Pundits Gone Wild
By Mitch Berg
I was sitting two booths down from Hugh Hewitt last night, on Radio Row. At one point, I was in a clutch of guys – Hewitt, Dennis Prager, Duane Patterson, King Banaian, Ed Morrissey – that’d challenge anyone’s intellectual adequacy (unless you, like I, ignore the concept).
And you could tell they were elated at the Palin speech. We interviewed Duane and Hugh after the event – that’s a matter of record (and should be going up on Townhall soon). Dennis Prager had another story he shared with me that I’ll hold off on until after his show (since I’m assuming he’ll use it; it is that good).
Hewitt writing on Townhall this morning:
Until yesterday the collective MSM sneer was that Palin was “Hello Kitty,” reeling backwards under the pressure. Now she’s Gorgo, smashing up the MSM’s cars. The dismayed punditry is pondering the “meanness” of her attacks and her lack of details on health care refom. A complete triumph over the Beltway-Manhatan media elites, but they will of course regather in Mordor and try again next week.
That, again, was Duane’s salient point; her address was straight out of the Reagan playbook. It bypassed the media and went to her real audience, the American people.
Of course, nothing cheeses off Big Media like being bypassed.
The Obamains decying “mean-spritiedness” are diminishing Obama the former giant slayer turned victim. They think Sarah Palin, Rudy, Mitt and Huck are tough? Remember Obama is scheduling meetings with Ahmadinejad, Kim, and Chavez for ’09. Disarray is far too complimentary a word to use for the Obama campaign.
So here’s hoping Mac scores the kill tonight.
September 4th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Did you see Rudy G just beaming during her speach? That said it all.
September 4th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Palin was a walk off, out of the park, world series home run.
The part about how McCain doesn’t run with lobbyists? Gold!
The part about the greek columns? Burn!
More please!
/jc
September 4th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Forgot about the Greek columns. Hilarious. You shoulda heard the hoot up and down radio row.
It was a big hoot.
September 4th, 2008 at 11:01 am
Wait a minute, Hugh Hewitt is excited about the Republican ticket. Oh noes – run for the hills.
September 4th, 2008 at 11:36 am
I gotta admit, Rick… that’s effin’ funny.
September 4th, 2008 at 11:57 am
David St. Hubbins: I do not, for one, think that the problem was that the band was down. I think that the problem *may* have been, that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being *crushed* by a *dwarf*. Alright? That tended to understate the hugeness of the object.
Ian Faith: I really think you’re just making much too big a thing out of it.
Derek Smalls: Making a big thing out of it would have been a good idea.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Sanity check please. Did anybody else hear MSNBC overdub about two seconds of heartbeats during her speech?
It was about half-way or two-thirds of the way through, during a pause for clapping. I could swear I heard about five quick heartbeats.
I suppose it could have been rustling papers or something; but it’s an awful convenient tie-in to the “only a heartbeat away” meme they’re flogging today.
Anybody else hear it? Is there a copy of the broadcase saved somewhere that I can listen to?
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September 4th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
I think the Only a Heartbeat Away idea only serves conservatives well in this case! It’s a key reason I’m excited about McCain/Palin.
Not that McCain may have health problems, but God forbid… it wouldn’t be a loss at all.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Nate,
You may be insane, but not because of the heartbeats. Why are you watching MSNBC??? 🙂
September 4th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Well, Hugh will always have Harriet Miers.
That aside, when do the Republicans send thank yous to the MSM for beating up on Palin in the 5 days preceding her speech?
September 4th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Did anybody else hear MSNBC overdub about two seconds of heartbeats during her speech?
Does anyone watch MSNBC?
September 4th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Nuge, as usual, not the one to mince words:
With grave suspicion and reservations, I nonetheless rejoice that the fading embers of conservatism may have indeed caught fire once more. That fireball is Gov.Sarah Palin of Alaska, I pray the next Vice President of the United States. Now I know why I have seen no one with any guts in the Republican Party in so long: the governor of Alaska has them all. Her speech last night was clearly a grand slam out-of-the-park home run. America, we have liftoff!