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September 01, 2005

ROUGH RIDERS AND TOUGH TALKERS

Entertained by its right-wing humor, William Carlson pays tribute to The Weekly Standard's neoconnery for the magazine's 10th anniversary. Although Carlson makes a fetish of two witty Standard writers (Andrew Ferguson and Matt Labash), he's inspired by founding editor William Kristol's bottomless warmongering on Iraq:

In fact, it inspired me to think: Maybe he should join the fight. He could emulate Theodore Roosevelt, who proved his zeal for the Spanish-American War by quitting his cushy desk job and organizing his own regiment to fight in Cuba ... the Rough Riders. Kristol's regiment could include other war-hawk opinion slingers in the Murdoch empire, guys like Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly. He could call it the Tough Talkers.

Thanks for the tip, Leon.

-- Tireless Staff of Thousands

Posted by jherman at September 1, 2005 09:16 AM

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