The DC notes:
Even oft-insufferable New York Magazine columnist Jonathan Chait writes that [Laurie] Penny is “one of those leftie-types so sanctimonious they make you want to vote Republican out of sheer spite.”
Succumb, Jon. Succumb. Just once. Nobody has to know…
I don’t want Chaitred on my side even for a moment.
His vote gets tallied up on our side just like any other, Rob. I like people who vote for my candidate out of spite: you don’t have to give them anything afterward.
Of course, Chait fails to note that he is of the same species…
Still don’t want him on my side even accidentally. He’s indistinguishable from a Klansman from where I stand.
I’m willing to cut Chait some slack on this one.
After all, Wikipedia uses Laurie Penny’s photo to illustrate the article on “insufferable self-centered twits” …