When A Young Man's Thoughts Turn To Peter Beinart
We're only a week away from the highly anticipated, much talked about Wiltin' At The Hilton, a debate to end all debates between silver haired soothsayer Hugh Hewitt and the New Republic's boy wonder, Peter Beinart. The terrible twosome will be tangling over the future of the Democratic Party and its expected that this will be a gloves off, no-holds barred, bare-knuckled brawl.
Tickets are still available and if you order now, you'll receive a free copy of Hugh's much praised and relentlessly plugged book, Blog : Understanding the Information Reformation That's Changing Your World.
In keeping with the motto of the event, "Feel the Love with Hugh Hewitt and Peter Beinart", AM 1280 - The Patriot is also going to be giving away special romantic prizes such as hotel getaways, spa gift certificates, back rubs from Jay Larson, etc. Who says that the Patriot's promotions director never has any good ideas?
The boys of the NARN will be in attendance as well, working the crowd, networking, trying to squeeze as many drinks on the Taxpayers League's tab as possible, and cheering for our dog in the fight. And for me that dog will be Peter Beinart. That's right. I'll be in Beinart's corner next Thursday night.
Why? Because he's the plucky underdog. The David going up against Goliath. Think about what he's stepping into. He'll be debating in front of a hostile, mostly pro-Hugh crowd. And the moderator of the debate will be one of Hugh's ideological brethren, Scott Johnson from Power Line. That's like fighting Mike Tyson in his prime in a gym in Brooklyn with Don King as the referee. That takes guts. And I respect guts.
So I ask those who will be attending the debate to join me in backing Beinart. It's not the popular thing to do, but in your heart you know it's the right thing to do. And if enough brave souls have the courage to stand alongside us, this is the scene that we may well see played out on February 10th:
Audience: Boo! Boo!
Hewitt: Generalissimo...are they booing me?
Generalissimo: Uh, no, they're saying "Hugh! Hugh!"
Hewitt: Are you saying "boo" or "Hugh"?
Audience: Boo! Boo!
Atomizer: I was saying "Hugh"...
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