If It Bleeds, It Leads ... Mark Steyn

Steyn Online ^ | 10 Aug 2015 | Mark Steyn

[Rummyfan]

Even in what Rush likes to call an utterly chickified political culture, you'd be hard put to improve on the Republican Party's leading presidential candidate being taken out by an intercontinental ballistic tampon.

But not so fast... Here's the first post-debate poll from NBC News:

Trump 23%
Cruz 13%
Carson 11%
Fiorina 8%
Rubio 8%
Bush 7%
Walker 7%

So the top four are three non-politicians and my fellow Canadian. Great work, Republican establishment! Looks like we're gonna need a bigger tampon.

The sheer stupidity of the last 48 hours ought to be embarrassing to any self-governing people. Once the fake-o vapors of the Age of Outrage go bipartisan you might as well forget about America's future. Even if you think Trump did intend it as a time-of-the-month innuendo, so what? Who cares? I don't want Erick Erickson's old-time menstrual show trying to outbid the left in shriveling and narrowing the bounds of what's "acceptable". Because in the early 21st century the shrill little twerps shrieking "You can't say that!" are a far bigger problem than the stuff they object to. Let's suppose Erick Erickson got his way - and that for the first time in the history of the republic or indeed any other free society the leading candidate of a major party was destroyed by one highly ambiguous supposed menstrual crack. Is that likely to improve the quality of either public life in this country or those attracted to it? Or would it lead it to American politics becoming even more weird and detached from reality and just a con-game for freaks, hangers-on and the consultant-industrial complex?

[Hugin]

The funny thing about the GOPe-rs who are so faux outraged on behalf of Megyn Kelly, I haven’t heard Kelly make any complaint. I suspect she’s laughing about it at least as much as she did about Howard Stern’s grilling her over her third trimester sex life. As long as they spell her name right.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

He’s brilliant.

[from occupied ga]

I'm not a big fan of Trump, but seeing the hand wringers go ballistic over such a trivial non-issue shows just how deep in the manure our country has sunk.

There are REAL issues and what does that twit Kelly ask about? Some exchanges between Trump and an odious fat sack of liberal ignorance years ago.

What about illegal wetbacks? What about the militarization of the police? What about the destruction of the 4th amendment? What about the clear violations of the first amendment with the so-called campaign finance reform laws? What about the irresponsible and profligate spending by the turd in the white hut and the rest of the DC crowd? What about 0care? The list of REAL issues is endless, and Kelly asks about drivel.

[Psalm 73]

"Erick Erickson's old-time menstrual show..."

Brilliant line - he just comes up with these year-after-year without let up.

[cymbeline]

the red period

Hilarious!

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

-— Mark Steyn is one of the greatest journalists of our generation -—

Thankfully his mind wasn’t corrupted by a college education. Imagine how many other great minds we have lost.

[Political Junkie Too]

This is the same Left that found the word "amigo" in a memo by John Roberts and tried to turn it into an attack on Latinos to derail his nomination. They will take the slightest thing and make it into a weapon.

-PJ

[exit82]

you'd be hard put to improve on the Republican Party's leading presidential candidate being taken out by an intercontinental ballistic tampon.

What a word picture! LOL!

[Liz]

Who won the debate?

In the last analysis, we, the people, decide....b/c "ratings" tell the story.

Fox execs talk ratngs in their sleep.

Brett was forced to admit Monday that the Trump appearance made the debate ratings skyrocket.

The Happy Hour debate got what? 1.8 million viewers?

The Trump-led debate got 24 million viewers.

Now let's see what Megyn's ratings drop to (meow).

[Jack Hydrazine]

Minute Memo #144 - New Poll, Trump 32%, Bush 11%
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eptDBWQPR5Y

[Jack Hydrazine]

Maybe Megyn was trying to use the Red Scare on Trump and promptly failed.

[DungeonMaster]

Good one!

[DungeonMaster]

So much innuendo about this Megyn issue.

[coldflamingo]

I thought it was just “righter’ than hell...an appropriate turn of phrase...

[urbanpovertylawcenter]

An understatement!

[Buckeye McFrog]

good “journalists” don’t become the story

That is SOOOOOO 19th Century. Today's journ-o-list ASPIRES to become part of the story. Objective journalism died with John Reed in Moscow. Ever since the rest of them have jealously longed to BE him.

[cymbeline]

“Maybe Megyn was trying to use the Red Scare on Trump and promptly failed”

I think “red” will be used frequently and forever in references to Megyn.

[Hostage]

An 85-year old Freeper posted this past Sunday that “ blood coming out of his eyes and nose” was a common saying in his generation to describe a person who was out to kill. I’ve confirmed it with others of elderly age. I imagine Donald Trump heard the saying from his father.

But never once did Donald Trump mention anything about a woman’s cycle. He was absolutely correct to say that this was twisted by those with their minds in the gutter.

[stephenjohnbanker]

” intercontinental ballistic tampon.”

One of several Steyn gems in this piece : )