{"id":3223,"date":"2008-09-04T09:22:19","date_gmt":"2008-09-04T14:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=3223"},"modified":"2008-09-04T09:32:49","modified_gmt":"2008-09-04T14:32:49","slug":"3223","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=3223","title":{"rendered":"Pundits Gone Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"

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).<\/p>\n

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 <\/em>that good).<\/p>\n

Hewitt writing on Townhall<\/a> this morning:<\/p>\n

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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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 <\/em>audience, the American people.<\/p>\n

Of course, nothing cheeses off Big Media like being bypassed.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So here’s hoping Mac scores the kill tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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