"I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less."
25 January 2006Loath and viciousBuffalo's The Beast has issued its annual list of the 50 most loathsome people in America, which is always fun, not necessarily because I agree with every last selection, but because it's jam-packed with seriously deranged venom, a major source of delight here in post-civil America. Republicans outnumber Democrats on the list, but Republicans are ostensibly running things, so their potential for loathsomeness presumably gets kicked up a notch. This pattern, interestingly, did not hold for Bernard Goldberg's book 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is #37); I think this is because Goldberg overstates the importance of Hollywood liberals, to the extent that it's possible to overstate the importance of Hollywood liberals. Numero Uno on the Beast's list, to everyone's relief, is Pat Robertson; #4, to no one's surprise, is you. Or maybe me. This might be the best line in the bunch. Regarding #15:
Rove is decidedly not a genius; he is simply missing the part of his soul that prevents the rest of us from kicking elderly women in the face.
(Via Michelle Malkin, #49, who has her own nominee.) Addendum: There ought to be room for the person who dropped by this morning with the following search string: WHERE IS THE CLOSEST WALMART TO FORD FIELD IN DETROIT WHERE I CAN PARK A MOTORHOME OVERNIGHT. Posted at 9:32 AM to Almost Yogurt#1A -- These people, for willfully furthering the misapprehension (of which I am also guilty, I add) that the aforementioned venom and hateful hyperbole constitute legitimate satire or either social or political comment. Posted by: Brett at 11:21 AM on 25 January 2006I'd expect a publication called The Beast to be, um, somewhat beastly in its approach. I loved the the write up on Larry the Cable Guy. Posted by: aldahlia at 2:39 PM on 25 January 2006I suppose I could brush up on my loathing and do a similar list -- but loathing is a lot like hating, and I'm just too lazy. Posted by: McGehee at 6:50 PM on 25 January 2006Republicans are simply not on the loathsome list and "kicked up a notch" because "they ostensibly run things," as if somehow if Democrats were in charge they would automatically make them now loathsome! No, the Republicans earn this title fair and square, have committed the majority of their modern-day party to it, and have worked hard to be the Majority of the Loathsome. They would give Loathsome a tax credit if they could. Posted by: Ramblin Rose at 7:14 PM on 30 January 2006 |