Comments on: Conservative Bill Kristol Has Left The New York Times Op-Ed Page Building

By: 2.0somethings » Your Morning News 1.27.09

2.0somethings » Your Morning News 1.27.09 — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:13:49 +0000

[...] Kristol to kick around anymore. Who are we kidding? He friggen loved it and is moving over to the Washington Post to continue his liberal-enraging, correction-requiring brand of commentary. Thank god, I, like [...]

By: AustinRoth

AustinRoth — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:56:00 +0000

How true. But three can!

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:10:57 +0000

Well, two wrongs never made a right, AR.

By: AustinRoth

AustinRoth — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:05:33 +0000

It was obvious his work did not live up to the high standards set by Dowd's columns. But then, whose could?

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:00:40 +0000

Good and bad news at the same time.

Its nice to know that the NYT's finally realized he was not up to snuff, but now he will be publishing a column in WaPo- the paper I get every day! The Post already has a slew of conservative columnists including George Will and Charles Krauthammer- so I'm not sure why they need him.

By: davemartin7777

davemartin7777 — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:57:45 +0000

Kristol like Fred Barnes (also of the Weekly Standard) are just a couple of Rupert Mudock's many sockpuppet water carriers.

Rupert Murdock's Weekly Standard... nothing but GOP, right-wing propaganda.

How these jerks and the Weekly Standard can claim any legitimacy after being WRONG so often is just beyond understanding.

By: Rudi

Rudi — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:12:39 +0000

Billy Kristol had too much going, he didn't put in the required work to actually contribute a "good column". Mitch Albom of the Detroit Free Press is in a similar position with too many outside interests, but the DFP cannot fire him, he's too big and popular. A couple of years ago during March Madness Albom created a column that couldn't be factualy correct, he wasn't in Kansas City while Michigan State played in the tournament, yet his column made it sound like he was in KC. He should have been fired for his hubris, but he's too big a celebrity, but he's also a little Liberal asshole.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Albom

In 2005, Albom and four editors were briefly suspended from the Detroit Free Press after Albom filed a column that stated two college basketball players were in the crowd at an NCAA tournament game, when in fact they were not. [22] In a column printed in the Sunday, April 3, Albom described two former Michigan State basketball players, both now in the NBA, attending an NCAA Final Four semifinal game on Saturday to cheer for their school. The players had told Albom they planned to attend, so Albom, filing on his normal Friday deadline but knowing the column could not come out until Sunday – after the game was over - wrote the players were there. The Detroit Free Press also suspended the four editors who had read the column and allowed it to go through to print. But the players' plans changed at the last minute and they did not attend the game. Albom was in attendance at the game, but the columnist failed to check on the two players’ presence.

By: ChrisWWW

ChrisWWW — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:08:56 +0000

Still pushing that tired meme, DLS?

By: DLS

DLS — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:53:17 +0000

Kristol probably won't be missed. I say, let the Dem Party flagship newspaper be honest and open, and have Paul Krugman replace him.

By: ChrisWWW

ChrisWWW — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:31:05 +0000

Kristols columns were uninteresting and riddled with errors. It's a surprise he lasted this long.

They should replace him with Daniel Larison. I love his writing.