Nomination for the Lefty Blogger Hall of Fame, in the category of commentary on religion and/or politics, goes to . . . Jill Pike of the AOL Newsbloggers, for this one for the ages:
The Pope Is Stupid
Yes, it's got everything that title implies and more. In a mere three paragraphs of prose, we have teen-age impudence, name-calling, gratuitously insulting a figure millions consider sacred, using conclusions based on a fundamental misunderstanding of not one, but two, primary texts (the Sacramentum Caritatis and the US Constitution) to illustrate why her target is "stupid," and of course, the mandatory claim that her Constitutional rights are being threatened. Excerpt:
Pope-ster, you know what this means? We're not allowed to make laws and weigh issues by religious merit. I really appreciate your interest in our country but our crazy quota has been met. Maybe when Senator Coburn or Senator Brownback or even Jerry Falwell finally go away you can step back in and work on threatening our Constitutional rights. In the meantime, go spread your hate somewhere else.
It's so perfect, if it weren't for the lack of explicit obscenities, I would suspect it's the product of some lefty blog automatic generating system.
But it appears to be the real thing. Jill Pike is a member of something called the "Young Turks" - yet another charming product of Air America Radio. For a company primarily noteworthy for dismal ratings and going bankrupt, they sure generate their share of mainstream Democratic leaders. Al Franken, Wendy Wilde, and now these people, chosen to pontificate from AOL, a platform rumored to have daily visitation in the millions. As a former subscriber to AOL, I remember them as pioneering the per minute Internet charge and 45 minute wait to access it. With the Young Turks blogging for them, looks like their business instincts remain as sharp as ever.
UPDATE: Some other bunch of obscure AOL Newsbloggers with ties to radio takes the She-Turk to task.
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