Thomas Frank, style and soul expert
Thomas Frank is the conservative-bashing historian who wrote “What’s The Matter With Kansas?” and parlayed the book into a pundit career. He’s got a new conservative-bashing tome out and is on the circuit promoting it. He recently gave an interview to a lib Oregon rag, which asked him about one of his astute nuggets of analytical wisdom in the book…concerning my looks and my soul:
You write that former Seattle Times editorialist Michelle Malkin is “a pundit with the appearance of a Bratz doll but the soul of Chucky.” Which Beltway pundit has the darkest soul?
I’m not going to go there. Some of these guys have a good sense of humor.
Yeah. Snort. At least he didn’t say I had the appearance of Chucky and the soul of a Bratz doll.
So, which of the reviled Bratz dolls do I look like?
And: Which doll does Thomas Frank look like?
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Snort!
Nice.
Great smackdown, Michelle.
I like Chucky. For a homicidal doll, he had a great sense of humor.
And this sort of thing passes as analysis on the Left. Wow. Just wow.
The one all the way to the right of the screen.(sarc)
I feel like this guy with his references to you in such an elementary- child-focused-manner needs to stay away from children’s parks.
I dunno. I think you may owe an apology to Charlie McCarthy as he looks infinitely more intelligent than Mr. Frank.
I am I wrong or is his shirt button up crooked?
No wait, its his head that is on crooked.
Something that commonly occurs when there are no brains in it to bring it back to square
Thankfully, Michelle, none of the above. Your first disqualifier: your head isn’t big enough.
Michelle Malkin is a good looking lady–however, her clear thinking, good Christian heart, and decency stand out above physical characteristics. Ditto for Laura Ingraham. These ladies should always post their photos–good character stands out in their faces.
John Bibb
The liberals wouldn’t stoop to ad hominem attacks would they?
My collie says:
You keep saying that. I do not not think it means what you think it means.
My collie says:
She’s a doll – just not a Bratz doll.
No way, Michelle is better looking than a Bratz doll.
With a little lip gloss he could pass for the one on the far right. Did I say far right? I meant far left… but then he’d be African American…but your supposed to be African American…I know! You can be twins and he can be the evil one.
So to counter any valid point you may or may not make, he says, well you look alike a bratz doll. HHHMMM Okay. Whats next, calling you a poo-poo head when you point out Obama belonged to a black liberation theology church for 22 years?
How grade school of him.
Contrary to what I thought I had seen on television and in printed photos, I learned you are “a ‘token’ pretty black girl“, Michelle.
So, since my eyes must have deceived me before, I’m gonna have to vote for the first one on the left.
and she’s a good 2″ taller…
couldn’t resist.
I don’t know Michelle. I thought I saw some Chuck-iness in you when you were up against Juan Hernandez.
Is MM annoyed that someone thinks she looks funny? Welcome to the club. It’s a form of flattery.
It’s obvious that the guy is afraid of beauty and brains. To me he looks like a PERV. The type you find hanging out at the bathrooms in the park. LOSER
This guy looks like him too.
If having the heart of Chucky means that you go for the throat and have an impish grin while doing it, then, I think I must agree. BTW, We who frequent this web sight get a front and center seat while watching this occur. I like it. Michelle, keep up the good work.
Such ad hominem attacks on appearance would never be tolerated if made by a conservative against a liberal. To the contrary, liberals like Michelle Obama are praised for their appearance, (supposed) sense of style, etc. Imagine the outrage if someone compared her appearance to a Bratz doll. BTW, if Barack is the “Big-O” does that make Michelle “Little-O” with a correspondingly smaller “O” hand gesture?
Suddenly, I have the urge to play with dolls, is that so wrong? Anyway, if your gonna be compared to a doll, like the t-shirt says: “I wanna be like Barbie, that b@#$h has everything!”
Oh! Oh! Pick me! I know which one he looks like!
*snort*
Whatever, lgm.
Thanks for the link Barry. LOL. I hadn’t seen this, but it’s not the first time Michelle’s ethnicity has been misidentified. Even media people are guilty.
