And when it comes to sense you don't have none

Hey, Megs,

Just wanted to point out that there is an addition to the "other awesomeness on the internets" list over there. One Andrew Sullivan writes for The Atlantic Monthly and he has a blog on the mag's website. Sullivan is a conservative, but he has been pretty anti-Bush for about five years now.

I discovered Mr. Sullivan's blog one day while reading Deadspin. (Deadspin is also on the list over there, but I may have to rethink it. Since the site lost its original editor [Will Leitch] to New York Magazine, it has turned in to mostly dick jokes, posts about Philadelphia, and jokes about poop [their word] and/or masturbation. It has lost much of its original appeal.) Mr. Leitch does write the occasional (hilarious) post for the site, including a weekly wrap-up of the previous weekend's NFL slate, the "Weekly Buzzsaw Countdown." (He calls the Arizona Cardinals "The Buzzsaw That Is The Arizona Cardinals," for reasons that people who have been reading the site for longer than a year probably know, but that I do not.) Anyway, one day, I was reading this post, when I came upon the following:

Honestly, the [Carolina] Panthers' schedule is ridiculous. I am outraged about this — outraged! — but not nearly as outraged as the brilliant and psychologically fascinating Andrew Sullivan is about Sarah Palin. Still. Andrew Sullivan is one of the best political minds working right now, and Gov. Palin has reduced him to a sputtering fountain of empty, wonderfully entertaining fury. He actually responded to news that the VP debate would not have a "loose format" because the McCain campaign worried it would "leave Ms. Palin, a relatively inexperienced debater, at a disadvantage and largely on the defensive" by saying, simply, "Are you fucking kidding me?" If President Palin ends up starting World War III in a couple of years because she saw an image of Christ in a yoga mat during a Pilates class, Andrew Sullivan is going to be one satisfied piece of nuclear vaporized particles.


I thought to myself, "If this guy Sullivan hates Palin enough that it gets mentioned randomly in a sports blog, then this is someone I need to be reading!" And thus, the (one-sided) love affair began. I highly recommend the site, especially if you are feeling maddened by the non-vetted one (could it be . . . Palin?!?). Like I am today, for example, by her criticism of the press for violating her First Amendment rights. (If you click on the link, there, make sure to read through at least Update I.) This is Sullivan's response: Yes, she is that dumb.

So, read and enjoy. And make sure to vote.

love, molly

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