Fraters Libertas

Pundits Gone Wild

I think we may have identified the next opponent for Al Franken in the new media celebrity boxing tour (seniors division). Joe Boolos emails in with an unsubstantiated account of CNN’s Bob Novak going Cassius Clay on some loudmouthed heckler in New Hampshire. Since Novak (allegedly) has the constitution to attack a man who was bigger than he was (and do it while facing him), and apparently the physical prowess to punch higher than his weight class, I suspect Franken would duck the match anyway.

This new phenomena of members of the media investing their egos, not only in the results of elections, but also in the conduct of them, is odd. How did we get to this place in society? Not sure about that, but I’m reminded of Sonny Corleone’s plea for sanity in the Godfather. After the old man got wacked and brother Michael was proposing a retaliatory killing spree of their own, Sonny exclaimed (with a hint of a laugh in his voice): “You are taking this personally. Tom, this is business and this man is taking this very, very personally."

FYI - I’ve never heard of this referring blog before (blah3.com) so I can’t vouch for anything you may find there. But the Democratic Underground-level of prose in the comments section does once again validate our decision to not have a comments section. Some people just can't be trusted with a soap box.