Thomas Woods Strikes Back at Wonkette
Establishment Chic
by Thomas E. Woods Jr., July 02, 2009
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Wonkette, if you have the good fortune of not knowing, is a left-liberal site that manages to consider itself cheeky and iconoclastic while endorsing only the most exquisitely conventional, establishment-approved opinions. If you’re not located somewhere along that fantastic spectrum of genius that ranges from Chuck Schumer to Arlen Specter, Wonkette will expose you to the world as the misanthropic imbecile you obviously are.
In order to remain as predictable as possible, Wonkette’s writers have decided they really don’t like Rep. Michele Bachmann, member of Congress from Minnesota. Of all the geniuses in Congress, they select for special ridicule one of the tiny handful who actually ask an interesting question now and again. By “interesting” I mean the kind of question no one at Newsweek, MSNBC, or, for that matter, Wonkette itself, would think to ask. That’s not because these questions are stupid; it’s because they’re not designed to flatter our overlords, portray them as indispensable, or show them the kind of reverence that Pravda once displayed for the Politburo.
Thus, for example, when 60 Minutes interviewed Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke several months ago, the questions were on the order of “What are the dangers now? What keeps you up at night?” Now there are some classic Wonkette questions. Instead of asking how this guy could have been so wrong about practically everything he’s said since 2006—e.g., there’s no housing bubble, lending standards are sound, the housing bust should be over by December 2008—the establishment left wants to know what is troubling our great overlord, and how he intends to use his potions and incantations to slay the evils that afflict us.
But back to Rep. Bachmann. One reason Wonkette doesn’t like her is that she once asked Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner where he got the constitutional authority to do the things he’s doing.
Nice smackdown
Ann Arbor is full of Wonkettes, sadly.
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Don't forget
The Wankers at Wonkette are just running a gossip site.
Serving up spewage to those already programmed to swallow it.
If you ever read the responses to the blog posts, you can see that it's more of an "I'm cleverer than you" contest.
I personally suspect that a majority of comments are made by employees of the site. Paid Insult Generators..also known as P.I.G. s..
But, that's just my opinion.;)
"I don't endorse anything they say"
~Ron Paul On the 911 Truth movement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGyhlNY0y1k
i think bachmann should be given a chance
ron paul supported the death penalty at one time, and there is no way i would ever support another candidate who is not opposed to the death penalty. she is willing and able to change her mind. it should be encouraged.
good article
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I wish I wrote as elequently as Woods
It's so painfully accurate, that I have to wonder if the wokettes aren't steaming at the ears planning their next attack on reason.
Who cares what this Wonkette
Who cares what this Wonkette writes? Stop caring about what people think all the time and look at the end goal.
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Teach a man to phish and he'll clean out your bank account.
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that can be a forbidden
that can be a forbidden luxury in the court of public opinion that is elections.
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great article, thanks for posting!
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Tom Woods, on target as always;
and a pleasure to read for both substance and style.
wonkette really got on my
wonkette really got on my nerves when she seemed to slam Ron Paul and make fun of him every chance she got. And then of course her calling us Ron Paul supporters paultards seemingly all the time really got on my nerves too. Maybe we should call her supporters wonktards, give her a taste of her own medicine.
I am glad Thomas Woods exposed her. Its been way overdue.
wonktards? Nah..
Call them "wankettes".
-jcr
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sorry, double post.
sorry, double post.
Tom Woods nails it again.
Tom Woods nails it again. Devestating.
Woods nailed
Woods nailed it.
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Not a Lib, but Bachmann is a LOON!
Sorry, but Rep. Michele Bachmann is a loon, ignorant and very hypocritical. I am no Lib and really don't care for the Wonkette; while I listen to it in an effort to understand clearly both sides of the coin and not become some talking head for either side of the debate.
Rep. Bachman should steer clear from politics.
RE: Not a Lib, but Bachmann is a LOON!
ALSO, Geithner and Bernanke need to be out. Bottom line, dead beats with too many ties to failed solutions.Let's quit beating our heads into the wall thinking the result will be different.
You might be right
but from what I have seen of her on youtube she seemed quick, responsive, insightful, and balanced. Maybe you could provide some evidence to the contrary.
New Hampshire and Ecuador
RE: You might be right
My opinion is based on watching her, in full context, on CSPAN then filtering it through both FOX and MSNBC.
