We watched it, despite our shared aversion to Mario Cuomo's former handyman.
Christopher Hitchens should have his own show where he is not subject to the rudeness and ignorance of panel hosts.
I should add, their resentment and envy.
He was on Scarborough the other night and had to correct Scarborough who called him Chris. Instead of accepting the correction and calling him Christopher, the name he prefers, Scarborough continued to call him Chris, Chrissy, etc. It was so juvenile and disrespectful it made me cringe.
If these morons that head up these shows are so ignorant and ill-bred that they cannot behave with courtesy towards their guests only those low enough to submit to such treatment will appear. Perhaps that is why we are deprived of Mr. Hitchens.
Mr. Hitchens would be a bracing antidote to the yapping cyphers the media moguls consider adequate for an informed electorate.
Of course, if Mr. Hitchens had our uninterrupted attention on a regular schedule we would soon realize that what the moguls have palmed off on us all these years as political discourse is a cheap con, an insult to the intelligence of the least intellectually evolved among us.
Andrew Sullivan is welcome always, even when he wobbles on personal hobby-horses.
I saw the correction to "Christopher" and thought it was rather petty.
I have a thing against people who are fanatic that their names be used correctly and have a hissy fit (understated in his case)if you shorten it or use a nickname.
That being said, I thought the "Chrissy" thing was WAY out of line.
Erudite to say the least.
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Andrew Sullivan is welcome always, even when he wobbles on personal hobby-horses.
Wow, thanks for the intelligent analysis and articulate presentation.