Sleazy And Sophomoric
Ed Morrisey, in his new Hot Air digs, slams the George Soros funded Center for Public Integrity and their Minnesota branch, the Minnesota Monitor for a frankly moronic piece by one of their leftwing employees, Molly Priesmayer. The fearless internet "media watchdog" decided it would be good sport to make fun of John McCain's teeth.
Molly notes the laughter erupting over John McCain’s teeth:
If bloggers are saying one thing about John McCain this week it’s that the 71-year-old has some serious grit. Of course, that grit comes in the form of McCain Mouth, a deformity that apparently causes teeth to look like a mess of yellowed and contorted Chiclets. Today, BuzzFeed.com has picked up on the mouth meme, turning McCain’s piano-key chompers into an official phenomenon.
The consensus? “They’re old.” And, “He looks like Reverend Kane from Poltergeist II.” And, “Dude has had a ton of plastic surgery, can’t he afford a dentist?”
While looks are an easy and lame target, it’s at least refreshing to see McCain’s teeth get a razzing (though, unfortunately, not a cleaning). It gets a little tiring listening to the same sexist cries that Hillary Clinton is just too ugly to be president. Hatin’ on the looks of all the candidates? Now that’s equality!
No, it’s the result of torture McCain suffered at the hands of the North Vietnamese. As Michael Brodkorb notes — by doing something foreign to the Sorosphere called “research” — his teeth had to be replaced:
Go over and read Ed's dismemberment of the sophomoric Ms. Priesmayer. I'd like to point out something here. I have many disagreements with John McCain on a number of subjects. His service to this nation is not one of them. Anyone who mocks or denigrates that service - or the injuries McCain suffered while serving, is beneath contempt. Period.
By kidrob, March 26, 2008 @ 7:19 am
liberals like shineeeee things. this just proves it
By martian, March 26, 2008 @ 12:58 pm
It says something that the liberals, apparently in desperation to find something to criticize about McCain, are reduced to making fun of his teeth. It probably never occured to Molly Priesmayer to even consider checking whether there might be a reason he has dental problems. After all, don’t all Republicans have nasty teeth and bad breath along with all of their other unsavory characteristics? /sarcasm off