What a jerk:

Kaus writes this on Sunday, Dec 1:

Raines Staying Silent in Debate on Augusta Crusade, Day 6!
Ever since NYT Executive Editor Howell Raines has come under attack for his forced, feverish crusade regarding the Augusta National Golf Club's men-only membership policy, he has been silent on the issue, apparently hoping the complaints of a few Web writers and the New York Observer will be smothered by public indifference!

Wow, no comment for six whole days!

But how long did it take Lil' Mickey to say anything about Ann Coulter's "My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times Building" remark?

It wasn't six days. It took eighty-eight days.

For a sharp appraisal of Kaus (this time on his Kerry-bashing), we recommend this at Lean Left.
Excerpt:

This is what we can expect from the right wing hacks (and, yes, Kaus is a right wing hack. He may not have always been one, he may not have started out as one, but he is definitely one now. No serious political commentator would pen this kind of meaningless tripe.

posted by Quiddity at 12/03/2002 09:42:00 AM