I too was amazed by Jimmah cahtah's speach. Did you see how old that guy is? I need to add peanuts to my diet ASAP.

I guess you meant "Darth."

Sullivan sure is a cheap date. He's won over by Jimmy Carter lecturing on foreign policy?

He should just say "They had me at hello."

Sully is not a centrist, he is a Conservative. It's the right that has moved to the left of him, and the left that is moving towards the right where he has always been...just ask him.

Clinton's speech really was a home run though. Too bad for Kerry that he's not Clinton, he might have had a chance if he had given that speech.

I was seriously convinced for the first half of that post that it was some kind parody. I though "No one could possibly be that gushy & gay."

Whoops, I was wrong.

I can't believe there was a time I took Sullivan seriously. This gushing is not only so saccahrine as to cause diabetes, it is utterly unmoored from history, context, and reality. How can *anyone* who claims to be concerned about the defense of this country blithely cheer Jimmy Carter's criticism of our current foreign policy with nary a mention of Desert One, the Pyongyang appeasement treaty, and all of his other notorious missteps?

Oh, to hell with it. I can't be bothered with Sully anymore. He's just not worth my time.

One last thought: given Ace's current entry, could we begin referring to Andrew as "Burble Bear"?

You have got to be shitting me. I really thought that was a parody ...

Blaster--I agree. I've never blasted AS fro his evolution, drifiting. obtuseness, but really, he should simply put on the blond wig, call himself Renee and do the whole Jerrry maguire bit.

It would have more integrity at least.

I can't believe anybody actually wrote that. Susan Estrich isn't even that crazy.

Can't believe I'm about to mention something Rush Limbaugh said...

But its obvious that Kerry is such a downer to listen to, he needs other people to talk about how great he is. When HE talks about how great he is, with his painfully highbrow elocution, he sounds like such a prick.

He's about two clicks down from Winchester from M*A*S*H.

For the record, I am the doug who is known as just "doug."

And might I add that I think Andrew Sullivan is a steaming pile of bear poopie.

I guess Sully didn't notice that the Mcgovernite Sandy Berger was going to play a prominent role in Kerry's administration. That's really to the right of Bush, isn't it?

Sullivan used to blame Old Europe for the breakdown of the alliance. Now he blames George Bush. What changed?

Sullivan had to come out gushy. His right-wing money has dried up, now he needs to pander to a new group.

It could have been worse. When I read the title "master stroke", I feared Andrew was going to start blogging about his sexual health. He's let us know about the health of virtually all the rest of his body parts.

"Randy Andy has this funny way of thinking that wherever he is on an issue RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT, that represents the heart and soul of the conservative movement-- or at least the real conservative movement"

Sullivan's niche is his meal ticket (to the tune of several thousand dollars over the last couple of years.) People are willing to GIVE HIM MONEY, just for being Andrew Sullivan: Gay, Catholic Conservative. He is never going to voluntarily walk away from that free money, ever. That's why the spectacle of Andrew "wrestling with his conscience" a while back was so funny to those who've been paying attention to his BS for a while. If you don't remember, the Catholic church had said something to the effect of, "Yup, we're still the Catholic church, we still think gay sex is a sin." Andrew was understandably outraged, and made a big show of "thinking about leaving the church," (for the 'piscopalians, natch.) But really, Andrew knows enough about marketing to know that Gay Catholic Conservative isn't 50% ZING!ier than Gay Conservative (ZING!('pisc) = 0, duh), it's like ZING!(Gay Conservative) *CUBED*. His "spiritual decision" only makes sense when viewed through the prism of his financial interests. For the same reason, he needs to spin dumping Bush over the FMA as a "conservative" decision. This is a pretty batshit-insane talking point, but he will just keep telling the big lie till the election is over. Then he will move to the right in some way, to reestablish "conservative cred."

This is also why Sullivan is different from most other bloggers (except, of course, W*******, who has most of the same problems for mostly the same reasons). Respected bloggers generally are respected for what they do: for sharing insights, acting with integrity, being honest, etc. Andrew's (trivial) fame is more about WHO HE IS than WHAT HE DOES, which is why integrity, consistency and honesty are less of a big deal for him. Depending on your point of view, that makes him either the greatest hero in American history, or a whore (again, like W*******).

Doug,

I meant "Garth," not Darth.

I might be the only person who knows this, but on Knight Rider, Michael Knight (David Hasselhof) was revealed to have a indentical evil twin called, ahem, "Garth Knight." You could tell he was evil, because he wore a goatee, and would laugh maniacally.

Ace,

First things first:

..."Tightly scripted, elegantly choreographed, seamlessly on the centrist message of war, unity, maturity and judgment."

Game. Set. Match.

You win. He's a shill.

James Earl Carter, judgement? No wait, William Jefferson Clinton, mature?

Quoth Da' Coach, "Who you crappin'?"

There is little more that I can or care to say about this. Except perhaps the defensive and curiously timed "One Issue Andrew". I have to hand it to him, he goes two steps forward into the arms of John Forbes Kerry and one step back to the gay-baiting, extremist, and intolerant Christian Right-controlled Bush camp.

Sorry Andrew, I don't care anymore. I can make up my mind without you. Your posts have become increasingly lame, weak from your untreated narcissism (or solipsism, take your pick), add to that the taint (no, not that taint) of dishonesty regarding Kerry, and you link to stuff that's so yesterday.

As my Mom would say, "Buh Bye."

Now, as for the Garth Knight thing.

It is just plain, flat-out, fucking hilarious.

That is all.

I watched KR religiously when I was 5 years old--I had forgotten the evil twin brother. But why does he look like Kevin Kline?

Kevin Kline? Sort of, but not just. I think Garth Knight looks more like the love child of Kevin Kline and George Michael.

Best phrase ever; "mendacious chest hair."

Thanks, all.

Lauraw,

That one took a little work. I knew there was a joke there, but my first effort -- "fascist chest hair" -- didn't work. I wanted to say "deceptive" or "deceitful" chest-hair, but that would imply that the chest-hair itself was fake, which wasn't my intent.

I finally got around to "mendacious," and I liked that. Thanks for noticing.