tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post5508762751580811498..comments2024-03-23T14:01:00.830-07:00Comments on Jon Swift: Does Mark Halperin Have What It Takes to Be a Pundit?Jon Swifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02130944579317556923noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-26854900391979087842018-07-24T03:12:13.059-07:002018-07-24T03:12:13.059-07:00That is great to hear, thank you for reading!
That is great to hear, thank you for reading!<br />Dr. K Ram Babuhttp://www.healthyatra.com/doctors-in-india/online-appointment-dr-k-ram-babu-ent-specialist-with-email-id-apollo-hospitals-hyderabad-indianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-69622106442260124512018-07-04T01:54:05.022-07:002018-07-04T01:54:05.022-07:00Thanks for sharing that. It was fun reading it. :-...Thanks for sharing that. It was fun reading it. :-)Asperger Syndromehttp://www.healthyatra.com/diseases-and-conditions/asperger-syndrome-definition-causes-symptoms-complications-and-cost-surgery-treatment-hospital-in-indianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-6910074955621005352018-04-21T00:58:33.315-07:002018-04-21T00:58:33.315-07:00That was a VERY interesting one! Seriously interes...That was a VERY interesting one! Seriously interesting.<br /><br />Penile Implant in Indiahttp://m.edtreatmentindia.com/penile-implant-treatment-in-india.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-67866943706136243942011-11-30T01:44:40.814-08:002011-11-30T01:44:40.814-08:00I fully match with whatever thing you have present...I fully match with whatever thing you have presented us.www.tapicerias.nom.eshttp://www.tapicerias.nom.esnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-5983645169569847562007-11-29T16:36:00.000-08:002007-11-29T16:36:00.000-08:00I issued a "challenge" to anon 821, he took it up ...I issued a "challenge" to anon 821, he took it up and I have no complaints and since I issued it here, I acknowledge it here.Chuck Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656874242638324636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-7781724196540086552007-11-29T16:23:00.000-08:002007-11-29T16:23:00.000-08:00Speaking as a genuine Anonymous, from a long line ...Speaking as a genuine Anonymous, from a long line of Anonymous (It's actually Greco-Serbian by way of Gaelic), I must protest about the corrupt and offensive use of our venerable family name by this poser who is neither reasonable, conservative nor particularly convincing in his pretensions to non-halpercoulterfumentorawlishness. A true Anonymous would never use a word like squawkish (ancient gypsy curse involved) and would certainly know the proper use of the word 'hominem' or homonyms thereof.<BR/><BR/>I must challenge this fraud Anonymous to a duel, I will meet him at the usual place, at the appointed time. He'll have to bring his own lingerie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-27207534645589503192007-11-28T19:07:00.000-08:002007-11-28T19:07:00.000-08:00Actually, Anon1029 is correct that legally slander...Actually, Anon1029 is correct that legally slander is verbal -sometimes printed - and libel is printed.<BR/>I was using it as a less rigorous term, probably not quite correctly.Chuck Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656874242638324636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-4239703911138164172007-11-28T15:11:00.000-08:002007-11-28T15:11:00.000-08:00I think Anonymous (the first one) protests too muc...I think Anonymous (the first one) protests too much. By that I mean that Anonymous goes on and on and on, and it's plain boring. I skipped it after a while, since it wasn't even amusing.Kip Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751319031224838771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-53535383445407317822007-11-28T12:52:00.000-08:002007-11-28T12:52:00.000-08:00>Does Mark Halperin Have What It Takes to Be a Pun...>Does Mark Halperin Have What It Takes to Be a Pundit? <BR/><BR/>Bartkid sez,<BR/>Do you mean a bookmark to the Drudge Report? Then, yes.<BR/><BR/>This has been another edition of easy answers to rhetorical questions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-53753267875589464442007-11-28T10:29:00.000-08:002007-11-28T10:29:00.000-08:00Chuck said>>>Anon 821It was a joke on a joke, sinc...Chuck said<BR/><BR/>>>>Anon 821<BR/>It was a joke on a joke, since I run a lefty blog that is real clear that it is, I get to deal with your point of view from time to time and I can.<BR/><BR/>Sure, I recognize Jon's schtick for what it is and he's pretty good at it, obviously I gave it up after a couple sentences.<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>You accuse Dr Jon of making "waspish, envy driven ad hominem" statements without any more illumination of your point than "forgot your voice." I would pretty easily make the point that your one liner is just exactly what you accuse Jon of.<BR/><BR/>You want to come over to my place and play, you knock yourself out. You've got the link and my actual name, versus your ballsy use of Anon. Do give yourself a tag at my place, I don't like trying to sort you Anons out.