Speaking of the Candidates [P. J. O’Rourke alert]

Atlantic Monthly ^ | January/February 2004 | P. J. O'Rourke

[Publius]

Better late than never.

[eureka!]

Bump for later. Thanks for the post...

[jla]

fyi

[Semper Paratus]

He read all that? Yikes!

[Publius]

Cruel and unusual punishment, I'd say.

[Rummyfan]

Bump for later... thanks for the post.

[Benrand]

...Edwards, Kerry's last major Democratic rival for the nomination, said Bush and the Republicans "want to exploit fears and relitigate the past."

[Tax-chick]

later

[headsonpikes]

Pretty restrained, for PJ!

Al Sharpton bump. He IS the best of the Demonrats.

[Pilsner]

Ho-Hum bump to the top.

I have all of P.J.'s books, but he has not been in good form lately. Steyn in fact has put him to shame. I think much of P.J.'s inspiration came from being a drug taking, gin swilling degenerate, and his conversion to (relatively) sober family man, while personally admirable , has not stood him well professionally.

[JennysCool]

PJ bump!

[wayoverontheright]

"I believe," John Edwards says, "we can give paid leave to millions of families without adding a burden to businesses."

Wow. Houdini economics.

[Kenny Bunk]

I think much of P.J.'s inspiration came from being a drug taking, gin swilling degenerate, and his conversion to (relatively) sober family man, while personally admirable , has not stood him well professionally.

Jeez, can't a "degenerate*" even try to go straight without you jumping all over him? And just FYI, he didn't "swill" the gin. the worst he ever did was gulp it down, so those "dolls" wouldn't get stuck in his throat.

*That word "degenerate," could be taken as an homophobic slap at the famous lesbian-stand-up of almost the same name. So you, just watch it,OK? We're trying to run a family site here.

[Tax-chick]

P.J., like Dave Barry, doesn't have to be creative anymore. There's nothing they can make up that's as funny, or as frightening, as what they find in the non-fiction news. "I'm not making this up!" could be the summation of all reporting on this campaign.

Good line: "The Secretary of Peace will do for international understanding what the Postmaster General does for mail."

[robertpaulsen]

He needs a road trip to Iraq.

[StarCMC]

I have all of P.J.'s books

My favorite it "Parliament of Whores" followed closely by "Give War a Chance." You're right, the form is falling...

[Publius]

The Backside of War, PJ's road trip to Iraq.

[angkor]

I have all of P.J.'s books, but he has not been in good form lately. Steyn in fact has put him to shame.

Yeah, this was disappointing, and it's the first PJ I've read since Give War A Chance. It also occured to me during reading that, yes, Steyn is the new PJ.

And the same thing that others have said about travel. He needs to get out on the road and into the wierdness.

I think he hated this article, struggled mightily to get it done, and has no interest in the elections. It's a pure hack piece, written only for money and nothing else.

[Criminal Number 18F]

Among the noises made by Howard Dean is the clank of rods being bound into a cylindrical bundle with an ax in the middle.

Priceless, and probably lost on 50% of the people reading it.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[Publius]

Fascist! (LOL!)

Priceless, and probably lost on 50% of the people reading it.

Good catch!