Comments on: Karl Rove and Markos Moulitsas Newsweek Gigs

By: Matt Schiavenza

Matt Schiavenza — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:50:27 +0000

I would love to hear why you think Rove is a deeper thinker.

Well, having thought about it this some more you're probably right- my comment is pretty difficult to explain.

What I find interesting about Kos is that the right labels him as an extreme lefty, when in truth (on occasions he discusses his beliefs on policy at all) he strikes me as a fairly mainstream Democrat. He's just extremely, obsessively partisan.

Rove of course is also an ardent partisan, and nobody would identify him as one of the GOP's leading public intellectuals. But his approach seems more based on fostering a long-term structural realignment favoring the Republican Party, while Kos' seems more based on short-term electoral victory.

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:56:18 +0000

Or, if freshness were the goal, Mike Krempasky or Erick Erickson a more appropriate counterpart to Kos?

What would they write about? Banning people?

By: Grewgills

Grewgills — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:29:12 +0000

Rove is a deeper thinker

I would love to hear why you think Rove is a deeper thinker.

By: Matt Schiavenza

Matt Schiavenza — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:10:46 +0000

I think the choices are actually rather appropriate. Both men are strictly concerned with the winning and losing of elections. Kos takes pride in his anti-intellectualism and has more than once announced his boredom with esoteric policy debates. Rove is a deeper thinker, but he was always far more effective as a political strategist than as a policy advocate.

By: Eneils Bailey

Eneils Bailey — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:54:36 +0000

I would not wipe my ass with a copy of Newsweek. I actually prefer the Washington Post, or New York Times.
Do you think Newsweek could include some kind of scented aromatic in the ink? And perhaps go to the porous and absorbent paper that flushes well?

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By: sam

sam — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:02:51 +0000

They chose Markos knowing Michelle Malkin's panties would twist up so tight, she'd squeak when she walked.

By: just me

just me — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:45:34 +0000

I agree that they aren't exactly counterpoints to each other in terms of experience and political history, but I don't see a big deal out of hiring either one.

I don't read Newsweek unless I am a doctor's office and desperate for some reading entertainment.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:11:36 +0000

Stormy - in 2005 or so I emailed Newsweek after the false story about the flushing of a Koran in the toilet which lead to protests which injured or killed a few Soldiers - basically Newsweek took the word of an anonymous source who turned out to have made it all up and published the story - i wrote them a not-so-nice email and told them to just cancel my subscription - they canceled my subscription and even gave me my money back despite not requesting it. They will only learn by their declining subscription numbers.

By: Stormy Dragon

Stormy Dragon — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:35:44 +0000

As a Newsweek subscriber, I am outraged by both choices. If I wanted commentary, there's any number of opinion magazines I could subscribe to instead; I want news coverage.

Hiring two people with such obvious conflicts of interest is a gross violation of journalistic ethics and is sadly typical of the continuing decline in standards at the magazine.