--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchy...@...> wrote: > > Judy, Beautiful Barry take down. High five, sister!
Thanks, but... http://www.flickr.com/photos/tommylang/3432131488/ <grin> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > Gee whiz, is Barry already drunk this early in > > the day? > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > <snip> > > > Also, could one of you feminists contact Ms. > > > McEwan and teach her how to flip someone off? > > > That's such a simple skill that not having > > > learned it might be perceived by the public > > > as reflecting badly on the angry, anti-Obama > > > polemic on her blog site "Moonbattery" > > > (example below, a rare one in which she > > > actually uses Obama's name...usually she makes > > > up names for him.) A quick scan of the site > > > reveals hardly a single blogpost that doesn't > > > denigrate Obama. > > > > Melissa McEwan's blog is the award-winning > > group blog called Shakesville. She's an Obama > > fan, with the standard lefty reservations. In > > her posts you'll find both praise and criticism > > of Obama. She always refers to him as "Obama." > > > > Moonbattery is the blog of a right-winger by > > the name of Van Helsing. The post Barry goes on > > to quote as McEwan's is actually by Van Helsing, > > a thoroughgoing Obama hater. > > > > Barry Googled McEwan and found on Moonbattery > > the photo he reproduces here. It illustrates a > > post by Van Helsing excoriating McEwan for > > objecting to McCain's announcement of his choice > > of Sarah Palin too soon after Obama's official > > victory in the primaries. > > > > And somehow Barry figured that since there was a > > photo of McEwan on the blog, it must be McEwan's > > blog--even though the post with the photo is as > > clear as can be that the blogger is *quoting* > > McEwan from her blog, Shakesville, and that he's > > extremely unhappy with what he's quoting. > > > > Also, regarding that photo, Barry writes: > > > > > Correcting Raunchy's oversight in not providing > > > a photo of the feminist being quoted as data for > > > our ongoing study on whether or not the feminists > > > in question are "homely" or not, I rectify the > > > situation: > > > > First, this is actually *Barry's* ongoing study. > > Raunchy has no interest in whether feminists are > > or are not homely. > > > > Second, Barry seems to have forgotten that the > > claim he is so hot to prove was made about > > feminist *scholars*, those who work in academia, > > not feminists in general. McEwan isn't an > > academic. > > > > Third, in Googling for a photo of McEwan, he > > deliberately picked the most unflattering one > > he could find. Here's her Facebook page: > > > > http://www.facebook.com/melissa.mcewan > > > > Whatever one thinks of McEwan's appearance, > > unlike Barry, she's in a long-term relationship. > > Her partner is a Scotsman (she writes occasional > > hilarious posts about her conversations with him > > in which she reproduces his burr). > > > > McEwan writes about feminism and politics for a > > living, including columns for The Guardian. She's > > a *much* better and vastly more thoughtful (as > > well as funnier) writer than Barry, in terms both > > of style and of content. > > > > Other than the fact that she's a <spit> feminist, > > and that Barry finds no criticism whatsoever of > > Obama--especially from a <spit> woman--acceptable, > > McEwan ironically has a great deal in common with > > Barry politically (although she's vastly better > > informed, and, as noted, more thoughtful and > > wittier). > > > > Finally, Barry would probably be surprised to > > learn that McEwan didn't support Hillary in the > > primaries. She didn't support Obama, either. Her > > candidate was John Edwards (and thereby hangs > > quite a tale, which I won't go into here; if you're > > interested, Google McEwan AND Edwards). She > > *strongly* supported Obama in the general election. > > > > Bottom line, the post I'm commenting on is one of > > Barry's most spectacular mess-ups to date. As we've > > seen many times before, his rage and anxiety to find > > a way to diss Raunchy, me, and feminists (and TMers) > > in general (quite possibly with an assist from > > alcohol) disastrously impairs his reading > > comprehension. > > > > But he won't acknowledge the blunders in the post I'm > > responding to, of course. If he comments at all on what > > I've pointed out, he'll pick out something minor and > > make a smartass crack in hopes of distracting attention > > from how badly he came a-cropper. > > > > What a guy, huh? > > >
