Possible unicorn sighting in NYC
Via Think Progress, Jeff Bercovici of Portfolio.com reports on a conversation with perversely influential moron Bill Kristol (whose career arc has taken him from being the “brains behind Dan Quayle” to the impressive dual misadventure of helping bring America both the Iraq war and Sarah Palin):
I asked Kristol about the rumors that he might be leaving the New York Times op-ed page after his contract expires next month. Did he expect to have it renewed?
“I don’t think I’ve had that conversation yet,” he told me.
You don’t think you’ve “had that conversation yet”? You’d think a lifelong neoconservative would be a more convincing liar. Bercovici continues:
Okay — but would he like to have it renewed? “I’m ambivalent. It’s been fun. It’s a lot of work. I have a lot of things going on. But I haven’t really focused on it.”
Yep, he’s toast. Assuming this firing non-renewal comes to pass, though, it would constitute an event so unlikely many observers considered it physically impossible — a conservative actually being held responsible for failure.
Stumble it!
Tags: Kristol, Media criticisms, New York Times