<BR/><BR/>Your relentlessly insulting voice is almost rescued by your vocabulary, I say almost, because there really are more clever words with superior connotations available, Thesaurus could be your friend, though OED would work better. No, you didn't live up to libel, just slander.<BR/><BR/>11/27/2007 4:30 PM <<<<BR/><BR/><BR/>Chuck,<BR/><BR/>You have now informed me thoroughly and at length of your stylistic likes, and of your various dislikes. [As well as your ignorance of the legal difference between libel and slander]<BR/><BR/>You clearly approve of Jon's pseudonymity, and your cackling cohorts' anonymity, but don't like it if I use the same resource.<BR/><BR/>You note that you like people who provide examples and illustrations, but you are nonetheless content not to provide them yourself; merely suggesting that you could do so, if sufficiently motivated.<BR/><BR/>You also advise me, in both fractured and clumsy run-on sentences, that better words with superior connotations are available to me, and that Thesaurus and the OED might be my friends. You do this while showing no demonstrable evidence at all of your own familiarity with them ... beyond your making of the reference itself.<BR/><BR/>Yes, true to lefty form you have made clear your feelings and your desires while simultaneously venting your spleen. <BR/><BR/>I hope these affective demonstrations of yours have at least made you feel better.<BR/><BR/>Because for the life of me, I cannot see why I should care.<BR/><BR/>Sincerely,<BR/>Anonymous, a reasonable conservative.<BR/><BR/><BR/>By the way, I'll take a look at your blog. The fact that you claim to be a social justice pimp looks promising. <BR/><BR/><BR/>If there is anything worth commenting on, I'll comment with a tag you will recognize. <BR/><BR/>I do know how important that is to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-79944200565960553692007-11-28T09:44:00.000-08:002007-11-28T09:44:00.000-08:00Carl said... Anonymous said... "If you insist on f...Carl said... <BR/><BR/>Anonymous said... <BR/>"If you insist on flying squawking to Jon's aid with formulaic sarcasm, you might want to go easy on the "faggot" insinuations."<BR/><BR/>>>>You're not cool enough to be gay.<<<<BR/><BR/>And you are? Well good for you Carl. <BR/><BR/>You can add that interest to your apparent list of pleasures, such as torturing cats, and auto-eroticism.<BR/><BR/><BR/>>>>I called you a "Republican." <<<<BR/><BR/>There is probably some private meaning there, but what's the point of asking ...<BR/><BR/>>>>Wanna be a man and do something about it, Sandra?<<<<BR/><BR/>Seems you are a fan of "Everybody Loves Raymond", and the character of old man Barone.<BR/><BR/>You might have chosen a better role model.<BR/><BR/>See, Carl, Peter Boyle the actor was just playing an ignorant eastern seaboard asshole for laughs.<BR/><BR/>He was being intentionally funny.<BR/><BR/>Whereas in your case ...<BR/><BR/>Better calm down, Carl. You're about to stroke out. <BR/><BR/>And I am not referring to your self-love activites.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-72102529612729744102007-11-28T07:40:00.000-08:002007-11-28T07:40:00.000-08:00Anonymous said... If you insist on flying squawkin...<I>Anonymous said... <BR/>If you insist on flying squawking to Jon's aid with formulaic sarcasm, you might want to go easy on the "faggot" insinuations.</I><BR/><BR/>You're not cool enough to be gay. I called you a "Republican."<BR/><BR/>Wanna be a man and do something about it, Sandra?Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03664920037425489644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-6163395443572429042007-11-28T06:55:00.000-08:002007-11-28T06:55:00.000-08:00It seems an insurmountable task to stop treating p...It seems an insurmountable task to stop treating presidential campaigns like a horse race. It may be easier to improve things by changing the way horse races are covered.OutOfContexthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07680135979505561010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-66003752635687921572007-11-28T02:04:00.000-08:002007-11-28T02:04:00.000-08:00not that other anonymous - I just couldn't be bugg...<B>not that other anonymous - I just couldn't be buggered logging in</B><BR/><BR/>I can't believe the joke was so completely missed. It wasn't that difficult - after a dozen years of agressively playing the "politics as horse-race" shtick, Halperin comes over all noble and decries what he delighted in. All without apology for what he had done.<BR/><BR/>As we all know, political commentators regularly complain about the shallow, personality-driven modern political world. HOw they so devoutly wish for a Lincoln or a Churchill! And when a non-bland policy or statement is made, the <I>universal</I> response is to round on the sucker and condemn them six ways to Sunday for not being "professional".<BR/><BR/>So Halperin's piece is not so much a heart-felt begging for a changing of ways - more a honey-trap for the unwary politician.<BR/><BR/>The masculine stuff was to play up the stupidity of the "image analysis" content of (so many) media outlets.<BR/><BR/>There. <BR/><BR/>Also "inimitable" means not able to be imitated. Not an insult. <BR/><BR/>"You are dunderheaded dolt upon whom wit is as wasted as perfume on a pig". That's an insult.