Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Most Inane Punditry of the 2008

Another list! Vote for the worst punditry of 2008. Choose from these turds and head over to mediamatters.org to cast your vote.
Fox News' Hill criticizes Clinton for leaving too large a tip, accuses her of "spending like a Learjet liberal"

Barnes: Obama not "strong on national security" because he opposed war "when the entire world believed" Saddam had WMD

Defending Givhan's cleavage coverage, Harwood asserted "calculati[ng]" Clinton knew "what she was communicating by her dress"

On Hardball, Matthews and Shuster critiqued Obama's "weird" beverage selection at Indiana diner.

Matthews on Obama shooting pool: "[I]t's not what most people play. People with money play pool these days"

Politico's Simon now on to a different part of Romney's anatomy: "shoulders you could land a 737 on"

Matthews: "Who would win a street fight ... Rudy Giuliani or President Ahmadinejad"

Brooks thinks Obama wouldn't seem to "fit in naturally" at an Applebee's salad bar -- maybe because Applebee's doesn't have them

Cokie Roberts on Obama's vacation: "I know his grandmother lives in Hawaii and I know Hawaii is a state," but it looks "foreign, exotic"

Scarborough on Obama's "dainty" bowling performance: "Americans want their president, if it's a man, to be a real man"
Not nearly enough Kristol, Hannity and Buchanan.

Source: Media Matters

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