Sometimes I really like Andrew Sullivan. And other times, I want to
slap him upside the head. He makes facile, bullshit statements
sometimes which undercut any sensible he's trying to say. Like his recent condemnation of nutjob Pat Roberts. It
starts off really well...
Yet another expression of his version of Christianity from Pat Robertson. Recall that Robertson was on the list fo [sic] people consulted by the administration on the Supreme Court nomination. He's not an outsider, even though every sane conservative says he is the minute he opens his mouth and says something hateful again. He was once a credible presidential candidate. The test of mainstream Republicans' integrity is if they do not simply denounce this comment but denounce Robertson and his political machine.
And then he blows it.
He is their Michael Moore.
Excuse me?
I don't remember Michael Moore calling Hinduism demonic. Or suggesting that the State Department be bombed. Moore would never call for the president of any country to be assassinated. It also goes without saying that he wouldn't describe feminism as a"socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians."
Michael Moore's home page,
on the other hand, contains radical statements like "How did $9
BILLION, and counting, get lost in Iraq? Demand an audit of all
financial & military transactions related to the war in Iraq so we
can finally get to the bottom of this horrible situation," calls to
support Cindy Sheehan, various news stories (including the Pat
Robertson one) and promotion of his latest book. The main criminal
offense here is that there's just too much damn text on one web page.
The most inflammatory thing I've ever seen him do is give that speech
at the Oscars calling Bush a "fictitious president." Not exactly
a
threat on his life.
If only the righties had somebody as reality-based as Michael Moore on
their side, perhaps we'd all be better off!
