Former Rudy Giuliani speechwriter John Avlon lists The Top 25 Centrist Columnists and Commentators, and I’m grateful to him for including yours truly in this distinguished company.
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Randall Gross Fri, Apr 2, 2010 9:29:49am |
GMTA
/no! it's the centrist hive mind ... runaway!
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Apr 2, 2010 9:30:38am |
Hey, how'd that one poser get in there? He disagrees with me on my pet hobbyhorse issue!
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jaunte Fri, Apr 2, 2010 9:31:16am |
As might be expected, some of the comments at the link are claiming a few of the listed are Centrists In Name Only.
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Kruk Fri, Apr 2, 2010 9:31:35am |
Well done, Charles. One of the things I love about this site is that we have people from both left and right feeling welcome.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Apr 2, 2010 9:32:00am |
re: #6 jaunte
As might be expected, some of the comments at the link are claiming a few of the listed are Centrists In Name Only.
Gee... that freedom of speech thing is a bitch sometimes.
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sffilk Fri, Apr 2, 2010 9:32:04am |
To quote an audio drama I'm involved in:
You do the good work!
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Kragar Fri, Apr 2, 2010 9:33:14am |
So, whats the call on how long it will take for a stalker to hit the comments section?
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pharmmajor Fri, Apr 2, 2010 9:33:31am |
Congratulations on making the list, Charles.
The only point of disagreement I can raise is that they included Jon Stewart. Sorry, but from my perspective, he is not centrist; he's a big-government cheerleader bordering on the far left. Though I am pleased that they included Christopher Buckley. That guy is just awesomesauce.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Apr 2, 2010 9:33:56am |
re: #11 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
So, whats the call on how long it will take for a stalker to hit the comments section?
Now that I posted the link, the Estimated Stalker Arrival is in about 15 minutes.
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Apr 2, 2010 9:35:45am |
Michael Smerconish, eh. The addition of his show to WGST here in Atlanta completed its transformation into just another Clear Channel robo-station. He replaced the last weekday local interest program left in their lineup. Not Smerconish's fault of course, but still...
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Mad Al-Jaffee Fri, Apr 2, 2010 9:46:03am |
The link won't work for me. Is there a list of names somewhere?
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Apr 2, 2010 9:48:34am |
re: #20 Claire
Andrew Sullivan, centrist. Hmmm...
Tom Friedman..., our young friend BB will have something to say about that....
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pingjockey Fri, Apr 2, 2010 9:49:05am |
It is snowing hard enough and the temp has dropped enough that the snow is sticking! This is crazy. Also the peaches and apricots are starting to bloom!
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bratwurst Fri, Apr 2, 2010 9:51:28am |
Always good to see Charles getting much deserved recognition!
Amazing state of affairs though when the man who helped coin the phrase "axis of evil" is now considered a centrist.
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bratwurst Fri, Apr 2, 2010 9:52:13am |
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Killgore Trout Fri, Apr 2, 2010 9:52:23am |
re: #23 pingjockey
It is snowing hard enough and the temp has dropped enough that the snow is sticking! This is crazy. Also the peaches and apricots are starting to bloom!
We're really cold here too. There's a chance of flurries. Very frustrating. I wanna be out in the garden!
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researchok Fri, Apr 2, 2010 9:53:09am |
re: #13 Charles
Now that I posted the link, the Estimated Stalker Arrival is in about 15 minutes.
You're in good company.
Gil Troy made the list.
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albusteve Fri, Apr 2, 2010 9:53:15am |
re: #23 pingjockey
It is snowing hard enough and the temp has dropped enough that the snow is sticking! This is crazy. Also the peaches and apricots are starting to bloom!
we might have that problem here in NM...up the river towards Taos there is a lot of orchards, and it's damned cold up there yet
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pingjockey Fri, Apr 2, 2010 9:54:07am |
re: #26 Killgore Trout
The Cascade passes are expecting 8 to 12 inches of snow.
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subsailor68 Fri, Apr 2, 2010 9:54:46am |
Congratulations Charles! It's a pretty good list there.
Guys, I never go OT this early, but I think you'll forgive me (as I have to go take care of some business so must leave shortly).
This is absolutely amazing. I can't say anything about it without spoiling it, but whoever wrote this is seriously close to creative genius. (It's only a couple of minutes long.)
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Cannadian Club Akbar Fri, Apr 2, 2010 9:54:59am |
re: #29 pingjockey
The Cascade passes are expecting 8 to 12 inches of snow.
In Florida, the sun plows are on full alert!!
/sorry.
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jaunte Fri, Apr 2, 2010 9:55:59am |
re: #21 Mad Al-Jaffee
The link won't work for me. Is there a list of names somewhere?
Kathleen Parker, David Brooks, Michael Smerconish, Matt Miller, David Frum,
Irshad Manji, Jon Stewart, Joe Scarborough, Andrew Sullivan, Ron Brownstein, Mark McKinnon, David Gergen, Harold Ford, Jr., Charles Johnson, Doug Schoen, Peggy Noonan, Tom Friedman, David Broder, Joe Klein, Christopher Buckley, Robert Guest, Jonathan Capehart, Joe Gandelman, Ronn Owens, and Patricia Murphy.
