Mitt Romney’s Head Hack Goes Over the Top
I am really offended and angry that within roughly 3 hours of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, a person who apparently has let his blind advocacy obliterate any sense of decorum, proportion, or perspective brought forth opportunistic, withering, and personal attacks on his chosen guy’s presidential campaign opponents (i.e., on their supposed individual and character traits, not their issue positions) — attacks directly tied to Bhutto’s murder:
- First, read this for yourself and see if my “out of bounds” call is fair. Watch him, in the process, buy into memes that have totally been the creations of the Old Media types he claims to despise.
- Second, notice here whose statements or comments were not included even though statements (Thompson here, Obama here [4th para from end], Clinton here, Edwards here [10th para]) have been made.
Dictionaries issued henceforth should have Hugh Hewitt’s picture next to the second definition of “hack, n.” here.
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UPDATE: There’s mostly agreement in related Hot Air comments.
I heard some of the news orgainizations questions similar today about how it would affect the race. I mean we all know who Hugh wants to win, so I dont see the big deal here.
Comment by Ben Keeler — December 27, 2007 @ 9:59 pm
Ben —
There’s a diff between speculating about impact and taking the opportunity of an important person’s death to take swipes at other people.
My biggest beef is here at this HH post:
They (McCain and Thompson) are past the primes of their careers, lack executive experience, and an apparent capacity to reach far beyond their tight circle of advisors in search of the talent necessary to assist in the conduct of the war.
“Energy in the executive” is what Hamilton counseled was necessary for the young Republic to survive.
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WTF? The first thing that HH thinks about 2-3 hours after Bhutto is slain is how to spin it as bad for opponents who don’t supposedly don’t have as much “energy” (an Old Media BS meme)? This is really crass.
How old was Reagan when he served? (answer: 69-77). McCain would be 72 if he wins. Fred would be 66. Mitt would be 61.
Read the comments at Hewitt’s posts. A lot of readers/commenters are justifiably fed up. I’d recommend an intervention, but I think it’s too late.
Comment by TBlumer — December 27, 2007 @ 10:31 pm