Posted on 04/06/2015 3:44:36 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
I hadn't before seen Will Leitch, the Deadspin creator who now writes on politics for Bloomberg, in action. But on today's With All Due Respect, I found him funny and affable.
Even so, he made one left-leaning assertion so absurd it was too much even for show host John Heilemann. Running parallel with the NCAA tourney, Bloomberg has been running a bracket of 64 non-presidential candidates. In the Final Four, Jon Stewart defeated the Pope and Tina Fey took out Warren Buffett. Asked to explain the results, Leitch alleged that Fey and Stewart have a "universality that maybe not everybody has, frankly including the Pope."
View the video here.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
Bloomberg columnist calls Jon Stewart and Tina Fey more universal than the Pope. Ping to Today show list.
Consider where it’s coming from. This is a guy who apparently thinks “universal” means both Cubs fans and Cards fans.
Interesting update: after the item appeared at NewsBusters, Leitch registered as a reader and posted this comment:
“I’m not sure this was “leftist” or not ... but it was probably a pretty dumb thing to say. Mea culpa. (For the record: I like the Pope a lot more than I like Jon Stewart.)”
As another reader wrote, “Bravo!! It took class to come here and say that!”
How small must one’s universe be for Tina Fey and Jon Stewart to encompass it?
They may be more universal in the United States
Well, at least Paul and Ringo are still alive.
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