Bill Kristol On Joining The New York Times: “I was flattered watching blogosphere heads explode,” Kristol told Politico. “It was kind of amusing.”
You know it is Bill! The New York Times committed the ultimate sin: Bill Kristol will write a weekly op-ed for the New York Times. That will bring the conservative total to two, Bill Kristol and David Brooks. On the liberal side they have five, Maureen Dowd, Paul Krugman, Bob Herbert, Frank Rich, and Nicholas Kristof. That doesn’t even take into account all the columnists within the rest of the paper! But just look at the headlines with a few choice reactions:
NYT Op-Ed Page Dissolves Into Stinking Heap of Neocon Shit [News That's Shit To Print]
HuffPo reported late yesterday afternoon that William Kristol ” the glib neocon editor of the Weekly Standard and founder of the Project for the New American Century, in addition to his active work the last seven years helping the Bush Administration work out the particulars of destroying the world ” will be a columnist for the New York Times in 2008. It’s not that the current op-ed columnists are any great shakes, but if you’re looking for a litany of reasons to cancel that print subscription you’re still stubbornly holding onto, I recommend this, this and this, for starters. Just wanted to pass the news along in case you haven’t banged your head against the wall today.
Kristol Mess? It’s Official “‘NYT’ Explains Hiring New ‘Op-Ed’ Wag
KRISTOL TO RAVISH GREY LADY *** obviously this mental giant hasn’t taken a look at the financials of the NYT’s.
I have to admit that I find the controversy refreshing. It’s good to see the progressives admit that a half of Bill Kristol outweighs the five liberal commentators at the Gray Lady. It also shows, as Rosenthal notes, the rhetorical intolerance that many progressives display on a fairly regular basis. When they cancel subscriptions to the one national newspaper most amenable to their politics simply because it allows one competing opinion to appear, that says something about their insecurity.
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December 30, 2007 - 04:23 PM on December 30th, 2007
Bill Kristol is an unadulterated flavor of Kool-Aid.
December 30, 2007 - 04:56 PM on December 30th, 2007
Lefties Wail in Bloody Horror after Bill Kristol Signs on with New York Times
The left is up in arms over the announcement that their favorite source of left wing propaganda will entertain, GASP, AN OPPOSING VIEW!!!!
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