• February 14, 2012

The first three paragraphs of New York Times “lightning rod conservative” columnist Bill Kristol’s fare today:

Life is full of disappointments.

Early Friday, I went to the Real Clear Politics Web site, as I do every morning, for my fix of political news and commentary. I perked up when I saw the third entry on the list of that day’s notable articles — “No. 44 Has Spoken.”

“Hank Aaron has spoken? Wow,” I thought as I clicked through.

You’ve gotta be a rare strain of “cheeky asshat” to write this horseshit every week. [NYT]

{ 38 comments }

unertl July 28, 2008 at 1:59 pm

I thought Barack Obama was a 27 year old NBA superstar, but now I’m told he is a lanky outfielder? I think we should compromise and make him a Bo Jackson.

queeraselvis v 2.0 July 28, 2008 at 1:59 pm

I’ve seen hyperactive 5-year-olds off their Ritalin who whine and thrash about less than Kristol does in this piece.

freakishlystrong July 28, 2008 at 2:01 pm

The biggest disappointment in my life is that this douchebag hasn’t been hit by a lightning rod…

contains_hot_liquid July 28, 2008 at 2:01 pm

I’ll give him another seven months.

/fake $10

irisheyes July 28, 2008 at 2:02 pm

Before today, I never read/watched.listen to this guy. Now that I have, it just makes me angry. Thanks for nothing Wonkette Editors.

columnv July 28, 2008 at 2:02 pm

He honestly thought Hank Aaron came back from the dead and wrote on a shitty political blog???

What a fucking asshat.

Spence July 28, 2008 at 2:02 pm

OMGZ! Where did Ken Layne’s story about Dick Cheney and the bitter war vets go? Was it “disappeared”? Has the internet anschluss started?

BadNewsJack July 28, 2008 at 2:03 pm

Ahhh, I get it. Cuz Hank Aaron was no. 44 for the Atlanta Braves, seee. Thats funny, kinda, if you were kicked in the head by a steel toe boot.

m_supercomputer July 28, 2008 at 2:05 pm

His bitter, baffled tears of rage on November 5 are going to be so, so fuckin’ sweet. Hey, Bill! Like your idol George W., you’ve officially failed at everything you’ve ever tried.

Fighting Bill July 28, 2008 at 2:06 pm

Jesse Helms, Tony Snow, Robert Novak……….Bill Kristol? If there’s a God.

BadNewsJack July 28, 2008 at 2:07 pm

Did somebody feed him lead paint chips when he was a kid? Did he get hit on the head by a ball-peen hammer?

BigLar July 28, 2008 at 2:07 pm

What. A. Load. Of. Crap.

ph7 July 28, 2008 at 2:08 pm

Another nerdy Republican columnist makes a tortured sport reference to appear less nerdy. George Will and Bill should traded baseball cards while shopping for foppish clothing.

Hart88 July 28, 2008 at 2:10 pm

Real Clear Politics? Epic fail.

gjdodger July 28, 2008 at 2:11 pm

Yes, Bill, life is indeed full of surprises. For instance, you still have a job.

Terry July 28, 2008 at 2:13 pm

Did you ever notice that an unusual number of Neo-cons lack an upper lip?

Canuckledragger July 28, 2008 at 2:14 pm

I realize that Billy the K. needs to empty his colostomy bag weekly. But does he have to do it on the pages of the NYT?

superfecta July 28, 2008 at 2:14 pm

Does he think baseball references will make him seem less closeted? Or is his reference to Hank Aaron a signal that he’s secretly lusting after athletic black men?

Delicious July 28, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Serolf Divad July 28, 2008 at 2:19 pm

[re=45484]superfecta[/re]:

It’s the Goerge Will school of “I’m not a pussy, honest… see how much I love baseball?”

AfghanVet July 28, 2008 at 2:19 pm

” Do they really believe their fellow citizens who happen to prefer McCain are hopeless?”

