(Note to literalists: the Watched column presently contains only a smattering of 'warblogs' because the facilitator of the template-change--Dr. Menlo--is not very familiar with them, and will be adding more as they are sent to him. Also, this blog may contain areas of allusion, satire, subtext, context and possibly even a dash of the surreal: wannabe lit-crits beware.)
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WARBLOGGER WATCH
Wednesday, September 25, 2002
Andrew Sullivan, rear admiral of a sizable fleet of sinking ideological ships, attempts a close reading of the concept of "politicizing the war," then exonerating unelected microcephale Bush of the practice as expected. After citing the "need" to replenish war materiel, Sullivan states that the timing of the threatened war on the Iraqi people is a result of the need to "go through the diplomatic motions" securing support for such an assault - despite the general lack of enthusiasm on Bush's part for the project. Sullivan then finally fixes the responsibility for the timing of the war on "Democrats and anti-war liberals" who inexplicably want a debate on the issue (Sullivan allows "I think they're right," even though he's been mouthing the phrase "anti-war left" with the same palpable disgust reserved for "Ku Klux Klan" or "cosa nostra"). Is it a measure of Sullivan's profundity and originality - or his complete idiocy and ill-fit for newsroom service - that recent editorials on the subject tend to disagree?
Truly horrifying is what follows a few items later, when Sullivan, employing the tape measure formerly reserved for his rawmuslglutes, assesses his readership by noting the E-mail of the day, which he shares: "I should take up smoking ... because every time I finish having sex, I have to read your weblog." posted by Anonymous11:01 PM
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The Watchers
WBW: Keeping track of the war exhortations of the warbloggers.
