tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post646566548983644222..comments2024-03-29T07:36:51.933-05:00Comments on driftglass: Dribble Down -- The Halperiningdriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-91451965872318229962013-11-15T06:56:01.671-06:002013-11-15T06:56:01.671-06:00I hope this is as big as it seems to me right now,...I hope this is as big as it seems to me right now, cuz it kinda looks like "arrival" to me:<br /><br />For going on three decades now, there has not been a hackier hack on this little blue marble than Mark Halperin. He is the worst thing to happen to political journalism since the mob in Alton iced Elijah Lovejoy. He is walking journalistic potato blight. He is a living, breathing, suppurating punditizing boil on the asscheeks of a once-proud profession. Doc Alterman has the 411 on the history of this towering 'ho, and the remarkable Driftglass, friend to young bloggers and owner of the prettiest website (Bring back the meteor, dammit!) on the Intertoobz, catches Halperin in his latest act of abject 'ho-dom, servicing (of all people) Glenn Beck.<br /><br />Read more: Daily Politics Blog - Charles P. Pierce - Political Blogging - Esquire <br />Follow us: @Esquiremag on Twitter | Esquire on Facebook <br />Visit us at Esquire.comeVille Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06629360843038524763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-31145094925671512062013-11-15T03:44:10.645-06:002013-11-15T03:44:10.645-06:00The list of "both sides" pundits keeps g...The list of "both sides" pundits keeps growing. In addition to Halprin, Moyers, Scarborough and Tiabbi, we can now add Thom Hartman. In a wide ranging discussion, Hartman gives repeated examples of both sides doing it. Republicans and Democrats work tirelessly to protect plutocrats and oligarchs at the expense of everyone else. <br /><br />This particular example of false equivalency can be heard by copying and pasting this link:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rvxhh3hjfSs<br /><br />While Amy Goodman implies that Republicans are worse than Democrats for average Americans, Hartman sees "both parties" working synergistically over time to achieve the same set of objectives for the same constituency.The cheese eaternoreply@blogger.com