<BR/><BR/>Compare and contrast. 500 words by tomorrow morning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-21668175222315270902007-11-27T23:47:00.000-08:002007-11-27T23:47:00.000-08:00It should learn better how to use semicolons, too....It should learn better how to use semicolons, too. There's nothing more obvious than trying and failing to use them. <BR/><BR/>Mr. Swift's response to it was a joke, something it sadly seems to have missed in its big rush to appear intelligent.Save the Oocytes!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13596820141399917244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-23995879409821734432007-11-27T16:30:00.000-08:002007-11-27T16:30:00.000-08:00Anon 821It was a joke on a joke, since I run a lef...Anon 821<BR/>It was a joke on a joke, since I run a lefty blog that is real clear that it is, I get to deal with your point of view from time to time and I can.<BR/><BR/>Sure, I recognize Jon's schtick for what it is and he's pretty good at it, obviously I gave it up after a couple sentences.<BR/><BR/>Since this is Jon's blog I don't see it to be my place to tell you what Jon meant at any particular point. Do I think Halperin deserves mocking? He's real late to the idea that issues and policy count. Would you like to take up the issue of whether newspaper neutrality is a good idea, if it is even possible?<BR/><BR/>You accuse Dr Jon of making "waspish, envy driven ad hominem" statements without any more illumination of your point than "forgot your voice." I would pretty easily make the point that your one liner is just exactly what you accuse Jon of.<BR/><BR/>You want to come over to my place and play, you knock yourself out. You've got the link and my actual name, versus your ballsy use of Anon. Do give yourself a tag at my place, I don't like trying to sort you Anons out.<BR/><BR/>Your relentlessly insulting voice is almost rescued by your vocabulary, I say almost, because there really are more clever words with superior connotations available, Thesaurus could be your friend, though OED would work better. No, you didn't live up to libel, just slander.Chuck Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656874242638324636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-40334728589459188762007-11-27T15:34:00.000-08:002007-11-27T15:34:00.000-08:00Golly, the whole not-so-swift Swiftian clutch is c...Golly, the whole not-so-swift Swiftian clutch is clearly stirred up, and cackling out challenges and demands for answers.<BR/><BR/>Since this is Jon's web site, and since I am just riding on his bandwidth as a guest, I'll try and be as economical and direct with my replies as the principles of reasonable conservativism will allow.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Carl,<BR/><BR/>You're getting kind of intense there little buddy, and I think the emotion is warping your judgment as to what is, and what is not, ultimately helpful to Jon. <BR/><BR/>If you insist on flying squawking to Jon's aid with formulaic sarcasm, you might want to go easy on the "faggot" insinuations. <BR/><BR/>We all know that Jon has had his fun with Larry Craig, but if you read enough of Jon's posts, you'll soon come to recognize that it's Jon's dog you are kicking with that homo-bashing stuff.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's a price Jon is willing to pay for his allies. <BR/><BR/>If so, Carl, please continue to kick away.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Baldie,<BR/><BR/>How can you so baldly assert that I have no sense of humor? Certainly I demonstrated an appreciation for unintended irony when I noted that Jon's mockery of Halperin's masculinity and status, was as good evidence of envy (or perhaps a bittery frustrated homo-erotic urge) as it was of any character deficiency in Halperin. <BR/><BR/>I also thought it was funny that Jon was so wound up that he forgot to speak through his reasonable conservative persona.<BR/><BR/>And you must admit that under my prodding, Jon added to the general levity by immediately assuming that it was Halperin who posted that observation.<BR/><BR/>Jon knew this to be Halperin you see, because Halperin's style is inimitable; and if Jon Swift gibes Fumento, or Coulter or Halperin, they are bound to notice and REPLY!<BR/><BR/>All in all Baldie, I'm quite happy to be among the first to point out that you folks are doing plenty of truly comical things. <BR/><BR/>It's just that most of them are probably unintentional.<BR/><BR/>To the other Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>May I suggest that if you are going to be deliberately obtuse, that you not include a quote immediately prior to your question that dissolves away any possible rationale or reason for the misunderstanding?<BR/><BR/>Other than your stupidity, that is.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Finally, Jon<BR/><BR/>Did you mean to say "... epochal Oedipal..."? Although pretentious and overreaching, its use would seem to make more sense that "epoch Oedipal"; while still fitting quite well with your own, not quite inimitable, style.<BR/><BR/>Then again, maybe you did mean to say "epoch Oedipal".