Some folks disagreed with my previous hit on Andrew Sullivan, proposing that the jackass had changed his ways to be anti-Bush in an honest change of heart rather than following his long pattern of sticking his finger in the political wind. They were wrong, and I am, again, right. Sullivan, who is always in the mainstream media as a “serious” political pundit declares that his opposition to Sen. Clinton’s candidacy is predicated on — and yes this is a direct f’ing quote of the moron – she has “cootie vibes”.
How the hell does anybody get paid to go on TV and say shit like that? Cause I’ll go on for free and give them better analysis, only without the “cootie vibes” and whatnot.
Andrew Sullivan is a member of that rather despicable species, the opinion journalist. Opinion journalism is making a living by writing political opinions.
Why is that bad? Well, a professional reporter writes for a living, but doesn’t put himself into his writing; a professional fiction author makes things up, not necessarily from his own life. But an opinion journalist writes about his political opinion about the world. And an opinion is a very personal thing.
If you are to deliver something that is very personal, on a regular schedule, and for money, then just like in another profession, you will have to fake it most of the time.
It’s meaningless to wonder what Sullivan’s real political opinion is, based on what he writes for a living.
Oliver, you’re not right. It has nothing to do with the political wind. It has to do with a politicians views on gay marriage. Hillary Clinton is opposed to gay marriage and that’s why he can’t stand her.
The ironic thing is that the type of moron who would think of Hillary as having “cootie vibes” is likely to think the same of Sullivan.
I disagree, Jay. What he’s saying is that he just doesn’t like her. It’s not defensible, but I don’t think it’s about gay marriage. He’s still a joke, though. As far as I’m concerned, publishing and defending The Bell Curve amply demonstrates his gigantic intellectual and moral blind spots, and that was, what, over 10 years ago? At least he’s been good on torture.
. Opinion journalism is making a living by writing political opinions.
Most unfortunate that that seems to make up the majority of the species these days.
Sorry for obsessing, but in my post above, change “on a regular schedule” to “on a schedule not of your choosing”. I was thinking of newspaper opinion journalists, who do write on a fixed schedule. The important thing being, they don’t get to choose when to opine.