My collie says:
I didn’t even know that race could be “trendy”. But somehow, after President Bend Over is sworn-in, I expect we’ll be seeing a lot more of this sort of thing. Racial politics of every imaginable sort will explode onto the scene. In four years, everyone will be so sick of it that I can’t even imagine how it will affect future election campaigns.
having two daughters at home.. I have to say, I HATE bratz dolls.. won’t allow them into my house..
bratz embody the total lack of class..
MM on the other hand.. is the epitome of class..
and I was able to use ‘epitome’ today in a sentence.. scratch that off my to do list..
The Master said (#20):
Read this blog for a week and see if this is true.
Methinks he looks like Scooter from the Muppets, yes?
They can’t beat Mrs. Malkin on the issues, so they try to discredit her on the basis of her great beauty. In their warped minds a beautiful woman can’t possible have any brains. Hey ugly people, if you can’t beat her on the issues, go get yourselves, and your ugly wives a facelift.
/s/
José
Pfft. For me any discussion of killer dolls begins and ends with Talking Tina.
He kinda looks like Bruce Boxleitner to me.
What do I hear?
Flattery – Don’t leave home without it.
“Former Seattle Times editorialist”. Like you’re just sitting around now doing nothing. I love these rags.
More “tolerance” from the Left. I guess when your ideas are devoid of logical analysis and intellectual merit, all you can do is hurl racial and ethnic insults at your ideological opponents.
lgm, if you ever had something meaningful to add to the conversation, we’d probably treat you differently. As it is, your poop-and-scoot tactics are more annoying than anything we could possibly say about you.
Yeah – I’m often told by liberals that they are better suited to journalism because they’re more articulate, intelligent, and open-minded.
Bratz Dolls and Chucky. Glad I didn’t waste my time with journalism school
lgm, nobody here said anything about your looks. To us you look just like any other typical lesbian.
Hmmm. He DOES look like a bit like Mr. Potato head. Collie, whaddaUthink?
My collie says:
Well. One thing we can all agree on. Frank’s got the IQ of a turnip.
If Edward Herrmann and Pee Wee Herman were to have a child…
Swoop-n-poop, cpodug. You’ve got to get the terminology right. After all, lgm wrote the book on it.
cybercypher sums it up in a nutshell
She’s a doll – just not a Bratz doll.
He actually looks like Gomer Pyle. Shazaam!
Notice, Michelle, that he was talking about your appearance.
So, I suppose, your wit, wisdom, intelligence, eloquence, and articulence was just too much for him.
If Norm Abram and Billie Jean King were to have a child…
He’s got a wide stance, right?
As a former member if the Peanut Gallery, I must say that the comparison to Thomas Frank is an insult to Mr. Doody.
Best. Description. Of trolling. Ever.
+1!
RedDog, just what did Jim Nabors ever do to you for you to insult hime like that?
Well, goooooollllyyyy!
What is needed is a Michelle Malkin action figure, dressed in black leather and armed with pen and laptop to strike terror in the hearts of liberal villains everywhere. Any plans in the works?
You know what’s the matter with “What’s The Matter With Kansas”? It assumes people should vote for what benefits them personally, rather than for what they think is best for the country. And that is a huge error on his part.
OK, if you go by skin color alone, she’s the one on the right (apropos, yes?). It could be worse. He could have said you look like Barbie. Frank looks like the love child of Sherman and Mr. Peabody. He longs to go into the Wayback machine to liberal Kansas in the 1960s.
Was this a racial and ethnic insult?
btw, I always though MM looked a bit more like professional basketball player Sam Cassell but with hair.
lgm,
Have you seen what the average moonbat looks and acts like… too easy. At least MM is smart, funny, and hot. Can’t say that for your average moonbat.
Choose me, please!
I know who Frank looks like!
MM, a great comeback as usual!
God bless you!
Unfortunately, the WSJ has given this shrill loser a regular column. If there’s any consolation, Frank sounds like a liberal sophomore and out of his league compared to the Journal’s other regulars. Still, why him, why now?
