This must be the most vapid, smug, and inane commentary that has come out of the Village in a long time — and that’s a high bar. My personal favorite is Helperin’s blaming of Obama for Republican obstructionism on the stimulus. And who can blame him: after all, the President only agreed to make 40% of the stimulus tax cuts when direct spending would have been more effective. In the dictionary next to Dunning-Kruger Effect, there’s a picture of Halperin.
It’s just a waste of time to Fisk the whole thing. But impress your friends! How many egregious cliches, obsession with trivia, and smarmy whines can you find on any page?
It’s Mark Halperin. The guy is basically a so-called “moderate” who thinks the Republicans are Oh So Clever (he particularly has a thing for Clintonian centrism and Karl Rove), and generally agrees with most of their arguments regarding the media. He also seems to have an almost personal distaste for being potentially regarded as a liberal – I remember something Glenn Greenwald posted where Halperin went on some right-wing radio talk show host’s program and basically abased himself before the guy there, and then kept wimpering like a total wuss when said talk show host kept attacking him as a liberal.
You clicked through and read all 21 pages of that? Wow. Congratulations on finishing. And it’s worse than it sounds, since the whole page has to reload for each click (Ajax tutorial please). On web design alone, I wouldn’t have been able to get through if it were… if it were… well, I’m going for hyperbole here, I wouldn’t have been able to get through 20 reloads even if this were an article by the SameFacts team.
[...] Jonathan Zasloff: This must be the most vapid, smug, and inane commentary that has come out of the Village in a long time — and that’s a high bar. My personal favorite is Helperin’s blaming of Obama for Republican obstructionism on the stimulus. And who can blame him: after all, the President only agreed to make 40% of the stimulus tax cuts when direct spending would have been more effective. In the dictionary next to Dunning-Kruger Effect, there’s a picture of Halperin. [...]
To Fisk? I Fisk, you Fisk, he Fisks, I have Fisked, I shall have been Fisked, etc. I can conjugate the verb but have no idea what it means. Please advise.
#4, you are clearly not aware of all internet traditions. Or how to use google. Or wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisking
Blech… I didn’t bother reading far enough in to be truly bothered by anything in particular. But it reads like the filler from some crap magazine. What’s next, his favorite Christmas cookie shapes?