Vanity Fair's James Wolcott lacerates MSNBC. Hysterically funny

[Generic Other]

Don’t have a link, but the latest issue of Vanity Fair has a great article “MSNBC’s Fox Hunt." Tear out the perfume inserts and destroy, first. The rancid stench will make you pass out otherwise.

Some cherrypicked gems about MSNBC hosts and guests:

“…a stink bomb named Michael Savage...Savage Weiner (as he became known on internet blogs) committed suicide by sound bite...the 'sodomy and sausage' edition.”

"Ann Coulter, who appears frequently enough on MSNBC to warrant her own dressing room and bikini-waxer....”

“Donahue’s real sin was that he was perceived as a dove in hawk-infested airwaves. In times of peace, this wouldn’t be a problem, but
America was at war...against evidoers, and there was no room for pink-pantied appeasers in the steel-cage death match between George ‘Texas Executioner’ Bush and Saddam ‘Butcher of Baghdad’ Hussein…”

“Chris Matthews, however, is beyond assistance. It’s too late to stage an intervention…his lucid flashes of insight on Hardball are spaced farther and farther apart as he rides his ego up and away on the beating wings of Pegasus…gaga over that hickory-smoked hunk of masculinity, George W. Bush...one of the most cringe inducing TV moments in recent memory was Matthews and G. Gordon Liddy sprouting rhetorical woodies over the spectacle of Bush on the carrier deck in his flight suit, his parachute harness showcasing the presidential bulge, or, to use Liddy’s inimitable phrase, ‘his manly characteristic...’”

[ILeft]

1. "...rhetorical woodies over the spectacle of Bush..."

I'll bet those little woodies point distinctly to the right. And the thought of Chris Matthews in a constant state of rhetorical arousal over the hickory-smoked Bush is an image I'm trying to forget. Thanks for the funny excerpts.

[Generic Other]

2. He suggested Matthews and Liddy needed cold showers but not together

I swear he's stealing his material from DUers!

[pearl]

4. I love his biting observations

:bounce: :bounce:

[DisgustipatedinCA]

3. Lacerates?

Wow. I used to like that word, until earlier today. I'm glad to see someone else using it in the verbal, rather than the knife-edged way. I hope the poster who threatened to call the FBI on me will see this and realize that words sometimes have different meanings.

Sorry for going off topic; MSNBC got a review that they richly deserve.

[Generic Other]

5. I used it in your honor!

Isn't it what happened on that thread with you and carlos? The mods deleted everything except what I was saying. And I sounded perfectly ridiculous talking to thin air!

Yes sir, lacerated is a fine word. :)

[MrBenchley]

6. Hilarious!

Thanks for sharing...

[VolcanoJen]

7. Which issue? The "Young and Royal" one?

Or is there a new VF out? The "Young and Royal" issue had some scathing anti-Chimp articles, especially a disection of all that is wrong and corrupt with the Department of the Interior.

I canceled my VF subscription just after the 9/11 photo spread of the fake administration came out. Too much puffing-up for me, but they've been coming around lately. I love the articles in VF, although the ads that cater to the rich and pampered are quite annoying to me...

[Cha]

8. I cancelled mine, too! but will pick this one up at the Library!

:kick:

[KoKo]

9. Thanks for posting this! It's a howl! The images will keep me laughing!

:D

[UTUSN]

10. Tweety CanNOT Miss This from a Venue Like VF

He can dismiss "people who write little e-mails" (as he said once) but he can't ignore VF. He's BURNED. Hahahaha. When will his ego reach critical mass.

[mitchum]

11. Great piece. I've always liked Wolcott, even though I once challenged...

him to a fight (I was defending Truman Capote's work and reputation) We made up (nothing like those high-toned, drunken literary soirees)