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Tuesday, September 07, 2004Non-baseball: In defense of ZellDavid Horowitz mounts a spirited defense of Zell Miller's keynote address at the Republican National Convention (via Ace of Spades). More interestingly, he dissects Andrew Sullivan's incredibly mean-spirited and misleading attack on Miller. Sullivan's fall from the upper-echelon of punditry has really been a sight to behold. Obviously Mr. Sullivan is going to have an intense passion for the issue of gay marriage. He's been the most prolific voice on that issue for several years now, and I greatly enjoyed reading his thoughts on the subject and greatly respected the man, even if I didn't always agree with his point of view. What's more, I completely understand his anger towards President Bush- he seems to have good reason. If Sullivan wants to be a single-issue voter, that's great- it's his ideology, and what's important to him is what's important. But what's really been shocking is the way his recently acquired distaste for Bush has skewed his entire ideology on many pressing issues (his opinion of the war in Iraq specifically). He seems to now take contrary views for no other reason than to be contrarian. It's as if he's become blinded with hate, turning his formally well-reasoned, common sense writings into incoherent ramblings. Sullivan is now no better than an anti-war protester holding up a sign that reads "BUSHITLER". I'm afraid we've lost one of the best voices of reason in the blogosphere. It's a real shame. |
