[lbo-talk] Former Sen. Eugene McCarthy, 89, Dies: Ann Coulter will definitely not shut up

[Sean Johnson Andrews]

> Former Sen. Eugene McCarthy, 89, Dies - Yahoo! News

Not to keep the stupid thread going, but Ann Coulter is a big McCarthy fan. 
Seriously his revival is practically the backbone of her book "Treason." 
There will be some real ugliness this week when twisted hagiographers on the 
right like her try to raise him to the status of a national hero.  It won't 
be pretty because they'll have all kinds of pseudo-historical facts for 
which  the talking heads they will be speaking with won't have any rebuttle 
since they haven't thought about that moment since the History of it was 
settled; just a few anecdotes gleaned from the last George Clooney movie and 
the Manchurian Candidate.  The interchange will likely make the pundits 
sound like they might have a point.  Or maybe they'll just look crazy (no 
matter how hot people think they are.)

With any luck Richard Pryor will get the bulk of the media attention because 
the TV media is rarely equipped to learn enough about a national figure to 
be critical of them during their passing.  It's much easier to default to 
honoring the dead.

at least that's been my experience.

-s