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27 April 2011

Tom Scocca: "I Know Why I Cheer for a Birther Moron, But Why Does ESPN Cheer for Him?" This is an excellent essay. I hate when sports media call right-wing athletes "challenging" or "controversial," when what they usually are is stone ignorant, just like this guy Luke Scott.→[More:] Charlie Pierce (one of my favorite panelists on NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me), meanwhile, refuses to buy Scott's story that he "would have been a Marine sniper" if he just hadn't been so damn good at baseball. (both links via)

post by: BoringPostcards at: 07:23 | 9 comments

Ha, I posted that to my facebook earlier today. Luke Scott is an ignorant jackass and he's not even that good a player.

posted by gaspode 27 April | 08:17

Is you "I Know Why..." link a larger font for anyone else?

posted by amro 27 April | 09:09

I have made the cognitive decision to like this post.

(typeface size is all the same for me)

posted by MonkeyButter 27 April | 09:12

It's larger for me too. BP used the 'strong' tag.

posted by iconomy 27 April | 09:35

Ahh... Love BoPo, hate the bigger font.

posted by amro 27 April | 09:51

Oh, weird, it's just showing as bold-face in my browser (Chrome)... I'll pull out the strong tag right now. I didn't know it would cause that. Apologies!

posted by BoringPostcards 27 April | 10:07

No worries!

posted by amro 27 April | 10:40

I'll bet he watches Eastbound and Down as a how-to manual.

(Seriously, if you haven't watched Eastbound and Down, it is a thing of... well, it is a joy forever.)

posted by Madamina 27 April | 11:35

OK so fine, he hit a two-run dinger for us tonight. But he's still a jackass

posted by gaspode 27 April | 21:46

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