Conservative Columnist Bill Kristol

Or droppin’ acid. Or dosin’ on mushrooms. Or something. Because, he’s got the most warped sense of reality in journalism today. Now, I enjoy a good conservative foil as well as the next guy; someone to balance the coverage in the New York TImes. But Bill Kristol’s just wrong way too often. Here’s a Harvard educated columnist working at one of the most prestigious newspapers in America, who insists on using the phrase “media elite” as if he weren’t the embodiment of both. In today’s NY Times, he makes the following mind-blowing observations; “Sept. 11 did not result in a much-feared (by intellectuals) wave of popular Islamophobia or xenophobia”. Are you joking? Tell that to the legions of Muslims who suffered abuses daily at the hands of irate, psychically wounded Americans. Tell that to the innocent victims of hate crimes and anti-Muslim racism, or to the people who’ve been wrongly imprisoned, or stripped of their rights in the aftermath of 9-11. Or, the other gem Kristol posited, “the market crash has resulted in remarkably little popular hysteria or scapegoating.” Bill, maybe you need to come down from the mountain, so that you can see the hysteria up close. You and your well-insolated friends may not be panicking, but a boatload of Americans are.  But, Kristol’s column is more than just wrong on scores of fronts. It’s irresponsible.

His are the rantings of a elitist snob, who’s been exposed for backing an enormously flawed and unpopular administration, and then who supported, and some say endorsed, the selection of Sarah Palin to be John McCain’s running mate. And, regardless of the outcome in November, that association leaves Kristol with some serious egg on his sanctimonious face.

For your sake, Bill, I hope you’re just high. Or maybe they’re making that Kool-ade a little too strong these days. Anyway, most of your colleagues (even David Brooks) have stopped drinking it. We suggest you do the same. Or, step away from the laptop until November 5. Those are your only responsible options.

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