Comments on: Thanks, Fred Hiatt!

By: tracy

tracy — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:29:44 +0000

Would you believe she’s won some sort of H.L. Mencken Writing Award?

Mencken must be spinning in his grave.

By: AG

AG — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:24:01 +0000

There used to be a much better index of browsable images, but this site will give you nightmares of digitally-retouched children. You can also start here for a voyage of the photoshopped damned. Keep clicking on "More Samples" until you can't stand it any more and/or vomit.

By: David

David — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:32:23 +0000

Sorry lady–Ann Coulter already played this tune. Can’t anyone on the right be original anymore? LOL

By: johnnynewyorker

johnnynewyorker — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:54:59 +0000

Looking at her picture you think of the local tramp that would hang out at the bar of the T.G.I. Friday’s or Houghlihan’s closest to whatever suburban office park; then, after reading her column you realize she isn’t that, but rather she is the stupid tramp that would hang out at the bar of the T.G.I. Friday’s or Houghlihan’s closest to whatever suburban office park

By: Quentin

Quentin — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:34:23 +0000

This lady is very white. I thought I’d make a silly racist comment, you know, like a bookend for her friendly, loving, backhanded-in-your-face trashing of gays and lesbians and anyone else who happens to be lying around.

By: loofabear

loofabear — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:38:39 +0000

don’t forget…

kparker@kparker.com.

By: disinterested observer

disinterested observer — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:35:17 +0000

I believe that the technical term for the writing in this column is gibberish.

Clearly the author has been studying the work of Maureen Dowd who perfected the art of composing gibberish in her now famous column on Hillary Clinton’s tears – http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/opinion/08dowd.html

As noted by Wikipedia: Gibberish is a generic term in English for talking that sounds like speech, but has no actual meaning (such as “ja sun tecumba tapar”) or (“la bgud duyier jusrekd, oh mai!”). This meaning has also been extended to meaningless text or gobbledygook, such as “the cats are eating my shmibbleboop, someone save the prostate gland from defibble nozzle sands”. The common theme in gibberish statements is a lack of literal sense, which can also be described as a presence of nonsense.

See also : Double Dutch, Grammelot, Jabberwocky, The Ketchup Song, Lorem ipsum, Macarron Chacarron , Mojibake , Mumbo Jumbo, Nonsense, Scat singing, Simlish, Vonlenska

By: A Better Kathleen

A Better Kathleen — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:47:16 +0000

Nice of WaPo to shut their comments page. After reading that P.O.S. article I was looking forward to congratulating Parker on her Republican Dick-Sucking skills, but WaPo wouldn’t let me. What a tool. I hope Hiatt at least rinsed his balls to lessen the GOP-stank before she coddled them with her tongue. I mean, every whore has her limits, right Kathleen?

By: TrumanDem

TrumanDem — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:04:53 +0000

Someone up thread mentioned Ms. Parkers photo in relation to her throwing around inferred homosexuality as a pejoritive. I dare say it obvious Ms. Parker's photo has been subjected to a massive intrusion of air brushing. For a moment I was flashing back to one of Liz Taylor's perfume ads that seemed to be filmed through some kind of opaque lens to wash away the years. TrumanDem Truman's Conscience "The Buck Stopped Here"

By: (Lex) I Don't Want a Lawn (Azagthoth)

(Lex) I Don't Want a Lawn (Azagthoth) — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:43:08 +0000

Wow, “The Truth”. I’m trembling. Can you come up with anything to induce shaking? How about this one “Truth”: you’re so obsessed with the politics of willing self-identification and seething so hard at those you consider self-identified as “liberals” that your view is too skewed to count. You’re also playing right into the hands of divisive politics that have stratified this country right down to the city level, adding to the urban revitalization that happens when abusive folks like yourselves cause anyone center to left-of center to refuse to live in the outer suburbs (look up “the doughnut model” which has replaced “the white flight model” in urban trends of living).

Have fun remaining the useful tool of the Kings of Talking Points and let us know when you actually decide to think for yourself.

And one last thing, when most people I know heard Obama’s “bitter” comments, our response was that finally someone high up on the political ladder had finally told THE TRUTH. Thanks for playing.

By: Ham I Am

Ham I Am — Mon, 19 May 2008 06:05:52 +0000

I remember reading this piece in the WaPo and wondering if it was satire (eg, in the vein of the Onion), and doing a double and triple take to see who the author was. Pretty sad stuff.

By: will

will — Mon, 19 May 2008 03:23:40 +0000

It’s not Turner, it’s the national forum in the name free speech that the corporate controlled WaPo propaganda machine provides that’s really offensive. Just merge this rag of deceit with the Washington Times so everyone can recognize the difference.

By: truman

truman — Mon, 19 May 2008 02:13:18 +0000

this self-loathing air-brushed lesbian shouldn’t be throwing any gay stones in a gay glass house…

By: Thom Jeff

Thom Jeff — Sun, 18 May 2008 23:19:45 +0000

“Mr Truth” apparently said…

“McCain, who will veto earmarks, or Obama, who grew up in Chicago transferring money from an ever-shrinking tax base to a greedy, entitled constituency?”

That’s satire, right? You REALLY want to talk about transferring money from “an ever-shrinking tax base” to a “greedy, entitled constituency”?

If you’re serious, the irony of the cluelessness of the right has truly spiked.

By: John Dickerson

John Dickerson — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:46:54 +0000

Parker is a real dick!

By: Baldwin Huey

Baldwin Huey — Sun, 18 May 2008 20:09:51 +0000

My local newspaper, The Forum, at Fargo, ND publishes columns by Kathleen Parker and Cal Thomas more often than any others, and yet local yahoos write letters to the editor and call talk radio and whine about the liberal bent to the newspaper.

By: jitter

jitter — Sun, 18 May 2008 17:56:59 +0000

I quit reading newspapers a long time ago.
Who’s Kathleen Parker?

By: cosmosis

cosmosis — Sun, 18 May 2008 17:53:39 +0000

Remember, Kathleen Parkwhore is also a proud member of The Strom Thurmond Institute at U of South Carolina. My guess is she bought one of those racist t-shirts from the Georgia bar.

By: SomeNYGuy

SomeNYGuy — Sun, 18 May 2008 17:30:04 +0000

Leave The Truth alone. He’s very busy. He has kids to rape.

By: tontocal

tontocal — Sun, 18 May 2008 17:26:32 +0000

Hey ‘Truth”,

Give your poor brain neurons and synapses a break. They went on a ‘work to rule’ campaign a long time ago and have been misfiring ever since. As with much of your lot, you failed to notice that they weren’t creating any new pathways anymore.