Why Is Hinderaker Changing the Subject on Schiavo? (Watching the Watchers)

[theorist]

Here is my latest submission to WatchingtheWatchers.org. It is a rebuke of the recent Weekly Standard column written by Power Line's John Hinderaker. (Featuring artwork by the Reverend Mykeru.)

Here are a few paragraphs:

Could it be that, after four years of a Bush Presidency, with the constant exploitation of 9/11, the calculated attempts to wrestle away Roosevelt’s social safety net, and regular, yet underreported, political scandals, the American people are afflicted with “Bush Fatigue”? We, as a people, are not a group of political animals all the time. We watch a hell of a lot of TV, though, so when Congress, the Republican hegemony of which is not up to debate, abuses its power to intervene into a private family matter, is it really any wonder that the “Party of Lincoln” is a-sinkin’?

The concept of Bush Fatigue is lost on Hinderaker. In his mind, the slipping poll numbers can only point to the inconsequential minutiae that is the “GOP talking points memo” on the Terri-inspired legislation, a.k.a the Protection of Incapacitated Persons Act. We debate with facts, not the facts themselves, so I will admit that the source of the memo is unknown, but to write that ”a reasonable conclusion would be that the ‘talking points memo’ might be a fake, created by Democrats to cast aspersions on the motives of the Republican leadership” is not only irrational, but indecent. Where are the facts? Where are the sources?

:snip:

I personally cringe whenever I see graduates of the Blogging School of Hugh Hewitt referring to “bloggers” in the catch-all sense. Not all blogs are political, and not all blogs are part of the Republican Shill Machine (RSM). I’m not typing this for my sake. They aren’t really that interested in “accuracy”.

(Much more with fun links, including the one where Hindrocket shoots off an embarassing email to a big time liberal blogger.)

[Carolab]

1. Hinderacker is a pussy.

I e-mailed him not too long ago about his remark criticising people who said Gannon/Guckert was not a legitimate journalist, in which he actually had the effrontery to add, "as compared to whom, Helen Thomas?" I flamed him to a crisp and he didn't have the nerve to write back.

I wish this guy didn't live in MY OWN TOWN. It's an embarrassment to this LIBERAL city in this BLUE BLUE STATE.

[theorist]

2. Have you seen these movies?

Links to Quicktime files:

Hindrocket says, "The Left doesn't care about defeating terrorism."

Here he says, "Michael Moore is a complete liar."

I really feel sorry for you. His writing sucks big time. Do you have any idea if he's a shitty lawyer or not?

[Carolab]

3. Let's put it this way...

He's a shithead, so I imagine he's also a shitty lawyer.

[theorist]

4. Touché

You'd think that with stringing as many syllables together as Hindy is wont to do that he'd tell the truth every now and then. Eh... :shrug: