Osler's Razor

The Waco Trib staff has publicly admitted that they extensively rewrote Nugent's columns to make them resemble English and take out the worst of the things he had written! And finally gave up.
 

I did love having that point/counterpoint with the Attorney General of the United States, on the same page with the counter-counterpoint of Terrible Ted.
 

I've always found it kind of amusing that the conservative wing of the Republican Party seems a little desperate for celebrity support. From Meatloaf, to Clint Eastwood, to Chuck Norris, to Nugent himself, the same people who castigate liberal bias in news and entertainment media embrace their celebrity sympathizers.

Of course, those people are not necessarily wrong to discount the opinions of their ideological opponents in the celebrity class. Being famous does not make you a policy expert, nor a historian, nor particularly smart (not by itself, anyway). But they should be cognizant of their complicity in the same political ploy.
 

CTL-- you are 100% correct (as usual). I'm often appalled at how progressives can be in thrall to celebrities. The Huffington Post is the worst in this way-- they view Marlo Thomas as America's Foremost Policy Expert.
 

Laura Ingraham, who is a twit in my view, did write a book that probably would have been better if had been an op ed piece. She made merciless fun of celebrities and their followers speaking on political issues. This was several years ago, but she used to be a regular guest on the Imus radio show and she had some hilarious stories about talking to people at concerts and other venues about politics.