John Hinderaker Should Probably Shut Up

1:48 am EST April 26th, 2009 | News | 10 Comments

John Hinderaker of Powerline is pitching a fit because the post office is issuing Simpsons stamps. Hinderaker also informs us that he’s never watched an episode of the Simpsons. I’m far from being a serious fan of the show and only casually watch an episode or two a year, but c’mon… really?

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10 Responses to “John Hinderaker Should Probably Shut Up”

  1. Thad says:
    April 26, 2009 at 2:51 am

    I distinctly remember him saying he’d never heard of Chris Rock, too.

  2. Sean D. Martin says:
    April 26, 2009 at 3:19 am

    That’s what you call “pitching a fit”?

    Seriously?

  3. GermanQR says:
    April 26, 2009 at 10:56 am

    Does this guy know how much America’s values and culture are furthered by cultural products like the Simpsons?

    This american family has been in hundreds of millions of living rooms all over the world, for twenty years. If it weren’t for the Simpsons and other cultural exports, the US would mostly be known for I don’t know, say, invasions and bombings of innocent civilians?

    This guy is an idiot.

  4. anotherbozo says:
    April 26, 2009 at 1:22 pm

    The USPS would put Ted Bundy on a stamp if it would sell merchandise. Sure, I was proud to see MLK and Ella Fitzgerald and Georgia O’Keeffe and Stuart Davis stamps, but it’s all about sales.

    They’re closing the P.O. nearest me because they can’t make the rent. I’m in favor of any capitalistic ploy our dear quasi-public instutution cares to try.

  5. Mike B. says:
    April 26, 2009 at 6:55 pm

    George 41 said back in the day that America should look more like the Waltons and less like the Simpsons. So clueless.

  6. sal says:
    April 27, 2009 at 10:00 am

    He’s *admitting* lack of knowledge about what he’s bloviating about? That is a serious violation of the Conservative Punditry Handbook’s Third Commandment: Never Admit Your Ignorance.
    Wow.

  7. Steve1 says:
    April 27, 2009 at 2:15 pm

    This is the same guy that wrote that Bush was a very eloquent and effective speaker. Seriously.

  8. Jafafa Hots says:
    April 27, 2009 at 5:28 pm

    “George 41 said back in the day that America should look more like the Waltons”

    Depression era? They almost succeeded.

  9. daniel rotter says:
    April 27, 2009 at 10:44 pm

    “Depression era? They almost succeeded.”

    To be fair to Bush 41, I think he said something like he wanted AmericANS to be more like the Waltons and less like the Simpsons, not that he wanted America the country to be in the condition that it was at the time the former TV show was taking place.

  10. gex says:
    April 28, 2009 at 5:58 pm

    It is strange to see 1) a person take such a strong stance on an issue and 2) in the following breath proclaim aloud that they have no idea what they are talking about.

    It is actually a nice shorthand. Now I know I don’t need to take this pundit (Hindraker) seriously.