http://www.newsweek.com/2011/05/29/mamet-attacks.html Mamet Attacks
I am a new-minted Conservative, declares David Mamet, great American author and playwright, in his new book, The Secret Knowledge.
Whack through Mamets frequent quotations of Friedrich Hayek and youll find all the shock jocks canards: Carbon emissions do not in any way affect the temperature of the planet; we won in Vietnam; an Islamic center in downtown Manhattan is a cultural obscenity. These are not points that Mamet sets out to prove. Instead, he accepts them at face value, packs them into his shotgun, and blasts away at liberalisms sitting ducks, like Jane Fonda.
It turns out that Mamet, who is renowned for his dialogue above all else, has little to add to the political conversation. He recently told The Weekly Standard that he does not read political magazines and blogs, and
his main interface with modern conservatism is talk radio. I drive around and listen to the talk-show guys, he said. [Glenn] Beck, [Dennis] Prager, Hugh Hewitt, Michael Medved. (lol lol lol)
The books June 2 publication is leaving the right giddy and, perversely, hoping the Glengarry Glen Ross author loses esteem among his fans. The lower Mamets reputation sinks, the easier it will be to hate the liberal elites who betrayed him. Over at Fox News, theyre already running a David Mamet Attack Countdown Clock.