lgm said:

Read this blog for a week and see if this is true.

For someone who teaches “math” for a living to impressionable youth, you seem to have a very thin skin.

Toughen up, buttercup.

At least you don’t look like Barbie.

None of those Bratz dolls does you justice, Michelle. That Frank guy… if this is the best sample of the “neutrality” of historians, then I guess Chris Matthews would make a good one too.

This man is a disgrace to the history field. Unfortunately, there are many historians out there that love to rewrite history and sell it as revisionist pap to the few who pay attention to his interepretation of history.

Does this Frank guy have a bobblehead in his likeness?

She longs for a good conservative friend.

I think you’re being way too generous in referring to what goes on around here as “satire”.

If I wasn’t clear, I was responding to your specific comment on our hostess’ conduct. Ever since the (Newsweek?) phenomenon of liberal-biased “photoshopping” (eg. fake journalism) during the Israeli-Southern Lebanon border clashes in the summer of 2006, I’ve noticed MM access pithy photoshopped efforts of timely events – Obama/Pooh bear diplomacy, John ‘the mane man’ Edwards/Silkey Pony, etc. to drive home topical events and actual points with a little humor. That’s satire.

Chuckie dolls and Bratz Dolls, for a conservate woman who neither shares their ideals nor has behaved in any such manner, doesn’t make any sense to me.

On the Sammy (Cassell)thing. It’s about skin tone and certain facial features. Differing gender and race doesn’t necessarily preclude some physical resemblance.

I get the trans-gender and trans-racial thing, but I guess we simply disagree on the physical resemblance thing. If MM looks like Sam Cassell, then I look like Karl Malone…not.

On a larger point, I’m not that old, but I really feel that a lot of people just don’t understand good humor anymore.

From Comedy Central to Def Jam, to contemporary SNL, when a comedian ends up saying “you’ve been a great audience, goodnight…” 9 out of 10 times, I find myself thinking, “are you kidding me?”

But maybe that’s just me.

a pundit with the appearance of a Bratz doll but the soul of Chucky

How…academic. By that I mean grade-school level. Michelle’s response was appropriate in that it communicated at a level that Frank can comprehend.

To summarize my thoughts of the interview — more evidence that the term “liberal academic” is highly subjective. I especially enjoyed the nuance the interviewer showed when trying to lure Frank into making a jab at Bob Novak. I wonder what else they talked about that wasn’t written.

AlohaGuy (#69): Add “Americans – drill now” to the formula.

walterc (#80): I like the story, but unfortunately the Left could consider the names and ideologies interchangeable. Some of ‘em come to their senses once in a while. Don’t hold your breath with lgm, though.

TOS: Michelle looks like Sam Cassell? You see a resemblance, I see absolutely no resemblance. You say it wasn’t meant to be a compliment, that you’re just sayin’. I consider the comparison insulting and not one whit funny, a disrespectful cheap shot at our hostess in order to amuse yourself. Don’t be surprised when people question the sincerity of your insistence that there was no prejudice in your comment.

Tom Frank’s a douche. Yes, writing that amuses me, but I’d withhold from saying that on his website, if he has one. I assume he does. I got about a third of the way through his Kansas book before his ideologically-spiteful pedagogy became overwhelmingly unreadable, so I doubt that I would consider his website worth my time. I get no enjoyment out of nausea.

On August 13th, 2008 at 7:51 pm, lgm said:

I doubt very seriously that BM knew of you being Jewish, lgm. You didn’t seem to indicate that on your site. You made sure to point out that you are “liberal” but it would be quite a stretch for him to have put the other with that.

Strangely, it was only pics with lgm in them that PhotoBucket removed. Weren’t you upset, when they wouldn’t remove the ones about Obama, CNN, Google, YouTube, etc., lgm, after you e-mailed them?

On August 13th, 2008 at 5:50 pm, dakine said:

TOS, that was mean. To the extent it matters (and it really doesn’t), MM is a perfectly attractive woman, but look closely at that picture of Sam next to a picture of MM.

Sure they aren’t dead ringers but there is a little resemblence

Oh LGM, lighten up with the remove the picture crap. Nobody here reaily thinks you are an actual card carrying nazi. GEEEZZZ.

I did this for the troll and seagull pics. But depicting a Jew as a Nazi is never a joke and is never acceptable, period.

By the way, if you follow the link, you’ll see that photobucket understands this and has a faster reaction time than MM.

On the Sammy thing. It’s about skin tone and certain facial features. Differing gender and race doesn’t necessarily preclude some physical resemblance.

This site is regularly full of silly and immature insults related to physical appearance made by Ms. Malkin herself…

…that are based in some resemblence of reality.

An earlier poster used MM’s postings on:

1. Rachel Ray’s “keffiyeh” looking scarf,
2. A photoshop of John “special sauce” Edwards as ‘The Silky Pony,”
3. A photoshop of Obama as ‘Winnie the Pooh’ after the revelation of his advisory choices on foreign policy

as examples of MM’s satirical equivalence with Thomas Frank’s ‘Chuckie’ and ‘Bratz Doll’ play.

I believe all of MM’s examples of satire are self-explanatory. But I don’t think the same can be said of Frank’s efforts:

How is MM comparable to a psychotic, male, serial-killer puppet?

How is MM comparable to a collection of tricked-out, ghetto-slut dolls?

How does one legitimately or accurately claim that MM (an American-Asian woman) looks like NBA star Sam Cassell (an African-American male) for that matter?

Anyone is allowed to say what they want within reason. But saying anything doesn’t make it legitimate, satire, or both. That requires an effort of reality-based discipline.

TOS, that was mean. To the extent it matters (and it really doesn’t), MM is a perfectly attractive woman, but look closely at that picture of Sam next to a picture of MM.