Politics This Is What Delusional Looks Like
Right-wing blogger John Hinderacker (known as “Assrocket” on liberal blogs) managed to finagle himself a tour of the Oval Office with President Bush the other day. Here’s some of what he had to say about it:
It was an absolutely riveting experience. It was the best I’ve ever seen him. Not only that; it may have been the best I’ve ever seen any politician. If I summarized what he said, it would all sound familiar: the difficult times we live in; the threat from Islamic fascism—the phrase drew an enthusiastic round of applause—the universal yearning for freedom; the need to confront evil now, with all the tools at our disposal, so that our children and grandchildren can live in a better and safer world. As he often does, the President structured his comments loosely around a tour of the Oval Office. But the digressions and interpolations were priceless.The conventional wisdom is that Bush is not a very good speaker. But up close, he is a great communicator, in a way that, in my opinion, Ronald Reagan was not.
Hinderacker has gone off his rocker in a similar fashion (at least) once before, back in July of 2005 when he famously wrote:
It must be very strange to be President Bush. A man of extraordinary vision and brilliance approaching to genius, he can’t get anyone to notice. He is like a great painter or musician who is ahead of his time, and who unveils one masterpiece after another to a reception that, when not bored, is hostile.
Hysterical, I know. But as many a blogger often points out, it’s not so funny when you consider Hinderacker is routinely a guest pundit on CNN’s Reliable Sources. “The Most Trusted Name In News” indeed.
You got your tag lines mixed up. "The most trusted name in news" is the Fox news channel, not CNN.