tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post7734197538652833448..comments2024-03-28T12:32:43.994-05:00Comments on Althouse: Obama's judges. Althouse's obsession with linking.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62060068642601146832008-10-31T23:11:00.000-05:002008-10-31T23:11:00.000-05:00"Maybe I should write a list of my reasons."Before..."Maybe I should write a list of my reasons."<BR/><BR/>Before would be better than after the elections, mon chou. <BR/><BR/>BTW the dream post - you should know that dreams never mean their manifest content. Look deeper.Nichevohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12591460407621898458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17084128575122069572008-10-31T09:55:00.000-05:002008-10-31T09:55:00.000-05:00Ann, here's what I posted on the website of that g...Ann, here's what I posted on the website of that grubby little conservative blogger whose misrepresentation of you was seized on by Mr Packer without so much as a link to this site so that New Yorker readers could see things for what they truly are.<BR/><BR/><I>Mr Swift,<BR/><BR/>Just because Ms Althouse calls you naughty words and declares you to be too low in the food chain to rate a link doesn't mean she isn't more balanced than you.<BR/><BR/>This will serve you right for deceitfully enlisting her to the anti-Obama cause. Her non-partisanship is not to be besmirched. She is a unique voice in the blogosphere AND in mainstream media!</I>Alphonsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02441923856941011283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44301235204699029492008-10-31T09:27:00.000-05:002008-10-31T09:27:00.000-05:00The so called moderate Bill Clinton blessed us wit...The so called moderate Bill Clinton blessed us with the extreme leftist Ruth Bader Ginsberg and even the "conservative" Gerald Ford gave us the lunatic John Paul Stevens. If you think Barrack Obama will not appoint judges far to the left of the American center, I've got several bridges and a lot of acreage you might want to buy. I have no idea who McCain would appoint and I certainly don't trust him to appoint any conservatives but his worst pick would probably be better than Obama's best one. If you want a Supreme Court that is indistinguishable from the Supreme Soviet, Obama's your man.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16967895317156770810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-48176649574797502372008-10-31T06:16:00.000-05:002008-10-31T06:16:00.000-05:00Getting trashed by the New Yorker? Get used to it ...Getting trashed by the New Yorker? Get used to it Ann--it's a foretaste of the Obama years.Nickname unavailablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04330293202911294571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-865080822467085692008-10-30T23:24:00.000-05:002008-10-30T23:24:00.000-05:00Certainly, a President Obama will not nominate a c...<I>Certainly, a President Obama will not nominate a conservative, but there is no evidence from his past (see account of his HLR presidency or ...selection of campaign staff) that he is going to look for a far-left candidate.</I> <BR/><BR/>You mean the Nation of Islam staff he has? <BR/><BR/>You know, you'll remind of us that pastor, the real estate wheeler dealer, the recipients of his grants ....JALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15503869597362866878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32641698868413508712008-10-30T21:24:00.000-05:002008-10-30T21:24:00.000-05:00Althouse has tapped into another Internet Freak Sh...Althouse has tapped into another Internet Freak Show.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26446084856186187182008-10-30T21:07:00.000-05:002008-10-30T21:07:00.000-05:00Ann, I want you to really stop and think about thi...Ann, I want you to really stop and think about this before you respond: Read your last comment and tell me who you're trying to convince. You or me? <BR/><BR/>You do realize that you are engaging in the most blatantly transparent shifting-of-the-goal-post imaginable, don't you? You devolve into a heightened shrieking over not only the fact that George Packer refrained from linking to you, but that he had the audacity to not first comb through the minutia of all your blog posts from the last year? And then you refer to and even characterize Swift without even mentioning his name?<BR/><BR/>It's all well and good, as you've pointed out dozens of times, it's your blog and there are no penalties for intellectual dishonesty; Google will not come tapping with handcuffs in the middle of the night. But forgive us if we find it ironic and humorous when you're sent into a frenzied fury over the fact that the Elite Journalist refused to take you seriously. Your shoddy logic thus far demonstrates the divide between The New Yorkers and the Ann Althouses in this world.Simon Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11093539993032782156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38327617673048936652008-10-30T18:00:00.000-05:002008-10-30T18:00:00.000-05:00Ann,Yeah, and maybe you shouldn't.Come on: Glamour...Ann,<BR/><BR/>Yeah, and maybe you shouldn't.<BR/><BR/>Come on: <I>Glamour!</I><BR/><BR/>Heh.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49350836658211312502008-10-30T17:44:00.000-05:002008-10-30T17:44:00.000-05:00"Or is it that you're being compelled? I trust you..."Or is it that you're being compelled? I trust you have tenure, so it's not fear for your job...but your recent rationalizations are so tortured and unconvincing that it has lately occurred to me that you are phoning it in deliberately."