February 24, 2009
Mixed-up, Muddled and Shook-up world 'cept for Lola
Welcome to Bizarro World, ThreeSourcers! The Refugee has attacked the heroic pilot, Capt. Chesley Sullenberger. Now, I rush to defend Vice President Biden. Odder still, we're both right. BR makes a great case that Cap'n Sully has exceeded his area of expertise, and while I love a good whack at VP Biden, I have to say that this video goes too far:
Hairplugs? personal attacks? a dubious use of a racial epithet? A gratuitous swipe at VP Quayle? The Drug-czar reference is the only issue that belongs in a reason piece and the gaffes they chose are not his worst.
VP Biden Posted by John Kranz at February 24, 2009 7:34 PM
I've been losing respect for Reason for years. About the time I registered as a Libertarian, I thought them pretty decent. More recently I found I had to stay out of the gravitational pull of ReasonOnline, which was barely staying in orbit, and it appears that Reason itself has not.
It just defies Reason, y'know!
Posted by: nanobrewer at February 25, 2009 3:28 PMOh No! Libertario Delenda Est!
We did a fair bit of Reason-bashing around here during the election. Matt Welch had the McCain bashing book out, and I was alarmed at the ferociousness of their attacks on Senator McCain (probably well deserved) versus their basic free-pass to Senator Obama (considerably less deserved).
This finalized my belief that having a big-L Libertarian Party was counterproductive to advancing the little-l ideas which I hold so dear. Perhaps equating a magazine and a party is not fair, but they seem to have a lot of flaws in common.
Sorry to impugn your registered party, but feel free to take all the whacks at Republicans that you want. It's all but obligatory.
Posted by: jk at February 25, 2009 4:08 PM | What do you think? [2]