The Top 10 Rightblogger Stories of 2008

[meegbear]

Excited (not to say deranged) by the long Presidential campaign, conservative bloggers -- rightbloggers, in our affectionate parlance -- were in top form this year, and outstripped the sleepy Main Stream Media in every way. If mainstream Republicans were content to call Obama a socialist, rightbloggers insisted that he killed his grandmother. If the GOP lashed out at Al Gore, rightbloggers denounced his cartoon avatar Wall-E. Rightbloggers turned even the dullest political fodder into comedy gold, and we honor their achievements with a year-end top ten.

(I will list the 10 headers only; you can click the link below to read the accompanying text -- meegbear)

#10: Fred Thompson, The Natural
#9: The Cheapskate's Guide to Civil Disobedience
#8: The Hoover Boom
#7: And Robin is Tony Blair
#6: The War on Starbucks
#5: Rightwing Hillary Love
#4: Michelle Obama: The Lost Sessions
#3: A Megan McArdle Christmas
#2: A Late Defense of Richard Nixon
#1: Obama the Savage Messiah

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2008/12/the_top_10_righ.php

[Stephanie]

1. Why not post a few? Here are the first two - too funny! >

#10: Fred Thompson, The Natural. Early in the year, some rightbloggers actually expected former TV star Fred Thompson to lumber into the Presidency. Though Thompson's campaign was somnolent and inept, his choir fluffed him frenetically. National Review's Jim Geraghty went further than most, writing after one GOP debate, "This performance was so commanding, I wanted last answer to echo back to the lights in the back of the auditorium, blow out all the lamps and spotlights, for the theme to 'The Natural' to play, and for him to trot around the stage in slow motion while sparks showered down in the background." Thompson instead went directly to the showers and, after a ten-month nap, took a job as a radio talk-show host.

#9: The Cheapskate's Guide to Civil Disobedience. In the late days of the campaign emails circulated about a guy who pissed off an Obama-supporting waiter by giving his tip to a bum instead. Haw haw! Rightblogger Dr. Helen discussed undertipping waiters, maids, gardeners, etc. if Obama won as a way for rich people to express their displeasure. "If we had deployed this strategy six months ago the election would not even be close," said Ghost of a Flea. Actually this one panned out: the election wasn't close. Maybe voters figured Republicans don't tip anyway.


...read on

[pepperbear]

2. fucksticks, one and all. n/t

[Stephanie]

3. And yet, amusing.

And Roy's writing is hilarious.

[dorkulon]

4. To think I too overestimated Thompson.

Actually, I still think he was probably spoiling for McCain all along.

[Stephanie]

5. Here's #1 >

#1: Obama the Savage Messiah. Pop stars made a video for Obama and the American Spectator compared it to Triumph of the Will. National Review called Obama's national service plan the "Obama Youth." Obama spoke in Germany, and Melissa Clouthier compared his signage to that of the Third Reich.

Jonah Goldberg said liberals only liked Obama because they didn't know any real (that is, poor and dangerous) black people; Taranto said Democrats were intimidated into nominating him, as an old lady might be intimidated into surrendering her purse to a mugger.

The Anchoress told us that "Hillary cannot criticize Obama because he is black." "I guess I also don't understand why we have to use Hillary Clinton's middle name, but we're not allowed to use Obama's," said Jules Crittenden. "Hussein. Hussein, Hussein, Hussein. There, I said it."

After the Reverend Wright episode, rightbloggers held out hope. "Obama is unlikely to become president unless he can explain Malcolm X," said Pajamas Media's Bill Bradley (which would have been tough, as Obama is Malcolm X's son). Human Events thought Obama might be brought low by his troublesome connections with Jay-Z and Ludacris. Finally, in the 11th hour: proof positive that Obama had a girlfriend in the Virgin Islands! ("My source is someone in the blogosphere.")

When finally the worst came to pass, they declared that Obama would be just like Bush. That's as may be, but you have to wonder then why they went through all that trouble.

[meegbear]

6. "My source is someone in the blogosphere."

The new "unnamed official. Good God.

[Stephanie]

7. If it's written on the internets, it must be true

At least if you want it to be true.