Next to Michael Brodkorb, no center-right pundit in the Twin Cities generates more deranged irrationality than the Strib’s Katherine Kersten.<\/p>\n
Lambert writes<\/a> about one of her recent columns (doesn’t matter which; they all react the same no matter what she writes):<\/p>\n As we know, Ms. Kersten writes . . . in public . . . because Star Tribune<\/em> management felt it was overdue for someone to counterbalance the pro-gladiatorial, pro-crotch shot, and pro-animal-like moan worldview of brutish males such as Doug Grow and Nick Coleman. But countering those two violence-drenched pornographers is a big, tough job. Do you have any idea how many Minnesotans are obsessed with gladiatorial stripper-pole moaning? A lot.<\/p>\n So I got to thinking: The Strib<\/em> needs help. [Heh – Ed<\/em>.] This is too much for one person. Which is where you come in. With the assistance of MSP Publishing’s marketing department\u2014and this is real\u2014we are offering a swank dinner for two\u2014a $100 gift certificate to r. Norman’s<\/strong>\u2014to whoever out there produces the best 500-word column that “Out Kerstens Kersten”. (E-mail your submission to blambert@mspmag.com<\/font><\/a>).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Of course, Lamborghini (as G. Charles used to call him) is pilfing my material; it was in 2006-2007 that this blog started the “Columnist Parody” tradition in the local media with dare I say a brilliant assault on the oeuvre <\/em>of Susan Lenfestey (poll<\/a> and entries<\/a>).<\/p>\n So in the interest of protecting my copyright, and because the Twin Cities’ pundosphere is such a rich vein of “talent”, it’s time to do another “Parody In The Dark” contest, where you, gentle reader, get to show the world the kind of “satire” Al Franken can’t even pull off.
\nThe only real problem: picking who to parody.\u00a0 The environment is, indeed, that <\/em>target-rich.
\nSo here’s what we’ll do:<\/p>\n\n