Gyad, what a tedious crank. He fully deserves that Blogspot template. “Monday morning executive producing”—exactly.

The Paul campaign DID imply that the Huntsman campaign publicized the video, so I’m not sure what he’s going on about there. Is it political news? Well, sure. Is the fact that Huntsman’s signs are not immediately recognizable as Huntsman signs worthy of comment? Yep. I think the aptly initialed BS is just flashing back on earth tones—it’s a color thing, perhaps.

Regarding Tiresome Bob’s previous status as a Truth Teller in the early days, he was right about the mass media mugging of Mr. Gore. But yeah, he was also a beneficiary of the then-stripling Echo Chamber. Now he’s just sorta pathetic.

No one stays on top forever. But I think most people would hope they’d handle the transition with more grace and less seething resentment than Somersby did.

Does Bob like any women in the media/politics/punditry?

@Tom65:

Dear god, I’ve never heard so much uncomfortable silence from a laugh track before.

Couldn’t help but notice this comment left under the Maddow trashing:

Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy said…
O/T: Tribal liberals stagger to fainting couch re: non-existent oral-sex joke, revel in fat shaming.

If there were two “bloggers” who ever deserved each other, it’s Somerby & Vastleft.

It’s interesting to hear what someone’s actual voice sounds like. I usually read his posts in a Monty Python Gumby voice.

Somerby makes me nostalgic for the 2008 election all over again. Maybe someone should do a “Where are they now?” post about all the folks we used to make fun of back in the gold ole days.

I think he really used to be better—his writing style used to be tighter, his logic less tortured. That’s because originally he had something to say that other people weren’t saying and his style was verbose but clearly ironic and artificial. Over time he’s really lost it—lost it politically and aesthetically. HIs writing has gotten lazier and lazier. Its almost straight boilerplate at this point with a few “topical” but not really topical observations thrown in. Its almost a mad libs version of itself (and, of course, its all self hating and self referential so it really is mad libs).

Politics kept moving and he is stuck—emotionally and intellectually—fighting a rearguard action.

Its sad. I can’t bring myself to read him anymore.

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And, yes, he really dislikes women but it didn’t seem so relevant when there were fewer powerful democratic women for him to attack.

Does Bob like any women in the media/politics/punditry?

In my experience, no.

Does Bob like any women in the media/politics/punditry?

Not the ones who earn more money than him, certainly. He’s repeatedly displayed an unhealthy obsession with the outrageous (to him) salaries paid to Maddow and other left-leaning hosts who are insufficiently Pure in his eyes.

By the way, he seems to have given up on completing his “book”, How He Got There, recounting the events leading up to the 2000 election.

But man, even I feel bad seeing that he’s been downgraded to a Blogspot account.

I’ve long said that Somerby would be benefited by a robust editor and a stringent comments section. Sadly, he appears to have found neither.

Wow, that combination of “Deep Thoughts Lite” layout and autogenerated cranky prose produced real cognitive dissonance.

It was probably a transient Google problem, nothing to do with Somerby.  The link goes right through for me.

Yeah, it’s working for me here now, too, TPN, but it was an improvement while it lasted.