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Shorter Joe Klein

by John Cole|  July 26, 20072:37 pm| 16 Comments

This post is in: Media, General Stupidity

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Glenn Greenwald has two long posts up about serious pundits (Joe Klein in particular) that I have condensed for you, my special readers.

Shorter Joe Klein:

“Sometimes I just make shit up on the spot. Holding me at my word when I do that is not fair.”

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  1. 1.

    Paul L.

    July 26, 2007 at 2:46 pm

    Glenn Greenwald has two long posts up

    He gets paid by the word right?

  2. 2.

    ThymeZone

    July 26, 2007 at 2:56 pm

    “Sometimes I just make shit up on the spot. Holding me at my word when I do that is not fair.”

    From the I Like Pie Academy of Blogtrolling?

  3. 3.

    Rome Again

    July 26, 2007 at 3:14 pm

    Don’t forget to hit the tip jar for these valuable services I provide.

    Short on cash, are you? Perhaps you got hit in the stock market plunge today? I considered contributing at one point, and then decided against it. You may be someone I appreciate reading and watching as he transitions from Repub to something else; but you’re demeanor sucks and I’m not giving you a dime until that changes, sorry.

  4. 4.

    Zifnab

    July 26, 2007 at 3:15 pm

    Don’t forget to hit the tip jar for these valuable services I provide.

    *tosses in a quarter*

    He gets paid by the word right?

    It’s alot harder to write columns when all your material is stuffed up your own ass.

  5. 5.

    Rome Again

    July 26, 2007 at 3:16 pm

    your (I can spell, honestly).

  6. 6.

    Snarky Shark

    July 26, 2007 at 3:22 pm

    It often boggles my mind how different are the worlds Joe Klein and I inhabit.

    My wake-up call was the Richard Clarke testimony before the 911 committee. I watched the whole thing, and was struck by how profound the damning evidence was. I expected the whole nation to wake up and slam the neo-con evil-doers.

    Then I watched the MSM afterwards to see how they were going to break this most important story, and learned that Clarke was a DirtyFuckingHippy(tm) trying to hawk a book and therefore not to be taken seriously.

    It was like I was watching some kind of alternate reality.

    Thats where Joe Klein lives.

  7. 7.

    Jake

    July 26, 2007 at 3:29 pm

    Sometimes, instant opinions offered on TV shows (see above), can seem deeply unserious and ill-considered the moment they escape one’s lips.

    Pay no attention to what I said, pay attention to what I say about what I … er … said. Seriously.

    [Hands you a crumpled, damp dollar bill.]

  8. 8.

    ThymeZone

    July 26, 2007 at 3:41 pm

    It was like I was watching some kind of alternate reality.

    Thats where Joe Klein lives.

    Yes, exactly. To Jokeline, reality is only of value if you can sell it for money. If not, sell what you got.

  9. 9.

    Tim F.

    July 26, 2007 at 4:01 pm

    Greenwald:

    But note how odd — and unserious — Klein’s confession is. He actually seems to be saying that he accidentally supported the invasion of Iraq as the result of a “singular and momentary lapse” on television whereby a pro-war position “escaped his lips” — almost like it was an involuntary outburst or seizure of some sort — and he argued that we ought to militarily invade another country. To the viewer, Klein’s advocacy of attacking Iraq might “seem deeply unserious and ill-considered the moment [it] escaped [his] lips,” but he is still Serious.

    I propose a new term:

    kleinilepsy (n). A pathological state which forces one to repeatedly, fervently argue something that, with long reflection and the wisdom of hindsight, proves to be idiotic.

  10. 10.

    Krista

    July 26, 2007 at 4:06 pm

    You may be someone I appreciate reading and watching as he transitions from Repub to something else; but you’re demeanor sucks and I’m not giving you a dime until that changes, sorry.

    That’s part of his charm, though! This blog would be but a hollow shell without John and his cantankerous, ex-tank-driving, wine-loving, cat-spoiling (but not cat-blogging…what the hell is up with that, anyway?), Hola Fruta-snarfing self. If John were always cheerful, this blog would be…blah.

  11. 11.

    Halffasthero

    July 26, 2007 at 4:23 pm

    kleinilepsy (n). A pathological state which forces one to repeatedly, fervently argue something that, with long reflection and the wisdom of hindsight, proves to be idiotic.

    Will likely join the Friedman Unit (F.U.) as a new term in blogging…

  12. 12.

    Snarky Shark

    July 26, 2007 at 4:33 pm

    This blog would be but a hollow shell without John and his cantankerous, ex-tank-driving, wine-loving, cat-spoiling (but not cat-blogging…what the hell is up with that, anyway?), Hola Fruta-snarfing self

    True that

  13. 13.

    VidaLoca

    July 26, 2007 at 7:25 pm

    This blog would be but a hollow shell without John and his cantankerous, ex-tank-driving, wine-loving, cat-spoiling (but not cat-blogging…what the hell is up with that, anyway?), Hola Fruta-snarfing self

    True that

    Ayup.

    /tosses in a handful of change and some pocket lint.

  14. 14.

    Krista

    July 26, 2007 at 8:53 pm

    /hits tip jar with a bunch of toonies, now that they’re actually worth something.

  15. 15.

    mclaren

    July 26, 2007 at 9:45 pm

    The link under “long” (presumably the Greenwald post about Joe Klein)
    http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/07/26/klein/index.html‘

    yields a 404: PAGE NOT FOUND on my browser. This may be due to Salon’s habit of requiring payment for access. Some Salon features are free, but others aren’t.

  16. 16.

    VidaLoca

    July 27, 2007 at 6:35 am

    Krista,

    “toonies”? So now you guys are using cartoons for currency? :)

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