<BR/><BR/>I've had tenure for over 20 years, and I think it's pretty obvious on this blog that I say what I want. I have never written a systematic, spelled-out explanation of why I'm voting for Obama and I've enjoyed criticizing him here many times, so I can see why my ultimate position is confusing. Maybe I should write a list of my reasons.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27779255732100358392008-10-30T17:41:00.000-05:002008-10-30T17:41:00.000-05:00"You saw fit to link to and quote the New Yorker w..."You saw fit to link to and quote the New Yorker writer who wrote his entire post based off Jon Swift's post. Without Jon Swift, Packer's post wouldn't have been written. You referred to Swift specifically in another post without naming him. Not only did you mention him, you characterized one of his posts."<BR/><BR/>Yeah, Packer was truly lame to rely on a post like that and I wanted to highlight his lameness since he writes in the extremely prestigious magazine The New Yorker. That blogger who smeared me on his blog is the sort of person I routinely ignore. I was presented with something of a dilemma, and I resolved it according to an ethical linking standard that I have already defended.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88787391457583865742008-10-30T15:07:00.000-05:002008-10-30T15:07:00.000-05:00Jon Swift and his "posse" are about the neediest n...Jon Swift and his "posse" are about the neediest needers to ever need something.blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9072381843793131882008-10-30T13:19:00.000-05:002008-10-30T13:19:00.000-05:00Geez, Professor, what are you whining about? Y'al...Geez, Professor, what are you whining about? Y'all want the same thing. If in her calculus it is more expedient to do it this way, what's it to you? The greater good, chica, think of the greater good! What part of "advocacy" don't you understand? <BR/><BR/>Obama would understand. Imagine every puff piece on him larded with linkage to content from Wright, Ayers, Marshall, Rezko, Ahmadinejad, etc., etc., etc....why should Marcus dilute her poison with unselected content from the 'crazy mayor of Crazytown?' <BR/><BR/>Be content to be useful. Be a happy cog, not an Eggagog. Like me, they are not interested in 'the real you,' they are interested in what you can do for them (admittedly in a less physical or shall I say <I>humid</I> sense).<BR/><BR/>But when you have a chance, let us know whether the bus' shocks & struts are OK. Maybe you could perform an oil change. You should be in the right position.<BR/><BR/>And you want to empower this clique with your vote and your support!<BR/><BR/>Or is it that you're being compelled? I trust you have tenure, so it's not fear for your job...but your recent rationalizations are so tortured and unconvincing that it has lately occurred to me that you are phoning it in deliberately. <BR/><BR/>Pity there's no video so we can't see if you are trying to use a blink code. Maybe these protests, while couched in vanity, are a sort of "Help Me!" dog-whistle. <BR/><BR/>Alternatively, you could be trying to prove you're an intellectual...as Orwell sorta said, nobody else could believe the kind of things you've been saying.<BR/><BR/>Keep stomping this "jon swift" character, though, he obviously needs it.Nichevohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12591460407621898458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57422092667822682752008-10-30T12:38:00.000-05:002008-10-30T12:38:00.000-05:00"I link when I name somebody or quote them. Maybe ..."I link when I name somebody or quote them. Maybe some day you will rise to that level."<BR/><BR/>You saw fit to link to and quote the New Yorker writer who wrote his entire post based off Jon Swift's post. Without Jon Swift, Packer's post wouldn't have been written. You referred to Swift specifically in another post without naming him. Not only did you mention him, you characterized one of his posts.<BR/><BR/>For Jon Swift to be so unimportant, he sure seems to be directly or indirectly influencing a lot of content on your site; three posts in the span of a week.Simon Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11093539993032782156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21936499220935235252008-10-30T12:02:00.000-05:002008-10-30T12:02:00.000-05:00Wow a trolling self-linker, no personal attributes...Wow a trolling self-linker, no personal attributes detected in the last name either.Steve Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15346711129919350740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74928984381174254962008-10-30T11:24:00.000-05:002008-10-30T11:24:00.000-05:00jon swift said..."I completely agree that you shou...jon swift said..."I completely agree that you should link to someone you refer to, Ms. Althouse. It is certainly a violation of blogger ethics not to do so."<BR/><BR/>I link when I name somebody or quote them. Maybe some day you will rise to that level. Until then, you'll have to satisfy yourself with coming over here to self-link, you needy little man.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83798938558702835972008-10-30T10:24:00.000-05:002008-10-30T10:24:00.000-05:00Would worried conservatives be satisfied if Obama ...<I>Would worried conservatives be satisfied if Obama promised ...</I><BR/><BR/>Are you kidding?