RE: THE LEFT

The Federalist Brief ^ | July 7, 2003 | P.J. O'Rourke

[bruinbirdman]

"...[I]t says something unflattering about our era that prominent political figures -- who used to write declarations of independence, preambles to constitutions, Gettysburg addresses, and such -- now use the alphabet only to make primitive artifacts, like the letter-inscribed tablet that Charlemagne is said to have put under his pillow each night, in the hope he'd wake up literate. Conservatives, including most of the Founding Fathers, have always worried that the price of a democratic system would be a mediocre nation. But George Washington and William F. Buckley Jr. put together could not have foreseen, in their gloomiest moments, the rise of Clinton-style über-mediocrity -- with its soaring commonplaces, its pumped trifling, its platinum-grade triviality. The Alpha-dork husband, the super-twerp wife, and the hyper-wonk vice president -- together with all their mega-weenie water carriers, such as vicious pit gerbil George Stephanopoulos and Eastern diamondback rattleworm Sidney Blumenthal -- spent eight years trying to make America nothing to brag about. They failed. And that is, ultimately, what makes 'Living History' such a good nonread. If they're going to throw the book at us, and the book is by Hillary, the republic will endure (and the Republicans will prevail)." --P.J. O'Rourke

[Monti Cello]

That's PJ -- High-density witticism!

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[ILBBACH]

I think this was part of a review of Hillary's book in either the The Weekly Standard or National Review (I get both and can't remember which one it was in).

If you have the whole article, you should post it - it's really good!

[Nick Danger]

Why doesn't he tell us how he really feels?

[Malesherbes]

It's a toss-up as to who has the sharpest knife: O'Roarke or Steyn. I love 'em both.

[bruinbirdman]

Hillary's History -- PJ ORourke

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/937080/posts

yitbos

[gcruse]

It's a toss-up as to who has the sharpest knife: O'Roarke or Steyn. I love 'em both.

I do, too.  But the sheer output of Steyn is boggling.
It's all good.  PJ + Twain = Steyn.
PJ is great, but Steyn rules.