Time Mag’s Michael Kinsley Makes MoveOn.org’s ‘Betray us’ Ad Fault of Limbaugh, O’Reilly

Stoptheaclu.com ^ | 9/20/07 | Warner Todd Huston

[Mobile Vulgus]

Time Mag's Michael Kinsley Makes MoveOn.org's 'Betray us' Ad Fault of Limbaugh, O'Reilly

Goodness gracious, Michael Kinsley, vaunted leftist, upright "journalist," salt of the earth, is supporting a group that would rather call names and stir hatred for our troops than support a general that the entire U.S. Senate voted unanimously for only a few months ago. The founding editor of Slate online magazine, Microsoft's "serious" news and commentary magazine, thinks brash, slander is a great way to carry out the public debate on serious issues that affect the lives of millions of people. It's disgraceful. It's just beyond the pale ... It's ... oh, my heavens ... say, is it a bit stuffy in here? ... I think I'm going to ... Could I have a glass of ... oh, dear [thud].

Welcome to the wonderful world of hypocrisy in the American punditry class.

Childishly, Kinsley is turning the controversy over the vitriol and hatred displayed by Moveon.org's disgusting "Betray us" ad that calls general Petraeus a liar and traitor, into the fault of talk radio and Conservative pundits.

Welcome to the wonderful world of umbrage, the new language of American politics. You would not have thought that the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly would be so sensitive. Sticks and stones and so on. Yet they all seem to have taken one look at that ad and fainted dead away. And when they came round, they demanded — as if with one voice (or at least as if with one list of talking points) — that every Democratic presidential candidate must "condemn" this shocking, shocking document.

This insipid view of the hate indulged in by the American left is as free of morality as can ever be imagined. Kinsley's blaming of this incident on the reaction of the right, though, is a typical example of the immorality of the left. It is a perfect example of the sort of attitudes that leftists are mired in. Its similar to the sort of assumption that an attacked person is somehow wrong for replying to the attack, as if defending yourself is just as "bad" as the bully attacker's actions.

After all, isn't the left upset at Bush for replying to terrorism with force? As if we are wrong for replying to having nearly 3,000 of our innocent citizens incinerated on 9/11?

But, it's not surprising that the left has no sense of morality, is it? After all, that is the principle reason that the far left is not American in their ideology, principles (or lack thereof), and ideals. their lack of the slightest sense of morality is the chief reason that, since the 1930s, the American left has been engaged in the tearing down of this nation.

And, if it weren't for people like Limbaugh and O'Reilly, we'd still have a 219-seat majority of Democrats in the House like we did in the days when no conservative voice was heard in public.

And, let's be honest, shall we? Kinsely isn't all mad at conservatives for their reaction to this outrageous MoveOn.org ad. He's mad that conservatives have effective spokesmen for their ideology.

[Mobile Vulgus]

Kinsley is a huge hypocrite! He is perpetrating the very calumny he decries!

[Armedanddangerous]

I thought he moved to seattle and died?

[DoughtyOne]

Remember Crossfire from years ago, before we could get FoxNews, most of us anyway? Back in those days Pat Buchanan would mop the floor with Kinsley. Most nights it was embarassing. He finally had enough and moved on. It was brutal.

[A. Morgan]

I thought he moved to seattle and died? Me, too!!

[Tall_Texan]

And when they came round, they demanded — as if with one voice (or at least as if with one list of talking points) — that every Democratic presidential candidate must "condemn" this shocking, shocking document.

So, Kinsley is whining that the Right did what the Left routinely does - hold the entire party accountable for their outliers?

[trisham]

bump

[facedown]

Kinsley is a castrati.

[GlennBeck08]

Kinsley just because liberals need to be told how to feel, doesn’t mean conservatives do too. If talk radio hadn’t existed and nobody show public outrage over the moveon.org ad, this web site and wherever else conservatives may meet would have shown the outrage... we didn’t show outrage because the guy on the radio told us too, we showed outrage because we felt the ad was inappropriate, insultful, libelous and disrespectful towards not only General Patreaus but to the whole United States Military as a whole. Unlike the left, conservative outrage, conservative joy, conservative ideas, conservative thoughts and conservative words are honest, passionate and heartfelt.

[DGHoodini]

No doubt a Columbia University graduate.
Magna Cum Menace to Society.

[geezerwheezer]

Kinsley has been brain dead for quite a while. Problem is, his little pea-brain doesn’t know it yet! What a jerk.

[muawiyah]

I thought Michael Kinsley went out of circulation when his little friend James E. McGreevey resigned.

[Liberty Valance]

LOL! Kinsley can’t imagine anyone taking offense to the slanderous, mudslinging ‘Betray us’ ad because he doesn’t know any conservatives and has no regard for the US military. Wearing blinders and drinking the MoveOn.ogre kool-Aid is no way to go thru life Michael.

[Signalman]

Well said.

[Billthedrill]

I’m guessing it was Karl Rove, myself.

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

What a mean, petty little man he is.

[MarkL]

Kinsley's reaction here is no different than a rapist blaming his victim for "dressing too sexy." Or Ted Bundy making excuses... No different at all...

Mark

[Doctor Raoul]

Kinsley = Weasel

[daisyscarlett]

He's mad that conservatives have effective spokesmen for their ideology.

Rush gave good reviews for Laura Ingraham's new book the other day; within two days, it had overtaken the Slickster's new book on the best selling list.

[RoadKingSE]

The little punk came out of his padded cell, and stopped rolling his diaper nuggets into little balls, long enough to wet his pants in public.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

What’s this girly-boy crying about?