Look, post has absolutely no substance!
Catch stupid from wonkette?
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So should Obama
and the rest of the Democrat Orks "steer clear from politics".
And the Neocons too.
So, now that we have that out of the way, some opposition to the evil administration and their minions might be a good thing.
Ya think?
RE: So should Obama
Yes, opposition and rational debate which allows for ideas to be filtered into successful solutions is great, but opposition for the sake of opposition is a detrament to us, the People. They waste (ALL REPUBS, NEO-CONS, DEMS, and LIBS) our money and time; playing on dumb points, instead of doing what they were elected to do, represent People and bring solutions to our Republic.
As for the Pres, well that's a different topic, let's focus on what we're talking about here and not take an opinion as opening to another back and forth.
Personally, I thought
that Bachmann made a very incisive and pertinent question that goes directly to the heart of the matter.
Far from being "opposition for opposition's sake" she was the only one who actually held the administration's feet to the fire, and demanded them to cite their authority, which they could not(or would not) do.
In this regard, she's been far better than nearly all the rest of Congress, in doing her job as a Congressperson.
As far as "looney" goes, Pelosi is the Speaker of the House, and I can't think of many people any loonier than Pelosi. Bachmann is a paragon of sanity, compared to Pelosi.
RE: Personally, I thought
Why is it that if I or anyone opposes any Republican or Neo-Con it is assumed we're in line with Pres. Obama or the Democrats (and Libs)? Please grow-up from the desire of having an argument or back and forth. I don't care for Pelosi either, I think she's come short at doing a job which requires leadership ability.
Bachman falls flat on her argument just as pointed out by the referenced article at PolitiFact (http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/jun/...). The article may not be agreeable or 100% correct, but what it states referencing the Constitution is accurate.
The Authority to hold a Census and to make regulation around the Census is a right which Congress is authorized, going back to our founders.
So let's leave the Dems, Libs, and anyone else out of this debate and focus on the topic, Bachmann. Her statements in public and lack of accuracy when using the Constitution as her reference is well known and documented. That is a reality, so let's debate that; not this childish, well "and so, then you must support the other idiot."
Well then we agree in one thing, there are idiots on both side of the ailes. BTW, I thought this site was one that supported Liberty, and Libertarian movement, not Neo-Cons trying to rebrand themselves using Libertarian ideas.
What is she ignorant about?
Or a "loon"? I expected some elaboration after the opening salvo, but was left hanging.
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RE: What is she ignorant about?
Sorry, just the word choices she makes and the in-context stances on various topics which gives a perception of someone who elects to ignore reason.
My opinion is based on watching her, in full context, on CSPAN then filtering it through both FOX and MSNBC.
There are too many specifics to point at. But I meant it based on her professional record not her personally. Personally I'm sure she's a nice lady, but could use from some broader education.
Please, cite an example or two, in context
I'd like to know what royarellano thinks is LOON behavior from a Congressional representative who swore an oath to uphold the Constitution.
6:37 pm ET
"There are too many specifics to point at."
Are you really using "too many specifics to point at" as an excuse for not providing even one specific? You point to "word choice" without giving an example. And suggest that she "elects to ignore reason" without giving an example.
Pretty weak case, prosecutor.
Nice scathing rip
On Keynesian lovefest.
Tom just barely missed the mark at the very end.
The Wonkette kids are like the popular group in high school that wanted to belong to the fashionable causes, since that’s what the other popular kids did, but made sure they weren’t too ostentatious in their devotion to those causes.
Actually, they're not like the popular kids, they're the popular kids' toadies, who hope to become the popular kids by parroting the inane bullshit that the popular kids are spewing.
-jcr
"The problem with trying to child-proof the world, is that it makes people neglect the far more important task of world-proofing the child." -- Hugh Daniel
I noticed that too.
Wonkette is not like the 'popular kids'. You'd need admiration and envy from your peers to be considered popular... and nobody wants to be like Wonkette. They're like the pseudo-intellectual kids who think they're brilliant, but aren't.
Phony, fronting, affected, pretentious, posers.
And their attempts at humor are about as grim and pathetic as Fox's "Half-hour News hour."
Other than that one slip-up, Woods writes a good article. :)
I like Bachmann, I called and thanked her office for voting against the bailout back in September (?).