Great come-back Michelle.
Dear Michelle,
None of those dolls look like you. But the one on the left looks a bit like me.
Signed,
Michelle Obama
* out *
I think he Googled bon mot and got, did you mean bomb moth?
Not sure about that one.
But, I’m pretty sure that was.
So you’re soul-mates?
First I thought: the irony in this thread would overflow a slosh bucket. Half of the posts complain about liberals making fun of conservatives’ looks. The other half make fun of liberals’ looks.
Then the dim bulb brightened: this is not a complaint, it’s a counter-attack. Let the world beware, nobody does ridicule better than conservative Republicans. A liberal mocking a conservative! Talk about uppity! They have no idea who they’re dealing with.
Democrats with their energy proposals and budget balancing schemes are no match for Republicans with tire gauges and funny Obama photoshop jobs.
Given the sophomoric rantings we have seen from the interview and what we were witness to yesterday…could it be…Thomas Frank = KevoTron?
Why is that a racial and ethnic insult?
It’s not just Obama, lgm.
You don’t actually wear bell-bottomed hip-huggers do you? I mean it’s ok if you do…;)
I took the don’t feed the troll pledge but I’m not sure I can control my fingers with red meat like that. Please help me!
Good stuff!
Carter – wear a sweater
Obama – check your tires
AlohaGuy – wear a sweater while you check your tires
Who has the more comrehensive energy policy?
lgm, you were me at 20
That brief flash of light is a reminder that static electricity and farts don’t mix…(sorry lgm, couldn’t resist.)
Well, let’s see. We have an educated, intelligent, lovely, American woman of Philippino heritage and you see fit to compare her to a bald, black male basketball player.
Forgive me, please. How could I have ever misconstrued the intent?
nice try.
I linked the LGF story about unhinged liberals wishing death to all of us this morning on another thread.
But we dont need to look at that right? Doesnt fit with your world view.
This isnt a counter attack, btw.
But we dont need those facts either
k, thx, bye
If Mr. Frank were to stand next to Michelle M it would be the biggest mismatch since Lyle Lovett stood next to Julia Roberts!
Actually MM makes me think more along the lines of Lucy Liu in one of her butt kicking leather outfits … he he he …
ROFLMAO *snort*
Just because one is black and one is asian does not make it a racial/ethnic insult. If Cassell was white would that have still made it racial? My intent was not racially motivated.
Um, no, it doesn’t. And just for the record, stuff like this or this doesn’t pass as analysis on the right either.
Without putting words in barry’s mouth, i think the idea is that its based on race, which is where the liberal cry of racism always comes from. roles reversed, he’d have been called a racist, and then some.
thats my take anyway.
Me too (at 35 actually, slow learner I guess.)
Reminds me of a story. . .Barack Obama is walking down the street in Chicago one day and comes across a little boy with a box of puppies. Obama stops and asks the boy what kind of puppies are they? The little boy says “they’re Liberal puppies”. Obama chuckles and heads down the street. A few days later Obama is again walking down that same street, meets the little boy with the box of puppies and again asks, what kind of puppies are they? To which the boy replies, ” Conservative puppies”. Obama frowns and says a few days ago you told me they were Liberals. And the little boy says “yeah, but now their eyes are open”.
So there’s hope for you yet lgm. Just need to wait until your eyes open.
#50 tos said:
Some Asian-American women with nice smiles look like African American male athletes with hair?
That’s interesting. I think Russell Simmons looks more like Sam Cassell.
TOS, do you think MM looks like Russell Simmons with hair too?
Oh. It was just saying that Michelle reminds you of a bald male? My bad. That’s what I get for jumping to conclusions, I guess.
Just so I and others aren’t confused anymore, can you tell us how your reference to Michelle reminding you of Sam Cassell was a compliment?
TOS is just lashing out at Michelle because he finds himself incredibly attracted to her. His love for Michelle is deep down (in places he doesn’t talk about at parties).