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3668892442675846532008-10-30T10:23:00.000-05:002008-10-30T10:23:00.000-05:00She playfully omits the links because it is the li...She playfully omits the links because it is the little girl in her, no? She likes to play the game of chase.<BR/><BR/>OK, that's going to be my explanation for every incomprehensible thing a woman doesn't do. Or does.Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8473100141733148732008-10-30T09:53:00.000-05:002008-10-30T09:53:00.000-05:00Ruth Marcus turns out not to be the Ruth Marcus th...Ruth Marcus turns out not to be the <A HREF="http://www.yale.edu/philos/people/marcus_ruth.html" REL="nofollow">Ruth Marcus the logician</A>.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63349199051987141702008-10-30T09:41:00.000-05:002008-10-30T09:41:00.000-05:00Richard Dolan said... "It's also possible that the...Richard Dolan said... <BR/>"<I>It's also possible that the linking/not linking may all have been done by an editor or assistant. My impression is that Marcus grew up in print media, and 'linking' (as opposed to citing, which she did) may not be natural for her.</I>"<BR/><BR/>That doesn't hold water. Marcus or her editorial assistant linked to other stuff cited in the same article. The piece doesn't link for the same reason that the New Yorker didn't link: to deprive the reader of the context of the quote. The media has being depriving readers of the context of quotes for a long time, but it's indefensible in this setting where a link is possible.<BR/><BR/>Floridan said... <BR/>"<I>Despite right-wing mischaracterizations, Obama seems to have a fairly center-left legal philosophy.</I>"<BR/><BR/>Most of the right-wing "mischaracterizations" I've seen are verbatim quotes from Obama, so if there's mischaracterization going on, it's his, not ours.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065798213115341398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11738022886267057422008-10-30T09:35:00.000-05:002008-10-30T09:35:00.000-05:00Cabbage - how's Senatorial courtesy working out fo...Cabbage - how's Senatorial courtesy working out for John McCain so far? McCain will face a heavily Democratic Senate if he wins. If Stevens retires in that scenario, I expect to see Richard Posner nominated as a compromise nominee. Posner isn't particularly old, but he's old enough that he won't serve for decades. <A HREF="http://volokh.com/posts/1224693590.shtml" REL="nofollow">He's not a conservative</A>, but he isn't a liberal, either. He's undoubtedly brilliant and idiosyncratic, and most importantly for the Dems, he's on record as saying that he wouldn't overrule <I>Roe v. Wade</I>. I wouldn't want him nominated in most circumstances, but he's really the best we're likely to get through the Senate if McCain wins.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065798213115341398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12950284415460831242008-10-30T09:29:00.001-05:002008-10-30T09:29:00.001-05:00Ruth Marcus writes:...But as University of Wiscons...<I>Ruth Marcus writes:...But as University of Wisconsin law professor Ann Althouse, no wild-eyed liberal...</I><BR/><BR/>Yes she is Ruth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30967902721239552542008-10-30T09:29:00.000-05:002008-10-30T09:29:00.000-05:00I completely agree that you should link to someone...I completely agree that <A HREF="http://jonswift.blogspot.com/2008/10/swift-reactions-9-in-which-ann-althouse.html" REL="nofollow">you should link</A> to someone you refer to, Ms. Althouse. It is certainly a violation of blogger ethics not to do so.Jon Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02130944579317556923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17384994826934318472008-10-30T09:16:00.000-05:002008-10-30T09:16:00.000-05:00hey, great spelling on my part...hey, great spelling on my part...Cabbagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07965532678341860000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7658164660542362852008-10-30T09:15:00.000-05:002008-10-30T09:15:00.000-05:00Could McCain get a conversative on the court (ok, ...Could McCain get a conversative on the court (ok, lots of assumptions going on here) by nominating a senator?<BR/><BR/>Could a well-liked, but seriously conservative senator get through confirmation? Someone like Jon Kyl?Cabbagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07965532678341860000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88182234483975582382008-10-30T09:11:00.000-05:002008-10-30T09:11:00.000-05:00The Marcus piece is a 'cut and paste' job or what'...The Marcus piece is a 'cut and paste' job or what's otherwise called a 'thumbsucker.' (Essentially, this is the paper version of linking.)<BR/><BR/>No research, just rewriting what other people said and giving it a bit of opinion, i.e. if you disagree with me, you are "unhinged."<BR/><BR/>She got out of the office by 5. The WaPo is merely posting the print version of her column. It takes time to put in subjective links.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, I think she would say to you that you're being too sensitive, you weren't really misquoted, space is tight, and blah blah blah....<BR/><BR/>If it's any consolation, in five or 10 years, she won't have a paper platform as the WaPo will be entirely on the net, she'll be a part-time temporary independent contractor, you'll be on equal footing with her, and whatever sense of specialness paper presently bestows will be an ancient memory.George M. Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07818413936028778734noreply@blogger.com