<BR/><BR/>Either way it's funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-17451066993331500152007-11-27T15:01:00.000-08:002007-11-27T15:01:00.000-08:00That anonymous guy talks really good. He is real ...That anonymous guy talks really good. He is real smart. <BR/><BR/>LDliquiddaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05052878226984765328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-76622167371120055532007-11-27T11:54:00.000-08:002007-11-27T11:54:00.000-08:00(This is a second Anonymous posting now. No relati...(This is a second Anonymous posting now. No relation.)<BR/><BR/>"Ah, the pseudonymous Jon Swift speaks insultingly of hiding behind anonymity? Too precious of you altogether, Jon."<BR/><BR/>How exactly was calling you "inimitable" insulting, anyway?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-60913246071200342162007-11-27T10:45:00.000-08:002007-11-27T10:45:00.000-08:00Oh look! Anonymous has morphed into a "concern tro...Oh look! Anonymous has morphed into a "concern troll," thus exposing his hidden liberal agenda.<BR/><BR/>Better zip up, Anon. People have been arrested in airport bathrooms for less...Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03664920037425489644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-48330304410627772702007-11-27T09:11:00.000-08:002007-11-27T09:11:00.000-08:00Anon, you may as well cut off your own head, stuff...Anon, you may as well cut off your own head, stuff it, and mount it on Jon's wall. You don't come here to laugh. You come here because you can't resist the salt lick. <BR/><BR/>And you have no sense of humor whatsoever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-87430006030083293242007-11-27T08:21:00.000-08:002007-11-27T08:21:00.000-08:00Chuck Butcher said... Anon 444what utter slander t...Chuck Butcher said... <BR/>Anon 444<BR/>what utter slander to call into question the conservative and reasonable credentials of the honorable Dr Swift. >>><BR/><BR/>Did you mean "libel"? And why would it be libel, since Jon is neither conservative nor especially reasonable; nor even honorable or Doctor Swift?<BR/><BR/>Is there something sacred about this gag "Jon" is running?<BR/><BR/><BR/><< Your cloak of non-halperincoulterrawlsfumentoism is insufficient to hide your agenda...>><BR/><BR/><BR/>Your rather obvious agenda (speaking of Jon and coterie)is to avoid the heavy lifting of close reasoning by substituting strained mockery for argument, and then celebrating your frivolity by communally cackling over your cleverness. <BR/><BR/>Well, so be it. Knock yourselves out.<BR/><BR/>My agenda if I have one, is to get a good laugh: at you idiotically simpering over your own threadbare affectations.<BR/><BR/>Jon provides the venue for both.<BR/><BR/><BR/><<< sorry I really just cannot go on this way >>><BR/><BR/>Did someone ask you to, or are you just "sharing"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-56747379385169066932007-11-27T08:01:00.000-08:002007-11-27T08:01:00.000-08:00Anonymous said... I am, Anonymous; an occasional r...<I>Anonymous said... <BR/>I am, <BR/><BR/>Anonymous; an occasional reader of your blog, an infrequent commentator, and a "fellow" reasonable conservative.</I><BR/><BR/>...and chicken, clearly. This is a place where it is SAFE to be conservative, free from the ravages of liberal thought and mainstream media influence, like Fox News.<BR/><BR/>YOu may come out of your closet, or toilet stall, if that's your preference.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03664920037425489644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-76818968863357273212007-11-26T21:36:00.000-08:002007-11-26T21:36:00.000-08:00Anon 444what utter slander to call into question t...Anon 444<BR/>what utter slander to call into question the conservative and reasonable credentials of the honorable Dr Swift. <BR/><BR/>Your cloak of non-halperincoulterrawlsfumentoism is insufficient to hide your agenda...<BR/><BR/>sorry I really just cannot go on this wayChuck Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13656874242638324636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-60429586971186366172007-11-26T16:44:00.000-08:002007-11-26T16:44:00.000-08:00Jon Swift said... Mr Halperin, your inimitable sty...Jon Swift said... <BR/>Mr Halperin, your inimitable style shows through despite your attempt to hide behind Anonymous' moniker.<BR/><BR/>11/26/2007 10:20 AM >>><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Ah, the pseudonymous Jon Swift speaks insultingly of hiding behind anonymity? Too precious of you altogether, Jon.<BR/><BR/>And Jon, not with the intention of deflating your sense of significance; but rather in the spirit of accuracy, and in order to allow you to more precisely gauge your readership: I am not Halperin, nor Coulter, nor Alex Rawls, and most certainly, "I am still not Michael Fumento".<BR/><BR/>I am, <BR/><BR/>Anonymous; an occasional reader of your blog, an infrequent commentator, and a "fellow" reasonable conservative.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Well, as regards the latter ... that is I would be, if you were either conservative or reasonable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com