Wouldn't stuck on 11 110% of the time be more appropriate?

I realize that most blogs on the far left think that type of comment is typical from Glenn because he's evil, but to anyone that has an open mind and reads him regularly that post has to be devastating.

"We've become dumber than the Soviets and in some cases just as cruel."--Andrew Sullivan.

It's also interesting to compare Sullivan's coy, wink-wink posts about Kaus re Humpback Mountain and his own criticisms of The Passion of the Christ and Mel Gibson. Or for that matter, some of the things Sullivan criticized Gibson for:

"I'm tired of people believing that Gibson is representing Catholicism. He isn't. He is a rebel against Catholicism, specifically the reformed, open, repentant Catholicism of the Second Vatican Council. Gibson doesn't recognize the authority of the current Pope...."

Pretty ironic, in hindsight, no?

More to the point, Sullivan called The Passion sadomasochist pornography. He doesn't like to see violence and torture (obviously), but if graphic violence were his only reason for disliking the film, then he should be similarly scathing of something like Saving Private Ryan. Sullivan also referred to the general approval of the Passion by conservative writers--Krauthammer being an exception--as evidence the "Popular Front" was intact.

Good thing no one thought just maybe he was revealing more of himself than he intended and that his own reaction might come from a bigotry against conservative Catholics, eh?

A Latin phrase but one not often used in the Mass comes to mind: ad hominem.

Wouldn't stuck on 11 110% of the time be more appropriate?

Naw - there's the 10% of the time that he's posting adulatory letters and the other 10% that he's soliciting donations (for bandwidth costs, natch).

Damn you, rb, you beat me to it.

Someone posted here the best description of Sullivan I've heard; he views everything through the prism of his asshole. Everything comes around to the GAY with him. He was Kool and the Gang with Bush until the gay marriage thing; now the Bush Administration is the Spanish Inquisition in pin-stripe suits. He bleats like a gut shot goat about torture, yet he defines torture down until the deprivation of Swedish nurse sponge baths qualify. He's an unserious hack and a shill, and one of my favorite things about Ace's blog is the steady stream of ruthless takedowns.

Andrew Sullivan is one of the main reasons I am now opposed to gay marriage. I find that whenever I'm on the fence or wavering on an issue it simply comes down to who makes the better arguments, and Sullivan and most of the proponents of gay marriage bring nothing but shrill cries about homophobia. So, I definitely can see where Glenn is coming from. With torture, add Mr. Demogocic Self-Righteous McCain to Sullivan, and it's another issue where I'm pulled in the opposite direction from them simply by their whining.

Several columns ago, Ann Coulter said "it isn't torture if Andrew Sullivan can go to New York City and buy it". I'm still laughing.

I'm on the fence or wavering on an issue it simply comes down to who makes the better arguments, and Sullivan and most of the proponents of gay marriage bring nothing but shrill cries about homophobia.

It's funny how this works out. I would have characterized myself as much more moderate a few years ago, but for every moderate issue that I wanted to discuss, I got the same feedback. It became clear to me that the "reasons" for, say gay marriage, were after thoughts. Usually the whole movement was a step or two away from mobs with pitchforks - the reasoning was only for the pamphlets.

To use a phrase coined by an acquaintance, Andrew specializes in being half-assed at full intensity.

And they wonder where the phrase
"What crawled up his ass and died" came from.

LOL Oregon Muse! Great line from Ann.

Actually we don't even need to go to that extreme. Look at the less sensational stuff that women pay for every day. Electrolysis, anyone? Or a full-body wax which includes the naughty bits? Could be just the ticket for those furry Middle Easterners.