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« New Jersey: Dead F'n Even | Main | Comments of the Day »
October 28, 2004

Another One From Michelle Malkin

Tom Brokaw is all upset about the mean, mean bloggers waiting to criticize him.

Let me state the obvious. Again. The press is forever puffing itself as the national watchdog. They pompously spout off about how they provide a vital role in keeping our democracy relatively clean, and fostering the national debate.

But again and again, these whiny, arrogant bitches complain when any outside scrutiny whatsoever is cast upon them. They apparently claim to be the only institution in America capable of self-policing, and furthermore that any attempt of outside policing consists of something very close to an unconsitutional "chilling of their First Amendment rights."

I'm trying to curse less now, but I feel a stream of vicious profanity just dying to get out. But I won't.

I just cannot. Understand. The arrogance.

I don't understand how someone can go through their lives with such arrogance, condescension, hypocrisy, and feeling of entitlement and never once question it.

They don't question themselves-- ever. Others they question, and when they do, they clap themselves on the back for "daring" to ask the tough questions (as if this were Cuba, which, by the way, they're big fans of, mostly).

But when you presume to question them -- when you assert your rights as American citizens to question and dissent -- they get pretty snippy, don't they?

This election isn't just about Kerry. It's also about these arrogant, hypocritical cowards. If we beat Kerry, we beat Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings, and Dan Rather too, and quite frankly, it's the latter victory I yearn for especially.

Vote. I'm not kidding here. For once, it actually is important, and yes, every vote will count.


posted by Ace at 04:44 PM
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I'm beginning to wonder if we should start thinking of the Blogosphere as "The Fifth Estate."

Of course, if it's an estate, it probably looks a lot like Carl Spackler's shack, what with all the C-4 on hand to kill the Varmint Cong.

Election Day 2004: Cannonball. . . cannonball comin'!

Cheers,
Dave

Posted by: Dave at Garfield Ridge on October 28, 2004 05:10 PM

Remember that for all their professional lives press people have been talking AT people while people could not talk back. They developed very odious habits from this authoritarian relationship. Now people talk back (horors) and therefore they whine.

Posted by: on October 28, 2004 05:20 PM

That is so well said, Ace!

Posted by: Major Domo on October 28, 2004 06:29 PM

I loooooove this little whine:

"I think there were people just lying in the Internet bushes, waiting to strike, and I think that particular episode gave them a big opportunity."

Well, Tommy, we'd all still be in the bushes (in our pajamas?) if Dan and Mary hadn't made it so damn easy to figure out.

Bitches.

Posted by: Sean M. on October 28, 2004 06:37 PM

I'm trying to curse less now, but I feel a stream of vicious profanity just dying to get out... let it fly my brother!

Posted by: Madfish WIllie on October 28, 2004 08:00 PM

I don't know if I can. Trying to get advertisers, you know.

OTOH, when I tried to stop cursing before (back in like February or something), it was a living hell and I didn't have any fun at all. Had to give it up and start cursing again.

I had one reader tell me he wasn't reading my site as one of his first-string blogs because I was cursing too much. Maybe I can just scale it back.

Posted by: ace on October 28, 2004 08:06 PM
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