Comments on: The Slate Irrelevantism Of The Day; Update: The Slate style guide

By: curved space

curved space — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:31:46 +0000

Weisberg may, MAY mind you, be sneering at the fact that the first speech is outside the US. In that case he has nuanced himself into a corner. Believe it or not Bush may have been making a joke and the Bush sense of humor is too much for Weisberg. Ffffsshhewww. Right over his head.

By: jonsten

jonsten — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:03:21 +0000

Maybe some of them actually think Bush is still president… O_0 blatantblue on March 21, 2009 at 9:34 AM

Could be. They seem confused about who is president of France.

By: GardenGnome

GardenGnome — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:34:13 +0000

It is not clear why he posted this “Bushism”. It wasn’t because of Calgary, Canada though since right after the quote it contains the same

As reported by the Associated Press, Calgary, Canada, March 17, 2009

What you have to do is read the quote while filled with rage, then anything becomes a Bushism (even if Obama says worse).

By: Moe Lane » Obamateurism* of the Day, 03/22/2009.

Moe Lane » Obamateurism* of the Day, 03/22/2009. — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:27:05 +0000

[...] new feature comes from Ed Morrissey, and it’s pretty much in direct response to Slate’s unaccountable decision to not let go of what was never a particularly funny joke in the first place. But if Slate wants to [...]

By: Obamateurism* of the Day, 03/22/2009. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState

Obamateurism* of the Day, 03/22/2009. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:26:05 +0000

By: Religious_Zealot

Religious_Zealot — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:55:14 +0000

I’m not sure if this has been mentioned…

…but maybe Slate is making fun of the fact that the first public speech made by the new President of the United States…

…was made in Canada (instead of in the U.S.)

By: PattyJ

PattyJ — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:25:08 +0000

Even the Oprah message boards are getting tired of Oprah's obsessions with The One. Obama and The Joke

By: christene

christene — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:57:25 +0000

Something really horrible must be going on behind the curtain,..pulling every distraction they can.

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:41:50 +0000

Fascinating. So, what’s up? This Jacob dude won’t give back your CDs or something?

By: madmonkphotog

madmonkphotog — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:16:38 +0000

Remember the song Glory Days by Bruce “The Boss” Springsteen?

There you go.

By: dormain

dormain — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:55:32 +0000

And just to clarify … Calgary isn’t even the capital city of Alberta – Edmonton is. As a Canadian who resides an hour from Calgary I am quite comfortable with ‘Calgary, Canada’.

By: jaime

jaime — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:41:41 +0000

As a heap of rubbish, Slate is one of the best.

By: BrideOfRove

BrideOfRove — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:50:23 +0000

And by the way – Bush and McCain are pretty well known for their sly mockage of Obama. Since Obama gave HIS first speech as president in Canada, I love that Bush gave his first speech as NOT president in Canada. Remember when Obama went to Germany and McCain went to German town or something. It.Was.a.JOKE!

I’m loving these diplomacy digs. My favorite last week was Mexico’s back slap to Pelosi over the trade wars.

By: BrideOfRove

BrideOfRove — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:45:11 +0000

Sigh. Slate. Might as well lambast HuffPo, too. Since we’re into stupid futility. Think for a moment. You are now stalking a person who made a career out of stalking George Bush. If you were after the next Dahmer or Gacey I could understand it. But run-of-the-mill nutcases? The last election proved there are over fifty million more. No challenge to that – none at all.

By: JM Hanes

JM Hanes — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:02:07 +0000

calbear:

Guess I should have refreshed the page before I posted!

By: JM Hanes

JM Hanes — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:00:47 +0000

Sorry Ed, I don't think Weisberg was nit picking Calgary, "Canada" or Bush grammar. He was playing up the fact that after being Prez of these United States. Bush couldn't come up with anyplace but Calagary ~ in another country ~ to speak. I thought it was pretty funny, myself, in that old endearing GWB way. I really miss that guy! You'll find Weisberg doing Obama in The Big Idea Socratease: "I’ve noticed the term “misremembered” seeping into everyday conversations." Ditto for Rumsfeld's oh-so-shocking Old Europe/New Europe ~ which has become a positive staple of foreign policy discussions.

By: cruadin

cruadin — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:23:53 +0000

Slate continues to misunderestimate the rich vein of humor in the comedy stylings of Obama & Biden. Those two seem to alternate days in which they utter jaw-dropping stupidities.

By: Christian Conservative

Christian Conservative — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:10:48 +0000

And the piece de resistance:
Jacob Weisberg, Bushisms, March 2009: Sydney, Australia.

Too funny! Thanks, Ed.

By: Tongue-tied Obama Is A Bore : Stop The ACLU

Tongue-tied Obama Is A Bore : Stop The ACLU — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:02:34 +0000

[...] Ed Morrissey points out that Slate is still caught up in BDS. Doesn’t Slate know this is the era of [...]

By: Tongue-tied Obama Is A Bore » Pirate’s Cove

Tongue-tied Obama Is A Bore » Pirate’s Cove — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:02:18 +0000

[...] Ed Morrissey points out that Slate is still caught up in BDS. Doesn’t Slate know this is the era of [...]

By: calbear

calbear — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:59:34 +0000

In the first place, I’m not really sure what’s wrong with that sentence.

Good question. I don’t think it’s the “Canada” part. I think it’s that Slate missed the irony of the statement, thinking it unintentional. “Of course Bush would think Canada is the best place to give his first speech.” Or maybe they found the irony weak. Or maybe Bush saying something amusing is a Bushism, whether or not it’s wrong. Or maybe they think that it looks bad upon the page, being spoken rather than written.

We may never know.

By: radiofreevillage

radiofreevillage — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:13:55 +0000

So Sate is so irrelevant that Ed has written a post about it? :)

By: hawkdriver

hawkdriver — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:28:35 +0000

I’m enjoying the double-irony of “irrelevantism” being decried by a blob with a dozen posts about a single joke — by the very people who whine about the perils of “political correctness” at every opportunity.

benny shakar on March 21, 2009 at 1:43 PM

So then. How does that shoe on the other foot feel?

By: Buy Danish

Buy Danish — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:56:46 +0000

HA!

By: Mike D.

Mike D. — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:45:15 +0000

Excuse me, Slate Mag, but exactly WTF is the supposed gaffe here by Bush?