Obit For A Former Contrarian (A friend and protege turns on Christopher Hitchens)

City Pages (Minneapolis, MN ) ^ | 7/9/03 | Dennis Perrin

[squidly]

I hate to make an ad hominem attack on such a long piece, but it's late and the objectionable portions are many. I'll just call it drivel and be done with it.

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[nopardons]

Stupid Liberal ideolague, who blasts away at his mentor, because he isn't " LEFT " enough for him and smears others ( Ann Coulter, David Horowitz ) because they're ( oh, the HORROR ! ) on the RIGHT. This little effete johnny come lately, is absurd in all his assaults.What hubris he has !

[DPB101]

I missed this gem:

He maintained that he wasn't bound by ideology, so appearing with Coulter at a Free Republic gathering meant little compared to the larger fight against Clinton. "I'll take what I can get," he said.

[nopardons]

I didn't and it IS a " gem " ! :-)

[NYCVirago]

By this time, Hitch and I saw each other intermittently, spoke by phone occasionally. I'd learned all I could from him and moved on.

Wow, Dennis Perrin is really Friend of the Year, isn't he?

[DPB101]

What is it with liberals and "move on?"

When they aren't doing that, they are "making a difference, giving something back, reaching out" or some other equally insipid thing.

[TrebleRebel]

Another Hitch bump...

[BADROTOFINGER]

Pinging the Hitchen's Ping List Man, at least I think that it is you, Pokey...JFK

[giotto]

Just a few years before, I'd left the misery-filled comedy improv scene...

which became a little less miserable as a result. This guy doesn't have an original idea in his head, judging from this piece.

[ccmay]

Like many on the left, I too wanted to see Clinton impeached, but for heavier crimes than lying about blowjobs.

I call BULL S**T on that. I'd like to see even one single article as proof.

-ccm

[gcruse]

I eventually came out in favor of the
U.S. hitting those who backed the 9/11 attacks,

I guess you had to be there, and it's
too bad you weren't on a top floor.

[DPB101]

Makes you wonder how their brains operate, doesn't it?

[CFC__VRWC]

What a stinking piece of trash. Is there ANY liberal out there who can express a single facsimile of coherent thought that doesn't have f**k as every other word?

[gcruse]

These folks have a habit of encouraging the rest of us to do what amounts to suicide, both economically and literally.
They deserve to have the fruits of their labor visited on
themselves.

[Xenalyte]

Bummer when your liberal compadres start thinking, ain't it?

[DPB101]

I should have deleted those I guess. But leaving it in does show the mindset.

No...they all seem to do it in my experience. When they really get mad, the language about Republicans impeaching Clinton is absolutely disgusting.

[CFC__VRWC]

Oh, I totally agree with your decision to leave them in. I wasn't offended by the language, I was simply pointing out just how intellectually bankrupt the liberals are.

[lainie]

"From the moment they play that lovely strain
And we surrender to all its charm again
This jealousy that tortures me is ecstasy, mystery, pain"