Yes.

madtowngooner July 28, 2008 at 2:30 pm

[re=45492]Delicious[/re]: Looks like it could have been JFK in Dallas, except poor Bill the K doesn’t have any brains

SayItWithWookies July 28, 2008 at 2:36 pm

“Are they impressed by the cleverness of a political slogan that plays off a rather cheesy (sorry!) campaign to get people to drink milk?”
“Got Hope” is certainly nothing as clever or original as something Ronald Reagan would say, like “Where’s the Beef?”

RuperttheBear July 28, 2008 at 2:50 pm

I love the smell of vinegar and water. REFRESHING!

Mo MoDo July 28, 2008 at 3:13 pm

Yikes! Not only does he make the Hank Aaron joke twice, he translates the three word German sentence for us. Anyone who’s ever seen Hogan’s Heroes should be able to context out that one without being treated like a retarded child. I guess it takes one to know one.

AxmxZ July 28, 2008 at 3:23 pm

“And so I drifted off into a pleasant daydream. It’s election night, and a victorious John McCain is waving around the Spiegel article, “No. 44 Has Spoken” — just as Harry Truman, 60 years ago, triumphantly held aloft the early edition of the Nov. 3, 1948, Chicago Tribune, with its banner headline, “Dewey Defeats Truman.””

Keep daydreaming, Billy.

Canmon (the Inadequate) July 28, 2008 at 3:29 pm

I still don’t think Grover Cleveland should be counted twice. Obama’s would be the 44th presidency but he would be the 43rd president. Maybe that’s what Kristol meant.

Lionel Hutz Esq. July 28, 2008 at 3:29 pm

I perked up when I saw the third entry on the list of that day’s notable articles — “No. 44 Has Spoken.”

“What a coincidence, the number of gay prostitutes I’ve visited this month? Wow,” I thought as I clicked through.

madirishman July 28, 2008 at 3:34 pm

[re=45464]Fighting Bill[/re]: “You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.” (Luke 3:12). Besides, heaven doesn’t want him, and hell is afraid he’d take over.

I think it would be MUCH more satisfying if the NYT fired Kristol after some hideously public scandal, and then he never worked as a journalist again. What do you think, Wonketteers? Do you have a “dirty tricks” department to handle such a task?

PoliticalGraffiti July 28, 2008 at 3:40 pm

shit, i read Real Clear Politics…i hate myself

gurukalehuru July 28, 2008 at 3:50 pm

I really liked him in “When Harry Met Sally.”

sanantonerose July 28, 2008 at 4:06 pm

[re=45468]BadNewsJack[/re]: Ha ha ball-peen hammer. Ha ha. CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG CLAAAAANG

I caught a rare strain of cheeky asshat this summer and now I get to have my tonsils purloined come December.

sanantonerose July 28, 2008 at 4:10 pm

“Nicht so schnell, Herr Spörl,” I thought, drawing on what Obama would consider my embarrassingly limited German.

Does Kristol frequently talk to himself in embarrassingly limited German? But more importanly, why does Kristol care what Obama thinks about his embarrassingly limited German?

MAN CRUSH

DP July 28, 2008 at 4:17 pm

This guy looks like he caught a bursting steam pipe in the face…and that tiny, tiny hand!!!

But I love the narrative style “and then it occurred to me…” and “but then I realized,” “and then I was morose”… “but then I cheered up!” And then I thought, I’ll never read the fucking New York Times again in my life…so something good came of it after all. Life IS full of surprises…

Joey Ratz July 28, 2008 at 5:34 pm

Bullshit. Everybody knows that #44 is Nets swingman Trenton Hassell. Wise up, Bill!

And no, I’m not reading a BK column that contains baseball references. Wonkette does not pay me enough for that.

The Incomparable Tiny Valdez July 28, 2008 at 8:03 pm

No comment

VTBen July 28, 2008 at 11:24 pm

That’s funny because the first thing that came to my mind was, “Reggie Jackson has spoken?!?!”

dougbob July 29, 2008 at 1:44 am

quick! say a bunch of really nasty things about him….maybe he’ll get a brain tumor so everyone can say “shame on wonkette”. or not.

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