Sullivan to the Beast (Andrew Sullivan takes his anti-Palin blog to a new venue)

The Politico ^ | February 27, 2011 | Ben Smith

[2ndDivisionVet]

Andrew Sullivan, who more or less invented the sort of incremental, obsessive blogging you see here and in a thousand other places, is moving from The Atlantic to the Daily Beast/Newsweek hybrid.

Sullivan writes that he's excited about the moment and the skilled new management at the NewsBeast, and proud of his work on the Atlantic's revival, which make sense, but to me the key line in his announcement is this one: "Now we will ride a new Beast into a new decade."

One of the things Sullivan pioneered was the split between journalist and institution, and though he's been attached to various publications over the years, he's always been the one riding the beast -- not vice versa, a change in journalism for which he's one of the models.

Sullivan has also always been one of Obama's key interpreters, did his part toward inventing the Obama as he's now known. You got the clear sense on the campaign that Obama was reading his blog, and Sullivan gets less credit than he deserves for, it appeared to me, shaping the famous "race speech."

[2ndDivisionVet]

Wasn't Newsweek sold for only one dollar not that long ago?

[icwhatudo]

Obsessed with Palin, HIV positive, and advertising for bareback group sex is no way to thru life.

[thecabal]

Ol’ Power Glutes is going to “ride the Beast”, eh?

[OddLane]

Thanks for the visual.

*shudder*

[Clint N. Suhks]

Sodomite moves from The Atlantic to the Daily Beast/Newsweek hybrid?!!!

You’d knew!!

[WilliamHouston]

The fact that Andrew Sullivan hates Sarah Palin is yet another point in her favor. I’m keeping track and Palin is making all the right enemies.

[Kickass Conservative]

Andrew is just upset because Governor Palin has a bigger pair than he does.

[Mr. K]

Maybe this is who PISSANT is

[Mr. Mojo]

Can you imagine how looney this Sullivan fruitcake is going to be when Sarah starts piling up delegates? ....let alone when she's sworn in as the 45th CIC? He'll be residing in a rubber room by that point.

[max americana]

>Maybe this is who PISSANT is<

Nah, pissant is our de facto and resident Palin lover LOL. He needs FR to preach the gospel of Palin hating and no other audience on the VRWC spectrum is bigger than FR.

[MacombBob]

So, does this double Newsweek’s value to $2 dollars, or does it cut it to 50 cents?

[elcid1970]

So a faggy columnist hates a beautiful accomplished woman.

Dog-bites-man story, IMO.