Catfight in D.C.
posted at 5:57 pm on July 3, 2006 by Allahpundit
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Only the old-school Malkin fans will really appreciate this, but here it is: two years after the claws came out, the boss and Wonkette finally met today outside the Times’s office in D.C. It’s the blog equivalent of Pacino’s and DeNiro’s scene together in “Heat,” if DeNiro were famous for promoting hookers, botching presidential exit polls, and generally squandering what little credibility the blogosphere had amassed.
History happens — and you are there:
I like the dude in the back with the shades and stogie. An appropriately Peckinpah-ish touch to a scene fraught with violent impulses.
Update: I’m reliably informed that there was, in fact, no catfight. We’re all the poorer for it, I think.
Update: Captain Ed says always bet on the fighter with the larger earrings.
Update: Debbie Schlussel ran the numbers back in January. A quick check of Amazon confirms that the trend has held, although in Ana’s defense, novels are a harder sell than political non-fiction.
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I’m sure it goes without saying that the wonkette was firmly trounced.
darwin on July 3, 2006 at 6:03 PM
Yeah, but what happened? My head is going to explode trying to process the drama of this showdown. Nothing on Drudge yet, so I’m assuming Cox got scared and ran.
Alex K on July 3, 2006 at 6:06 PM
I’ll leave it to the big M to divulge.
Allahpundit on July 3, 2006 at 6:07 PM
What? No UFC? The Ultimate Fighting Championship of catfights?
Meoooowrrrr.
Kokonut on July 3, 2006 at 6:23 PM
Video, someone get me some VIDEO!
Defector01 on July 3, 2006 at 6:26 PM
Who got the first claw in?
Flap on July 3, 2006 at 7:00 PM
Were any articles of clothing lost? :)
Capitalist Infidel on July 3, 2006 at 7:04 PM
I just want to point out that I’m taking the high road and not commenting on the personal appearance of either combatant. I mean spectator.
Jim Treacher on July 3, 2006 at 7:08 PM
If this was set up to create interest it certainly has worked.
Details Please!!!
DannoJyd on July 3, 2006 at 7:27 PM
I like the telltale supercilious arched eyebrow that wonkette is sporting. How apropos!
linlithgow on July 3, 2006 at 8:40 PM
So that’s wonkette? Rumors that she was goodlooking appear unfounded.
JammieWearingFool on July 3, 2006 at 8:43 PM
Not a great pic of her. She’s a cutie.
Allahpundit on July 3, 2006 at 8:46 PM
The wide eyes, raised eyebrows and furrowed brow indicate the Wonkette is at the end of a “shake your head no when you smile and interupt what Michelle says/move your right arm up and down with the index finger and thumb forming an OK sign, bounce on your heels, bite down at the end of each sentence” one minute liberal talking points drill.
Essex on July 3, 2006 at 8:46 PM
OK Allah, I’ll take your word on it. Any links to pix where she’s looking hot?
JammieWearingFool on July 3, 2006 at 8:51 PM
Great build up!
no finish:-(R D on July 3, 2006 at 8:56 PM
Captain Ed said:
Since the ’smittereening’ of Zarqawi and the events which followed, most all liberal female commentators on TV look and act exactly like Ana – they are peeved and don’t feel so sure any more. With the ‘foxes’ in the Whitehouse (Messrs Bush, Rove, Bolten, Snow) one can’t be sure what’s next.
Good thing that some men find Ana ‘cute’. She sure isn’t brainy. She has some skills but none are illustrious. Somehow she made a name for herself and the moonbats follow her. The others love to ‘watch’, like in the movie “Being There”.
Entelechy on July 3, 2006 at 9:45 PM
Best description of “Wonkette” I’ve ever heard was, “The Paris Hilton of the Internet.”
Except that Paris Hilton is cuter.
Spurius Ligustinus on July 3, 2006 at 10:28 PM
Well, she gets a point in my book for being a redhead. But looks aside, I’m more curious about what was discussed in this little encounter. It must be difficult to be a “progressive” these days… cornered by the far-Left wing of their Party into reflexively supporting the NYT as they systematically destroy our ability to connect the dots. Thus must not realize the Koran doesn’t distinguish between killing infidels vs. killing progressive infidels.
By the way, did Wonkette ever get around to apologizing to Michelle for the ping pong balls remark?
Dave Shay on July 3, 2006 at 10:49 PM
Dave, I think it was one of the new Wonkette fellows who said that. (Wonketters? Wonkers?) Nick Denton just announced cutbacks across his whole line, if you want to take that as karmic retribution.
Jim Treacher on July 4, 2006 at 12:19 AM
P.S. Just found this while Googling around: Jane Hamsher, who provides a constant reminder that “hysteria” and “hysterectomy” have the same root word, indulges in a bit of intramural snarking on Ana here.
Jim Treacher on July 4, 2006 at 12:33 AM
Good grief, the headline. They are demented.
Essex on July 4, 2006 at 3:37 AM
Did it devolve into a giant tickle fight?
Wow, I hope so.
Mortis on July 4, 2006 at 6:06 AM
Allah proves that beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder. I guess if you like that type she might be a “cutie.”
Capitalist Infidel on July 4, 2006 at 7:01 AM
I’d put her somewhere between midnight and 1:00 A.M., on a scale of 9:00 P.M. and 3:00 A.M.
Personal time scale method explanation left as an exercise :)
But I’m with Dave; I want a transcript. Michelle doesn’t seem to have anything on the conversation either … maybe it was just too short and too informal.
Axe on July 4, 2006 at 8:04 AM
PS: Happy 4th people!
Axe on July 4, 2006 at 8:07 AM
I hope I’m not the only one, but I have no earthly idea who or what a “Wonkette” is.
moonsbreath on July 4, 2006 at 11:05 AM
moonsbreath
She’s Kos with a sense of humor
Capitalist Infidel on July 4, 2006 at 12:35 PM
moonsbreath,
aside from possessing a flippant humor, she’s also an amalgam of “The vagina monologues”, KOS and feminazzis.
She’s also often confused and pretends not to be so ‘leftie’. She wants you to believe that she is more sophisticated than many on the Left. It’s just a disguise.
On a serious note, she blogs and you can google to find her.
Entelechy on July 4, 2006 at 3:30 PM
Hey Allah, not only is she cute, but she’s easy…. just in case you have one of those “any port in a storm” moments ;)
thirteen28 on July 4, 2006 at 3:31 PM
Okay, enough about her looks, I want the conversation! Audio, Video, hell, stone tablet transcripts will do…
jcon96 on July 4, 2006 at 7:27 PM
I don’t understand the (rest of the) right’s dislike of Anna. She’s a liberal, but as soft-core as you are likely to see from that camp. She’s no female Kos. Not even close. She’s pretty rational.
Of course, she doesn’t hold a candle to Michelle, but who does?
Kevin M on July 5, 2006 at 9:33 AM
I think the HotAir picture does her more justice than the linked pic; she’s actually a doll, considering that she fronts for a hooker, as noted above, and has no other discernable skills.
Her blog would make a truck driver blush, if that were possible.
Jaibones on July 5, 2006 at 1:01 PM
Yeah, I forgot about all the weenie jokes.
Kevin M on July 5, 2006 at 10:15 PM
She looks like a hoe to me!
She can’t hold a freakin candle to Michelle..
One bitch slap and she’s a goner…
Michelle Rocks!!!!
alyce on July 6, 2006 at 10:23 AM
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