Comments on: Kristol misattributes quote in first NYT column.

By: crassus

crassus — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:10:25 +0000

Why is anyone reading this imbecile?

By: sacopenapa

sacopenapa — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:14:56 +0000

the New York Times… well they are getting what they paid for…

By: JosephW

JosephW — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:22:52 +0000

So, I don’t quite see what the problem is. Is Michelle upset that Kristol used her name as the source of the quote or is she upset that she didn’t think of the quote before Medved? Also, why is she upset anyway? It’s not like she’s doesn’t speak without checking her facts first.
It’s all part of being a CONservative.

By: Sabyen91

Sabyen91 — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 05:21:38 +0000

“Did anyone here besides hellinabucket actually read the column?”

Not sure what the point of doing that would be.

By: WilliamJE

WilliamJE — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:01:03 +0000

Correction isn’t in the vocabulary of anyone who works for The Weekly Standard. For proof, read this.

By: questioneverything

questioneverything — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 02:25:37 +0000

I work with inflated idiots like him everyday. If you can’t get an A, or even a B, on your dissertation, you shouldn’t get the job. It’s all WHO you know and not WHAT you know. And certainly not how well you perform. Now we know how stupid all those Ivy League educations really are and how bloated the egos of the ever so powerful.

By: Clumberfeet

Clumberfeet — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:16:49 +0000

Definition: ‘misattributes’

The act of personal self gratification using you’re write hand.

By: ralph the wonder llama

ralph the wonder llama — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:11:11 +0000

Thanks, missmolly for inspiring me to actually read the column. As you note, it’s even worse than the bungled quote would indicate.

Here’s possibly my favorite stupid conclusion:

After the last two elections, featuring the well-born George Bush and Al Gore and John Kerry, Americans â€” even Republicans! â€” are ready for a likable regular guy.

Can you believe that? As if Bush wasn’t sold to the American public as a “likable regular guy”.

Kristol is indeed a tool. And not a very sharp one at that. The NYT should be ashamed.

By: Impolitics

Impolitics — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:50:32 +0000

Bloody Bill

All wrong. All the time.

It’s time for the oily creep to be rendered down and refined. For gasoline.

By: eve

eve — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:37:50 +0000

Malkin as a source for anything — whether cited correctly or not — is a humiliation for the NYTimes. And I thought it couldn’t get any worse than Judith Miller.

By: Red Pill

Red Pill — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:26:02 +0000

Kristol’s entire life requires a correction.

By: Zimzone

Zimzone — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:20:42 +0000

Billy Krisco, always sliding in factoids of wish instead of facts.

Keep sliding, billy, it’s all downhill from here.

By: able as

able as — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:08:24 +0000

You first 24 are so on the ball, I have nothing to add but my admiration. How great to find people who actually think!!
able as

By: missmolly

missmolly — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:07:10 +0000

Did anyone here besides hellinabucket actually read the column? Kristol is spinning a fantasy where Obama buries Clinton in the primaries, Huckabee does the same to the rest of the GOP, and Huckabee battles Obama in the general by using the brilliant strategy of the same old tired Republican wedge issues — guns, abortions, and gays. And this Kristol wet dream is capped by Bloomberg entering the race and siphoning off votes from Obama, leaving Huckabee breaking the tape at the finish line. Fortunately, it sounds so far-fetched that only people like Kristol could hold onto it. But if it does come true — God help us all.

And as far as the misattributed quote? Anybody could tell that couldn’t possibly have been from Malkin — it wasn’t hateful enough.

By: Doc Rock

Doc Rock — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:52:54 +0000

A one-time giant of journalism, THE New York Times, takes another slide down that slippery slope to “entertainment”!

By: hellinabucket

hellinabucket — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:49:08 +0000

read the article and I’m a bit perplexed. Kristol thinks if Bloomberg were to enter the race votes would be sapped away from Obama. He doesn’t bother to explain it but just throws that out as if that’s a fact.

By: JT

JT — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:45:36 +0000

Ahh…once again the NY Times screws up. Blair, we hardly knew ye….

By: Veritas

Veritas — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:44:05 +0000

The biggest correction should be the author! What the hell are they thinking? Anything for publicity, I guess – even negative publicity.

By: Dumb_Fox

Dumb_Fox — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:43:50 +0000

Michelle Malkin… Michael Medved… true Neocons just split the difference and aim for the shrill.

By: nffcnnr

nffcnnr — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:37:12 +0000

Fuuu-huuuummmbeeelll!!