Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Operation Poutine-bake*
The fine folks at Sadly, No! (among other places) have already done a fabulous job tearing apart the post over at NRO where Mark Steyn, Scientologist, declared his eternal enmity for the media’s anointed GOP saint, Sen. John McCain. However, I just wanted to get at one of the many absurdities Steyn vomits up in his objections to the senior Senator (in more ways than one) from Arizona:
As for his my line about “some greedy people on Wall Street extremely atypical poster [children who] need to be punished are Fair Game™“, aside from being almost entirely irrelevant to the subject under discussion (the subprime S-CHIP “crisis”), it reveals, I think, one of the most unpleasant aspects of McCain myself. For a so-called “maverick” “compassionate conservative”, he’s very comfortable with I get a giant stiffy from the application of Big Government Corporate power, and the assumption of Big Government Corporate virtue - especially if it’s applied against those Lucky Duckies™ who have to choose between paying the rent and keeping their children fed and healthy.
Okay, I’ll admit it. I slipped him a truth-serum mickey here. I promise, it won’t happen again (unless he deserves it).
Undoubtedly there are “greedy people on Wall Street”. Why should he and his chums be the ones who decide whether they need to be “punished”?
Gee, I dunno, Mark. Undoubtedly there are Muslims in Canada, too. Why should you and your chums be the ones who decide whether they need to be “culled”?
If greed is to be punishable, why doesn’t he start with a pilot program applied to, say, the United States Senate and report back to us in five years how that’s going?
Well, if sectarian jihads are to be punishable, why don’t you start with a pilot program applied to, say, Canadian conservatives (especially those who want to shove all Muslims into human-sized microwaves) and report back to us in five years how that’s going?
Yech. I’m not sure I can stand any more of Steyn’s extra-batshit-crazy blend of wingnuttery. Better get a bucket, I’m gonna throw up!
* The title is a reference to two things - the “Canadian comfort food” and the anti-Scientology website Operation Clambake. I thought it rather appropriate given that the subject of this post declared a 12-year-old “Fair Game.”
