Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Andrew Sullivan uses a Krauthammer column out of context, not only to attack Krauthammer, but then to riff on the entire right. Sullivan missed the posting date of the column he was attacking. It's an oops on a couple of levels. I certainly have been caught not noticing that an article I was about to link to was actually posted months, if not years, before. It's embarrassing, and something you have only to do once to learn that being a little gun shy has its virtues. It's also good to avoid going off on outraged riffs when you're not 100% sure of the background of whoever you're going off on. That's even more embarrassing.
But Andrew Sullivan is beyond embarrassment. His writing has become so awful that his beagle could do a better job.