Once again, National Review opinion pushers were thwarted by progressives who engaged in a ingenius way to counteract false arguments: journalism.
When Jonah Goldberg of the National Review wrote an article accusing Al Gore of lying about going to France for his 15th birthday, Greg Sargent of the Horse's Mouth decided he would find out the truth:
by investigating. Sargent
called Gore's people, who told him that Gore had indeed went to France. Goldberg, who assumed as well that Arianna Huffington transcribed exactly what Gore said, issued a partial retraction. Why? Because if more evidence came to light about what really happened to Gore, Goldberg could say he was covered.
Although the NRO crowd over at their blog, The Corner, have been steadily moving away from being Bush supporters for a while now, their similarity to our President lies in their refusal to take responsibility for anything they've said and done. And it's getting worse.
If the Gore column weren't awkward enough, now doubts of any kind of political relevance are further raised by the latest edition of the National Review magazine, which seems to be what you would get if you took the garbage can in The Corner's employee break room and compacted it into a smooth, bright, smelly square of garbage.
John J. Miller has recently found himself defending his "50 greatest conservative rock songs of all time" list from those on the list including Pete Townsend and the Proclaimers. He was so upset he put out another list. While Miller revels in the hate mail he's getting, he doesn't seem to understand when you fuck with the Clash and the Dead Kennedys, you've committed a mortal sin. I'd like to see the letter he gets from Jello Biafra.
Now, the icecaps on the cake are starting to melt. The National Review's cover story on global warming has been refuted by Think Progress. The story's author, Jason Steorts, thought he would just argue his way out of the rebuttal. But he did it like this: James Hansen wrote these words that support my argument. And Curt Davis didn't specifically say my research was wrong.
And Judd at Think Progress said: Here's the problem: I actually read what Hansen wrote and talked to Davis. And Hansen wrote it in an article about the dangers of global warming, and Davis says you're full of shit.
Truly the best smackdown of the week.