Slog - Comments on Required Reading http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11 Christopher Hitchens on McCain/Palin: But the difference in character and temperament has become plainer by the day, and there is no decent way of avoiding the fact. Last week's so-called town-hall event showed Sen. John McCain to be someone suffering from an increasingly obvious and embarrassing deficit, both cognitive and physical. And the only public events that have so far featured his absurd choice of running mate have shown her to be a deceiving and unscrupulous woman utterly unversed in any of the needful political discourses but easily trained to utter preposterous lies and to appeal to the basest element... Copyright 2008 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:35:12 -0800 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:26:06 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by ? Is this required reading because Christopher Hitchens said it?

]]> ? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172226 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172226 2008 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:42:11 -0800 Comment by -B- Well that just about sums them up well.
Ok I am off to vote (Canada). Yes we are picking our so called leader today. YAWN!

]]> -B- http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172228 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172228 2008 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:46:45 -0800 Comment by TVDinner So what? She's hot.

]]> TVDinner http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172231 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172231 2008 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:49:00 -0800 Comment by Rod @1 No, you fool. It's required reading because of what he wrote.

]]> Rod http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172236 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172236 2008 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:52:58 -0800 Comment by Abby @2: And you had your Thanksgiving already too! Canada is getting ahead of us...

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172239 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172239 2008 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:54:40 -0800 Comment by Sparky Will the next thing he writes, when he modifies his statement (because he's never quite completely on track, but writes opinion as fact), also be required reading?

He's no more then a glorified blogger.

]]> Sparky http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172240 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172240 2008 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:56:37 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo A stopped clock is right twice a day.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172241 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172241 2008 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:56:51 -0800 Comment by I saw it You know McCain's henchmen were just sitting around going, "We need a broad" and chose her. Much in the same way Bush looked around, saw Condi, and said, "Damn - she's a broad and one of THEM! Yee HAW!" Then he did another shot, pumped his fist in the air and did the white man's pimp walk in victory.

]]> I saw it http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172242 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172242 2008 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:58:36 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave Condi isn't actually stupid though.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172250 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172250 2008 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:14:26 -0800 Comment by sheisty True. Condi is proven intellectual. Palin is a rube.

]]> sheisty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172255 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172255 2008 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:17:51 -0800 Comment by Eric Grandy But does he think Tina Fey is biologically incapable of being funny?

]]> Eric Grandy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172263 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172263 2008 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:36:23 -0800 Comment by elenchos I used to call myself a single-issue voter on the essential question of defending civilization against its terrorist enemies and their totalitarian protectors, and on that "issue" I hope I can continue to expose and oppose any ambiguity. Obama is greatly overrated in my opinion, but the Obama-Biden ticket is not a capitulationist one, even if it does accept the support of the surrender faction, and it does show some signs of being able and willing to profit from experience.Hitch still thinks invading Iraq, and maintaining the occupation, is defending civilization. I guess he has no choice. Unlike most war supporters, who would benefit from admitting their error, doing so would erase the final faint specks of credibility he has left.]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172269 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172269 2008 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:47:26 -0800 Comment by Eddy968 I generally despise Christopher Hitchens, but he is right for once.

]]> Eddy968 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172301 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172301 2008 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:13:13 -0800 Comment by Jen He's preaching to the choir. The people who need to read this will never see it. This needs to be rewritten on billboards in rural America using smaller words.

]]> Jen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172315 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172315 2008 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:22:07 -0800 Comment by Christy O Christopher Hitchens is greatly overrated in my opinion.

]]> Christy O http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172338 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172338 2008 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:33:17 -0800 Comment by Bub Remember that time when Christopher Hitchens got himself waterboarded? Dude, that was AWESOME!

]]> Bub http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172365 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172365 2008 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:03:55 -0800 Comment by Ayden/VA I agree with #s 7 and 13.

(And #9 - Bellevue Ave is always right. Condi just plays stupid for Dubbya's sake.)

What really surprises me is Hitchen's eloquence. Didn't think he had it in him.

]]> Ayden/VA http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172396 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172396 2008 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:36:56 -0800 Comment by Vince Can I get an "Amen"?

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172621 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172621 2008 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:06:34 -0800 Comment by beelzebufo Damn, I hate to agree with him.

]]> beelzebufo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172702 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172702 2008 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:46:27 -0800 Comment by ellarosa condi isn't stupid, she just gets wet for stupid. who are we to judge her for her fetishes?

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172959 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1172959 2008 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:22:20 -0800 Comment by Seajay From what Mr Hitchens says, it sounds like Mrs Palin would be a good candidate to replace Elizabeth Hasselbeck on "The View."

]]> Seajay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1173028 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/required_reading_11#c1173028 2008 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:26:06 -0800