As A Bat
One thing I found particularly poignant last fall was the inability of the pundits on either the left or the right to shake themselves away from their sloughs and wake up to what had and was really happening. I don't think they were unwilling, I think they were (and are) unable. I have all but ceased watching any cable news shows as they offer almost nothing but these buffoons fawning over which of them can fly further from reality.

One of the king hatchet-men of the right has lurched back to the left and written about his experience as a right-wing operative. I am undecided on whether I'll read the book as Bernie Goldberg's utter rag has left me weary of the tell-all genre. I have also read articles by Brock himself and reviews such as the one in this week's New Yorker and think I get the gist of what's in the 288 pages.

Despite my aversion to pundits, I took a gander at the customer reviews for Brock's book. The book is to be released tomorrow, but it has already garnered five reviews dating back to August 2, 2001. Truly bn.com attracts incredibly precient readers. Now I don't know if any of these people somehow got their hands on the book so early, but they seem to meet it with either tremendous accolades or stunning vitriol. Aside from torching the book, one reviewer had these thoughts on leftist thinking, "all you have to do is know your history and what you guys think and believe is at one point or another total destruction." What may be most entertaining is looking for reviews from the freepers.
- posted by levinson @ 3/04/2002 02:07:00 PM