[daviddennis]

While I think Bush's going to win, hopefully easily, I certainly hope my favourite columnist wouldn't really quit if he loses. I suppose the fallback position is that he'll just quit the Irish Times, but still.

This makes me wonder if he's independently wealthy or something, because I know that if Mark Steyn tells the world he will quit, well, he will.

[daviddennis]

Your thoughts?

D

[eureka!]

bump for later read...

[Americanwolf]

Another great Styen piece.

[dead]

The hitherto perfectly poised seesaw of press coverage of the United States is apparently all out of whack because my corpulent column is weighing down one end while on the other up in the air are the massed ranks of Irish Times correspondents, RTE, the BBC and 97% of the European media class, plus Anthony O’Halloran

The whinging Irish lad is correct, the cumulative intellectual mass is still heavily weighted to the Steyn side of the seesaw.

[cake_crumb]

"If Bush wins, eschewing lazy European condescension for the next four years would be the best way of 'balancing the US debate'."

This line is yet another Mark Steyn keeper.

I too hope he won't disappear if Kerry wins...but then, I pray Kerry doesn't win.

[Politicalities]

Ballsy move to stake his career on a Bush victory. I hope Bush will win, I think he probably will, but I wouldn't put the odds any better than about 3:2, certainly not good enough for me to wager anything valuable.

[dead]

And yes, it was a flawed election: it emerged on polling day that the indelible ink used to mark voters’ thumbs could be rubbed off. And whose fault is that? Well, the election was managed by the UN, which evidently got its indelible ink from the book-keeping department of its Oil-for-Food program.

Brilliant. He hits them with a right and a left with one swing of his fist.

[Bonaparte]

"And yes, it was a flawed election: it emerged on polling day that the indelible ink used to mark voters’ thumbs could be rubbed off. And whose fault is that? Well, the election was managed by the UN, which evidently got its indelible ink from the book-keeping department of its Oil-for-Food program."

LOLOL! Steyn always delivers.

[wideawake]

I think he's talking about the Irish Times.

[shield]

I love Mark....he's the man over the pond!!! Thanks for posting this column!!!

[okie01]

Steyn sees clearly.

And writes sharply.

[Drawsing]

If he doesn’t, I shall trouble readers of this newspaper no further.

He said "this newspaper". I don't think he said he would retire completely.

[workerbee]

Well, the election was managed by the UN, which evidently got its indelible ink from the book-keeping department of its Oil-for-Food program.

Steyn is the Mozart of punditry.

[jim macomber]

"Well, the election was managed by the UN, which evidently got its indelible ink from the book-keeping department of its Oil-for-Food program."

I've said it before and I'l say it again and again and again. Every Steyn column is brilliant and every - EVERY - one has at least one succint incisive zinger that restablishes that he is in a class by himself.

[js1138]

Maybe he will just move to France.

[martin_fierro]

at a certain basic level, a columnist has to be right more often than not, otherwise the reader (I use the singular advisedly) is just wasting his time.

Paging Dickie Morris. White courtesy telephone for Mr. Morris.

[Cicero]

It's a reasonably safe bet. The only problem is that if Steyn loses he will keep his word, but if the whining leftists lose, they will go right on whining. So it's a bit like betting $5 against $0.

[Billthedrill]

An outstanding Steyn column. I am astonished at the prevalence of stereotypical thinking within the European media - a proposition may or may not be true, but it's certain that they'll all be parroting it simultaneously. This does not augur well for "diversity" no matter what lip service is paid that postmodern icon. What it does for "sophistication" need hardly be commented on.

But it is amusing that some seem to regard Steyn's opinions as "unanswered." Fish don't notice the water, either.

[Tax-chick]

later

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

LOL!