Lately, Joe Klein has been wanting to look like he's progressive/liberal afterall. How amazing. There is just one problem, he's full of shit...the last thing Klein wants to be is fair, or accurate though Klein's editor for that piece Priscilla Painton deserves a lot of blame for that story as does Klein as well, or honest for that matter.
What do we do with Joe? Let's jump.
Let's compare something. In 2002, if someone had told me that a moralizing right wing kook like Andrew Sullivan who was a vehement war whooper would have a stunning change of heart within just under 4 years, I would have laughed out loud.
Today, Sullivan is readable though Patrick is filling in now. Andrew claims to be of no party or clique, but a punch line is no proof of anything. I read him, enjoy some of it, but I don't trust him. I remember, yes Andrew, Je Me Souviens, How many died because of war porn cheerleaders, Andrew?
Klein on the other hand has proven time and again to be a snake in the grass or a complete louse or a complete phony. Klein has had ample opportunity to see the disaster unfold before his eyes, and yet though he croaks about GOP nihlism which, pardon me, is awfully weak, and hardly original, Klein seems to have learned nothing, forgotten nothing, and thinks he can bullshit and bluff his way through. I say enough.
So, what to do? Well, I have cancelled my subscription to Time by not renewing. I had used it as under-the-pan protection for the cat boxes, but alas in these hard times we must make sacrifices. Forests will not fall on my account. Then Klein can munch cocktail weenies with the Beltway Villagers to his heart's content and show again that his rightful place is with his nose squarely up Hugh Hewitt's ass.
As for the rest of us, No Joe Klein is nothing missed.
UPDATE:add complete horse's ass to above paragraph. Hat tip to Digby for reminding me of just how excellent Aimee of No More Mr. Nice Blog really is.