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November 05, 2010
Ravens And Blight
Stuart Rothenberg is served some crow for predicting a GOP recapture of the House was impossible, but not everyone blames him: This failed prognosticator's mistake is an easy one to understand. How was he to know that he lived in a nation populated by raving loons who would lash out against the very people who have done so much to help them? It gets better. Read the whole thing. posted by Dave on 11.05.10 at 05:33 PM
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I read some of the responses, I think that's satire. Veeshir · November 5, 2010 06:39 PM Sorry, as I read farther I see you already knew that. Veeshir · November 5, 2010 06:46 PM That is definitely one of the best bits of satire/snark I have read in recent memory. Thanks, Dave. And I'll echo Veeshir's bravo! Kathy K · November 5, 2010 06:58 PM Dave, No offense - your comments were most amusing - but here was the best of those I have read so far: tearec Olbermann et al are all people trying to play Blighter straight. M. Simon · November 5, 2010 07:54 PM M Simon -- Oh, rest assured, none taken. I am only happy to have sampled such genius. TallDave · November 5, 2010 10:51 PM More than once someone has written a satire of libs on a wingnut blog, only to be attacked by those who didn't realize it was satire. So many lib-generated statements are rather over the top to begin with. The earth healing and the oceans stopping to rise is one example. That is why it is often difficult to distinguish between a sincere, lib-written statement and a satire of a lib statement. I didn't see at as satire until I saw "nirvana" in the text. I don't know if a lib would have liked the satire, but I certainly did. Gringo · November 6, 2010 07:26 AM I want it not to be satire, even though I think it is. So, because it might as well have not been, it really wasn't! Anyway, it's a gem! Eric Scheie · November 6, 2010 10:15 AM Pauline Kael Syndrome ("He can't have been elected! Nobody I know voted for him!). Lefties should not attempt satire. The more over the top they try, the more sincere they sound. Steve Skubinna · November 6, 2010 12:55 PM He had me fooled for the first paragraph or two. Joseph Hertzlinger · November 7, 2010 01:35 AM Blighter is a frequent commenter on Ms. McArdle's blog, and is one of the more gifted satirists I've seen. Eric · November 8, 2010 03:19 PM Post a comment
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Are you sure that's not someone like..ohhh...say me, trying to act like some nitwit, elitist, clueless lefty.
No, it's not my comment, but it's something I would write.
Take this part
In short, by literally every measure almost every single person’s life in the US – if not the world – has overwhelmingly improved in tangible ways in the past 2 years. This would sound like absolute crazy talk if you had predicted it prior to Obama’s reign, but it has indisputably happened. He has more than lived up to even the most wild-eyed expectations for his abilities and is nothing short of the millennial leader we have so long hoped for.
On the one hand, that's pretty ridiculously and humorously over the top.
On the other hand, it is the funniest end of civilization ever and parodying the left became nearly impossible about 6 or 8 years ago.