tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post4346834629629133520..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: Dear James Wolcott: Blow meRobert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-13878358252811400592009-11-06T17:36:45.720-05:002009-11-06T17:36:45.720-05:00Wolcott called my writing "pessimist porn&quo...Wolcott called my writing "pessimist porn" after Sullivan nominated me for a Hewitt Award (which I later won in heavy, heated voting by his deranged acolytes). I wasn't nearly as offended by the insult as I was by the piss-ant traffic his Vanity Fair blog threw my way.Velocimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10738631458196804170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-14607943103966797712009-11-05T20:09:11.156-05:002009-11-05T20:09:11.156-05:00What is it with Vanity Fair "writers" an...What is it with Vanity Fair "writers" anyway? I am still trying to scrape the human gum named Barrett Brown off my proverbial blogging 'shoe'....<br /> Are they all just complete fools that can't write and have no idea they can't?<br /> As far as I can tell "blow me" would be about the only thing anyone at Vanity Fair could understand....christmasghosthttp://www.christmasghost.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-57151719295424310822009-11-05T15:23:48.972-05:002009-11-05T15:23:48.972-05:00stacy, that's a very un-Christlike response. F...stacy, that's a very un-Christlike response. For shame!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-66613924108764286032009-11-05T14:07:02.005-05:002009-11-05T14:07:02.005-05:00Perhaps "blow me" is not the kind of com...Perhaps "blow me" is not the kind of commentary that would make me popular with Vanity Fair readers<br />---<br /><br />I have a feeling that they're used to having objects in their mouths. Just look at their deep know all on everything teabagging. Wolcott is the master of experience when it comes to balls being dropped on his face.Brucenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-42835192331118257812009-11-05T12:23:27.879-05:002009-11-05T12:23:27.879-05:00The sweetest revenge against James Wolcott is to l...The sweetest revenge against James Wolcott is to link <a href="http://ace.mu.nu/archives/179712.php" rel="nofollow"> this fine review at Ace of Spades </a> of Wolcott's awful novel (or rather, it is Ace's review of the novel's first page, which is all he could stomach).Pacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15109060772791266700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-2274873215810040352009-11-05T11:59:15.496-05:002009-11-05T11:59:15.496-05:00I would have used stronger words. But then I am no...I would have used stronger words. But then I am not a blogger nor reporter. Just a ScotchAmerican who loves my country more than death.<br /><br />an old exJarhead<br />Cerritos, CalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-37564921090553985522009-11-05T11:54:13.562-05:002009-11-05T11:54:13.562-05:00Wolcott is recycling second-hand memes poached fro...<i>Wolcott is recycling second-hand memes poached from the liberal blogosphere. He has nothing original to say...</i><br /><br />That's all the ammo the half-vast left-wing has these days. I take that as a good sign.<br /><br />...Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11772310179223546476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-90300443867847429852009-11-05T11:53:31.007-05:002009-11-05T11:53:31.007-05:00"Tea Bagger" is an epithet concocted by ..."Tea Bagger" is an epithet concocted by Philistines who believe that tea only exists ground to fannings in sachets. <br /><br />Proper tea is sold full-leaved and loose by a reputable tea merchant. <br /><br />All that they have done is reveal an abject lack of culture.<br /><br />I like Goldstein's description of Walcott's appearance as the "Scrooge Mullet." Also acceptable are allusions to him sunning on the beach preparatory to joining battle with other tusked sea mammals.Alec Leamashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16826355850691566819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-21761314813875365442009-11-05T11:51:52.473-05:002009-11-05T11:51:52.473-05:00That was highly amusing.
- Brian MooreThat was highly amusing.<br /><br />- Brian MooreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-73301283932526553472009-11-05T11:44:39.824-05:002009-11-05T11:44:39.824-05:00Oh...and by the way: nice quick Fisking, Stacy.
P...Oh...and by the way: nice quick Fisking, Stacy.<br /><br />PS: Have a safe journey home.Bob Belvederehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17220595844172546069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-68197815746345813032009-11-05T11:42:55.926-05:002009-11-05T11:42:55.926-05:00The Javelineer: Maybe so many of the staff at Vani...<b>The Javelineer</b>: Maybe so many of the staff at <b>Vanity Fair</b> practice teabagging as a regular part of their lifestyles that the term is colloquial in their world?Bob Belvederehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17220595844172546069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-58976504112829617172009-11-05T11:22:59.227-05:002009-11-05T11:22:59.227-05:00"recycling second-hand memes poached from the..."recycling second-hand memes poached from the liberal blogosphere"<br /><br />nice...<br /><br />ipxica.blogspot.comipxicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14916111443534692070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-22054919818092677052009-11-05T11:03:35.809-05:002009-11-05T11:03:35.809-05:00Do liberals, like Wolcott, know that the phrase &q...Do liberals, like Wolcott, know that the phrase "tea bagger" is a vile sexual slur? If so, how does it pass the editor's desk? If not, how can the sophisticated, nuanced Vanity Fair not know the meaning of "tea bagger?"<br /><br />Vanity Fair is either stupid or vile. Honestly, I'm having trouble determining which one.The Javelineerhttp://javelineer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-21064114198925449712009-11-05T10:35:09.790-05:002009-11-05T10:35:09.790-05:00Wolcott is Hitchens without the brain or wit. Jus...Wolcott is Hitchens without the brain or wit. Just the snark. <br /><br />And Wolcott is fatter and smells bad.Joenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-35644512098279083322009-11-05T10:27:33.561-05:002009-11-05T10:27:33.561-05:00Maybe if he had championed pot legalization like R...Maybe if he had championed pot legalization like Republican mover and shaker <a href="http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2009/11/marijuana-legalization-is-republican.html" rel="nofollow">Jessica Corry</a> Hoffman might have beaten a Dem. <br /><br />Because small government is a Republican issue. Well mostly in name only. What should I call that? Let me see. Ah. RIINO - Republican Issue In Name Only. Works for me. <br /><br />Oh. And good news. A libertarian Republican <a href="http://libertarianrepublican.blogspot.com/2009/11/libertarian-party-election-results-5.html" rel="nofollow">made the NY City Council</a>.<br /><br /><i>Dan Halloran was elected to the Queens City Council in District 19. He was nominated by the Republican, Conservative, Independent and Libertarian parties. Dan is simultaneously a Libertarian Party member and a registered Republican. He serves as State Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus.</i><br /><br />Too bad Hoffman didn't get the Libertarian nod. It might have helped.M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-17053227231864080312009-11-05T10:11:39.071-05:002009-11-05T10:11:39.071-05:00No apologies needed. Your fine invective is genera...No apologies needed. Your fine invective is generally well worth the read.<br /><br />And you never know. I'm guessing George Wayne for one would consider "blow me" a welcome proposition. Especially if he's ever seen The Speedo.Rich Fadernoreply@blogger.com