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pingjockey Fri, Apr 2, 2010 9:58:42am |
re: #31 Cannadian Club Akbar
Heh. I used to tease folks at home when I was in Fla. Especially in the winter!
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Apr 2, 2010 9:59:51am |
This is a fine list. I hope no one takes it to mean that there are no good pundits on the Left or Right, anymore.
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prairiefire Fri, Apr 2, 2010 10:02:23am |
Congratulations, Charles. A guitarist/investigative journalist would make a great character for a film or novel.
Thanks again for LGF.
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Apr 2, 2010 10:05:10am |
re: #35 prairiefire
Congratulations, Charles. A guitarist/investigative journalist would make a great character for a film or novel.
Thanks again for LGF.
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pharmmajor Fri, Apr 2, 2010 10:05:31am |
re: #34 The Sanity Inspector
This is a fine list. I hope no one takes it to mean that there are no good pundits on the Left or Right, anymore.
Well, there probably are some good pundits on the left and right, but they're in a very small minority, adrift amidst the seas of insanity.
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The Sanity Inspector Fri, Apr 2, 2010 10:07:02am |
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elizajane Fri, Apr 2, 2010 10:15:13am |
re: #34 The Sanity Inspector
This is a fine list. I hope no one takes it to mean that there are no good pundits on the Left or Right, anymore.
There were matching lists of left and right pundits a few weeks ago, I believe. And as I recall, David Brooks was listed on the "right" list there, with the caveat that while he wasn't really*very* right, he was influentially right because Barack Obama might actually read him, sometimes. Now he's a centrist.
This list seems to contain a lot of people who started on the right and have swung center, and (as far as I noticed) only one who'd come in from the left. I wonder if this mirrors or contradicts where all the new "independent" voters are coming from -- polling on that differs totally depending on who is doing the polling.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Apr 2, 2010 10:26:47am |
You know you're a centrist when your blog attracts both progs and trogs.
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Jadespring Fri, Apr 2, 2010 10:29:05am |
re: #43 elizajane
There were matching lists of left and right pundits a few weeks ago, I believe. And as I recall, David Brooks was listed on the "right" list there, with the caveat that while he wasn't really*very* right, he was influentially right because Barack Obama might actually read him, sometimes. Now he's a centrist.
This list seems to contain a lot of people who started on the right and have swung center, and (as far as I noticed) only one who'd come in from the left. I wonder if this mirrors or contradicts where all the new "independent" voters are coming from -- polling on that differs totally depending on who is doing the polling.
It might not be that they necessarily swung center but that the center swung more right so now they seem to be more in the center.
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bosforus Fri, Apr 2, 2010 10:32:15am |
Wasn't Harold Ford Jr. on an episode of Seinfeld once?
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Slap Fri, Apr 2, 2010 10:50:36am |
Hearty congratulations, Charles. In my book, anybody who steps off the partisan train in favor of simple sanity deserves much praise and respect. With luck, the center will hold.
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garhighway Fri, Apr 2, 2010 11:07:55am |
re: #48 Olsonist
Peggy Noonan is centrist?
Sometimes. I suspect she is more centrist than she normally lets on, because it is in her financial self-interest to be firmly GOP.
Remember her "open mike moment" last fall when she committed the sin of saying out loud what a stupid choice Palin was? She must know that one or two more of those and the GOP imprimatur is revoked and she loses her market value.
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Taqyia2Me Fri, Apr 2, 2010 11:30:35am |
Congratulations, Charles. Well and duly earned!
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Olsonist Fri, Apr 2, 2010 12:25:19pm |
re: #49 garhighway
I have a higher bar for being a centrist than just saying Palin is a nutjob, in private. She's definitively GOP, a columnist for the Murdoch-owned WSJ, which has always had a rabidly conservative oped page. If she were the least bit centrist she'd be openly critical of what modern conservatism has become.
I'd call this list center-right. There are several writers on it who have distanced themselves from the right, Frum, Sullivan, Charles, ... but Noonan, Scarborough, Broder haven't.
I'm surprised Maureen Dowd didn't make the list. But then it's just another bullshit list.
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Silvergirl Fri, Apr 2, 2010 1:09:28pm |
re: #51 Olsonist
I have a higher bar for being a centrist than just saying Palin is a nutjob, in private. She's definitively GOP, a columnist for the Murdoch-owned WSJ, which has always had a rabidly conservative oped page. If she were the least bit centrist she'd be openly critical of what modern conservatism has become.
I'd call this list center-right. There are several writers on it who have distanced themselves from the right, Frum, Sullivan, Charles, ... but Noonan, Scarborough, Broder haven't.
I'm surprised Maureen Dowd didn't make the list. But then it's just another bullshit list.
A list that Charles in grateful to be on, and considers himself in distinguished company.
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