservative. Jacob Javits was a conservative. Nelson Rockefeller was a conservative. Pat Moynihan was a conservative. These people are batshit, pre-Magna Carta troglodytes.
Dop they ever even parse the words they use? I mean, even ONCE? The word ‘conservative’ obviously derives from the verb “to conserve.” So…what is it that these fucknuts think they’re “conserving,” exactly?
The military? Nope. Destroying it, by every measure.
The economy? Ditto, a sea of red ink for generations to come and looming recession.
The planet? (Hah!)
Traditional morals? Well, I dunno…let’s ask Larry Craig, Ted Haggard. Dave Drier, Dave Fleishman, Mark Foley and Rush Limbaugh about those, shall we?
No. From now on, the wingnuts DON’T get to call themselves “conservative.” They get to stand in front of the mirror and slap themselves in the head with bags of scrap metal until their faces resemble raw hamburger.
tim said,
October 17, 2007 at 5:42
The New Black Panther Party is a joke, all Islam BS, nothing like the original Black Panthers.
Mike's America said,
October 17, 2007 at 18:01
Thanks for posting the Malkin video. It’s a reminder why we need her take no prisoners attitude to counter the clear and evident racism of idiot/goons like Shabaz.
I say MORE MALKIN PLEASE!
Lawnguylander said,
October 17, 2007 at 19:21
Michelle Malkin has a take no prisoners attitude? Really?
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