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Quote of the Day, I’m Mostly Joking About The Demonology Part, Of Course edition.

To over-use the cliche: it would take a heart of stone not to laugh at this.  Frank Bruni, on a (male) Democrat infuriated that he has to vote for Hillary Clinton:

So here he stands, or rather squirms, exhilarated by what Hillary embodies and repelled by what she represents, wanting to see her take the oath and wanting never to lay eyes on her and Bill again, determined that they reclaim the White House and despairing of the muddy road there and the certain muck beyond. He’s a riot of warring emotions, a paradox with a pulse.

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Frank Bruni wants EVERYBODY ELSE to lay off ‘At Least Obama’s Better Than Bush!’

“Don’t get high on your own supply.”

Frank Bruni has a problem: essentially, he sees the need to tell all the other people on his side to lay off the political heroin that is Bush hatred, but he just needs one more fix himself, man. Just one more small hit to take the edge off.  That’s it, man:

Obama can rise far above Bush and still fall short.

…Whoa, whoa, whoa there, Tex! What makes you think Obama’s better than Bush? Continue reading Frank Bruni wants EVERYBODY ELSE to lay off ‘At Least Obama’s Better Than Bush!’

#rsrh Melinda Henneberger not ready to face the idea that Frank Bruni is capable of lying.

Melinda Henneberger, on a somewhat too-pat story that NYT writer Frank Bruni related (admittedly, secondhand) about an abortion doctor telling him that one of his protesters (a woman on a ladder, apparently) took time out to go have an abortion at the doctor’s clinic:

After Bruni’s column appeared, several conservative writers, a Catholic news site and Gawker — together again, for the very first time — questioned whether there was any such woman, given that a number of suspiciously similar versions of the lady-on-the-ladder tale have been reported before, in a bunch of different places.

[snip of almost-but-not-quite confrontation of the possible fabrication head-on]

I don’t bring any of this up to challenge the ethics or motives behind the column written by Bruni, a talented former colleague and complete professional; no way would he have piped the thing.

Continue reading #rsrh Melinda Henneberger not ready to face the idea that Frank Bruni is capable of lying.