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Hard times have hit the Wingnut Welfare cocktail circuit per Jonah Goldberg:
It’s funny how criticizing the White House Correspondents’ Dinner generated piles of really nasty and asinine email overnight. Apparently any dissent from another celebration of Obama is beyond the pale.
Anyway, why did I think it was awful? For starters, the hotel is under renovation, so the traditional pre-dinner reception in the courtyard was gone this year. This meant that everyone had to congregate indoors which turned the place into a steam bath. Also, neither The Weekly Standard nor NR had a reception this year, which was too bad.
National Review and the Weekly Standard spent so much money peddling bullshit and going on cruises this past year that they didn’t have enough money left over for crab puffs and Keystone Lights.
How sad… but not nearly as sad as the person who had to sit next to Jonah at the dinner after he spent the evening making his own gravy.
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I don’t think those alleged “nasty and asinine email” were the only piles Jonah generated last night.
Ah, now we know why Jonah was so upset.
Goldberg…..meh!
Most interesting thing about this post was that old Country Club Malt Liquor ad. Seeing that ad stimulated some brain cells that havent been active for a long time. I mean the ones that weren’t destroyed by that crap. Much like reading Nat’l Review. Hmmmmmmm.
So the NR and Standard are too broke to throw a party for the wingnut bloggers. That means Pantload has to crash parties of REAL people to get free carbs and liqour, which is humiliating since they treat him like visible swine flu.
“…so the traditional pre-dinner reception in the courtyard was gone this year.“
Gone! I’m sure that’s what everyone told Jonah. “Nope, Jonah, no reception this year! Too bad, isn’t it? Whoops, gotta go, or I’ll be late for the rece…err business meeting, yeah. See ya!”
What, no freebies? If I recall my prior corporate career correctly, no freebies of the type Pantload describes is usually what precedes the first big round of industry-wide lay-offs. Looks like the wingnut welfare universe is getting closer to that black hole…
Translation: Jonah was sweating like a pig, causing everyone around him to nauseously spit bacon wrapped scallops back into their hand.
Jesus, What, are they saving on hot water and soap at NRO too?
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How much does a keg of Budweiser and 10 lbs. of Cheetos cost these days anyway?
Eeeeeaaa-yagggh!
I mean it as a compliment, though…
…making his own gravy.
Love thy snark!
Snark & bark. That’s what I come here for.