One of these days, if you keep frequenting this sight, and I am happy that you do, the light really will brighten and you will find that in your heart of hearts your are, “GASP” a closet conservative. When you really do “come out”, we will be here with open arms to receive you into the fold.
LGM – I for one, really do appreciate you continuing to write in to this sight. You are sorely outnumbered but you just keep plugging away with a rugged individualism that reaks of conservatism energy. Just keep it up, the light really will come on one day.
My earlier point speaks to Left’s refusal to employ critical thinking skills in their arguments, and was in no way intended as a racial or ethnic insult to anyone. Instead of debating a conservative opponent’s viewpoints based on fact and reason, most liberals resort to attacking superficial things like skin color.
Personally, I don’t care who Michelle looks like, I just love her websites and articles.
I was thinking Edward Hermann too.. but couldn’t think of anything else to match it with..
but with Pee Wee Herman.. it’s a ‘If They Mated’..
He looks more like NuckleHead Smith (Jerry Mahoney’s -pictured above- sidekick). And Both those “Dummys” had the brains (and voice) of Paul Winchell, inventor of the artificial heart, making both of those wooden heads smarter than Thomas Frank.
#74 huggybear said:
Silly comparisons on your part, huggybear. Rachel Ray’s horrendous fashion choice did look very similar to a keffiyeh – so much so, that DD ended up pulling the ad.
“Silky Pony” brought that moniker on himself with that side-splitting, “Hairspray” screen-shot back in 2004.
Obama brought on the “Winnie the Pooh” comparisons by adhering himself to foreign policy advocates who look to “Pooh” for answers.
Where has MM ever showed herself to be legitimately compared to a slutty looking Bratz doll? If you follow MM’s take on popular culture, then you know that this comparison is simply vindictive, and doesn’t make any sense.
Chucky is a psychotic, serial killing puppet. Again, how does this compare to MM?
This liberal wonk, best-selling author has every right to show himself as a poor satirist. But you must admit, effective satire has to be at least remotely based in reality.
So now you are backing off the racial and ethnic claim! LOL. I’ve always felt that MM’s facial features resembled Sam Cassell’s…look at how both of their eyes are set farther apart than average, they both have prominent teeth, and a wider than average nose. No, it wasn’t meant as a compliment, but again it was not racially motivated as you claimed and have summarily back off of.
Hmmmm.. a Michelle Malkin action figure..
I’ll have to dig through my old figures..
but I think I can get something customized..
the Head of Jinx (GI Joe ninja).. and a box of Dunkin Doughnuts at a 1/18 scale..
well, good, i wont
I think you meant it as a backhanded personal comment, while rationalizing your own take on the matter.
The whole thing is in poor taste.
Mr. Malkin is, by my estimate, a very lucky man.
Barry F. (#62) included another link to the lgm as Nazi picture. Please remove this link, since you saw fit to remove the earlier one. Thanks.
– lgm
ROFLMAO!! Oh man, that’s funny, and mirrors my thoughts exactly.
Uh, “back off of?” I think you missed something at the end of what you copied and tried to quote, TOS.
Yeah. That eye roll.
So, you say she looks like a black male in the face with wide eyes, “prominent teeth” and a “wider than average nose?”
You don’t say?
You are pathetic. Not only do you resort to sophomoric comparisons of the hostess of the site on which you are posting this but you are too dense to pick up on sarcasm, when called on it, and take it to mean that you bested someone with it?
(Did you see it that time, genius?) Here. Let me do it, again, for you. 
Wanted to make sure and point out the obvious for you.
And, where did I link to that picture, lgm?
#62 is your post, lgm.
I have one in #63 to the interview linked in the first part of this thread. Are you getting paranoid or something.
Average? Do tell. You must be an ethnologist. Tell us what the average distance between the eyes should be. Tell us how average teeth should look. Tell us what the average width a nose should be.
Still waiting for you to explain why my original post was racial and ethnic. Or have you been too busy posting “sophmoric comparisons” of lgm and nazis (#65).
but thats easy! It should look like tos and lgm!