andrew sullivan c/d

but you should know that there's a Dish-reader in the Oval Office, and "not just the political stuff."

PUKE

In other words, Obama appreciates beard fetishes.

vat a kantry

superfluous "-ry"

okay this is easily one of the most disappointing moments in obama's presidency

can't believe i once defended this guy: he's insufferable most of the time

I don't have problems defending him when I agree with him but I never, ever forget that he's a total dick

I don't fault Obama that much for issuing the invitation--the inherent political calculation is somewhat unseemly, but, as the saying goes, whatever. I don't fault Sullivan all that much for attending--in an ideal world he wouldn't, but I'm sure it's difficult to turn down an invitation like that. (I know I wouldn't.) It's writing about it in such a way that may not exactly be flaunting it, but is going to make anybody wonder, "And you're different from Fox how?" (I realize someone will ridicule the idea that anybody could ever have thought otherwise.)

If invited I would attend but would hope to have the good sense not to post a valentine.

lol wait, on what grounds should Sullivan have turned down the invitation

At the next such dinner:

"Greetings Dr. Morbius and Mr. Perrin. Are you together?"

"In a way..."

Sully is one of those guys who goes I HAD THE MOST INCREDIBLE NIGHT and when you ask what'd do he says nothing but smiles impishly and goes back to trolling bear-4-bear sites.

i can forgive the president for buttering up sullivan, like ive read the daily dish before okay, but encouraging his "not just the political stuff" just crosses the fn line - i pray that it was just some aide whispering in his ear 'and tell him not just the political stuff' and obama had no idea what he was talking abt

That's it (Alfred's earlier post)--it's the gushiness of the post that makes me queasy. And no attempt whatsoever to acknowledge the fine line he's treading. (The grounds would be, "Appreciate it, but I write about you 12 times a day, and supposedly I'm 'of no party' and beholden to no one." But again, I understand that he's a person before anything else, and that that's easier said than done. And admit that I wouldn't turn down the invitation either, were I him.)

WRT 'not just the political stuff' -- folks, you're sounding like what's his name from Homeland who was surprised that Obama watches his show. President again revealed to be wonky nerd, film at eleven.

sullivan has the worst taste in everything is basically what im reacting to fyi, homeland is sweet tho

andrew sullivan isn't someone for wonky people tho, like that's almost his problem

he is just kinda dumb

wdn't get in a room w/ either of the men in question, unless making a citizen's arrest

he likes Pet Shop Boys though

just hoping the he doesn't sing a few bars of 'west end girls' at the next fundraiser

xp lawl

for all sullivan's endless professions of noble orwellian objectivity, 'of no party,' etc etc, i can think of few political commentators more prone to gushy, uncritical hero-worship of powerful ppl.

Not since John Hamm came out as a Dish reader at the White House Correspondents' Dinner did such a shiver go up my leg.

Don Draper, I am disappoint.

should I post his 2002-era encomia to David Frum's pellucid prose voiced by Dubya?

I'd prefer if Sully went the weaselly George Will route and wrote Obama speeches while evaluating his debate performance in columns.

xpost -- Thank you, no. But it probably explains why he can never resist jabs at Hinderaker for his own comments on the mastermind that was W.

for all sullivan's endless professions of noble orwellian objectivity, 'of no party,' etc etc, i can think of few political commentators more prone to gushy, uncritical hero-worship of powerful ppl.

― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, March 15, 2012 3:28 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hes not the most self aware blogger in the blogosphere

i mean if you guys met andrew sullivan wouldnt you tell him you read his dumb blog

then write 300 words about it on mine

'I approached him with thoughts teeming through my head and said "I gotta question: the original version of "I Want a Dog" or the Introspective take?"'

whenever I do go to andrew sullivan's blog I just end up only looking at the 'picture from your window', he should just turn his blog into a 'picture from your window' tumblr

oh man, if Obama digs the Introspective mix of "I Want A Dog" I am not voting

'I approached him with thoughts teeming through my head and said "I gotta question: the original version of "I Want a Dog" or the Introspective take?"'

"Then he got excited (and I got excited too!)."

"No, really Andrew, Michelle and I followed up seeing Do the Right Thing by talking about how great "Domino Dancing" was. Man, can you believe some people hate that song?"

imagine a little avatar of me climbing into your web browser and punching the shit out of that post

watch the ned fall down

DJP of Persia

"My fellow Americans: at last, Guantanamo Bay has been emptied and the rule of law restored. We have made one exception for a man who once did the cabbage patch but thinks that songs like "Left to My Own Devices" and "I'm Not Scared" were somehow poor listening..."

the cabbage patch is a fine fine dance, you poor misguided dance heathen

I've no doubt, but I do not speak for the president.

Someone's upset:

And I should point out that, unlike Andrew Sullivan — a diseased criminal drug addict foreigner who should be deported

oh, that guy

Ah yes, the Other McCain. A bitter man, that one.

I don't really "get" why you guys read these ppl

It saves me the bother of having to go out looking for people to point and laugh at.

It saves me the bother of having to go out looking for people to point and laugh at.

apparently this is what I do

dan i don't have a good answer tbh

there is no reason to read andrew sullivan, he has never said anything interesting in like a decade

I like my token conservatives to at least be good trolls

I don't really "get" why you guys read these ppl

― thuggish ruggish Brahms (DJP)

I think it's connected to why they prefer "unintentional comedies"