You got proof of this?
I didn't think so.
You are pushing an agenda, liberal style. In lieu of facts, you ad hominem. And consider your ego-central self as superior, when in fact, bullying is more your style.
You sound just like a liberal, yarkstick. They too, always know what is "best" for people.. and because "people are too stupid" to know what they want, need, like or don't like.
There are some sharp posters in this thread -- some who liked the show, some who had issues with the show.
But the silliest, most inane poster of this thread, is you.
Check your premises: I think you've confused insults with "sharp and intelligent".
Furthermore, and lastly while you think the blogs you've cited are A-1, others might not.
It's one thing to write one or two "brilliant" blog items or columns, it's another to churn out that brilliance day after day after day.
It's partly why Rush is a winner -- he has a fine and provable track record of wins. Dittos, Joel Surnow. He too has a successful track record.
You don't.
Sleep on it.
Of course not. It's just a working theory. But it has the unique virtue of having been validated by none other than you on this very thread. YOU were the one who failed to see IowaHawk's humor, just as the theory predicts.
In lieu of facts, you ad hominem.
There are no facts here, only opinions and speculation. You're asserting something too, you know -- namely that the show is funny -- but you no more have "facts" to prove it than I do. I'm just asserting a contrary opinion and backing it up with the best evidence available, which, ironically, you have provided.
I'll will grant you, though, that my line about the nap was a little on the snotty side, and I will retract it. In fact I'll even apologize for it (I regretted it as soon as I hit the "post" button). Ahem...sorry for saying you might need a nap to understand my point.
Also, I misidentified you as a grandpa rather than a grandma, which you might have taken offense to. Sorry about that, too.
Now then, continuing on...
You sound just like a liberal, yarkstick.
No, I sound like a conservative who's frustrated that our side fails, again and again and again, to go out into the culture war fully equipped for battle. The libs are sharp and we need to be sharp too if we're going to beat them.
I think you've confused insults with "sharp and intelligent".
Like it or not, the name of the game with this kind of comedy is to be sharp, and yes insulting, with the point of drawing blood (metaphorically speaking of course) from your opponent. This is accomplished with subtlety, with perceptiveness, with a finely calibrated sense of irony. Subtle things, in other words. You have to be smart about it.
Bottom line: I want to see conservatism win, and dopey writing on a show like this ain't gonna help make that happen.
Furthermore, and lastly while you think the blogs you've cited are A-1, others might not.
Of course, but IowaHawk is widely recognised as one of the best in the blogosphere when it comes to political parody. As I said earlier, even the libs recognize this. They hate IowaHawk, because he's good.
It's one thing to write one or two "brilliant" blog items or columns, it's another to churn out that brilliance day after day after day.
1) Most bloggers turn out stuff day after day. The blogosphere is almost defined by its fast pace. IowaHawk's reputation is based on a paper trail of pitch-perfect parody that's a mile long.
2) Those promo clips for the FOX show were the best stuff they had. That was their opeing blitz, the cream of the cream of months of pre-production writing and skunkworking. They rolled out their best, and it was not particularly good. It'll be interesting to see whether having to crank it out day after day helps them or hurts them. I hope they get better at it -- and I'd say they will -- because I don't want this show to be an albatross around conservatism's neck.
It's partly why Rush is a winner -- he has a fine and provable track record of wins.
Absolutely.
Dittos, Joel Surnow. He too has a successful track record.
A successful track record doing an action show.
Sleep on it.
Got my pillow fluffed up and ready to go.
Nighty night!