Presidential Teeth?
March 26th, 2008 at 04:14pm Matt DiBari
Ed Morrissey has an article up about Molly Priesmeyer’s column in the George Soros funded Minnesota Monitor.
Ms. Priesmeyer’s general point seems to be that John McCain’s teeth are just hilarious. Priesmeyer either was not able or did not care enough to do the five minutes worth of research that would have explained Senator McCain’s teeth. Because research isn’t funny, of course.
Molly Priesmeyer offered this as something resembling an apology.
I was not aware of the fact [of the torture]. I simply was linking to a post that revealed “his teeth” had become a topic of discussion on the blogosphere. Buzzfeed.com is an aggregator site that collects trends of the day.
Best,
Molly
Meanwhile, over twelve hours after the initial post, editor Steve Perry notes that he too couldn’t be bothered to research the story and initially thought it was a laugh riot.
To answer the question from GOP blogger Michael Brodkorb that kicked off the controversy about this post yesterday: No, neither Molly Priesmeyer nor I was aware that McCain had had his teeth broken as a North Vietnamese prisoner of war. No, we would not have piled on with further aspersions on the appearance of his teeth if we had known.
The item was not intended to make a serious point of any sort, as we thought the headline suggested right off the bat (”The dental gap: Does McCain have presidential teeth?”). It was a bit of web ephemera that we found funny mainly for its absurdity–sort of like the videos we’ve posted from Obama Girl, the McCain Girls, and La Pequena, and items we’ve written about phenomena such as social media sites obsessed with Barack Obama. The POW backstory turns a joke noted in passing into a lousy joke. And we’re sorry for that.
We’re also sorry that this dust-up has inadvertently provided yet another sideshow in which genuinely important questions about the candidate and his campaign are circumvented. There’s far too much of that going around.
You know something must be going right if this is what Team Soros is resorting to.
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2 Comments
1. kimberly4victory | March 26th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
I wonder just how old Molly is … 5? Her apology is more than lame. And, their explanation for running the story in the first place is just as lame. Look for Minnesota Monitor to fail just like Air America.
2. Typical White Person | March 26th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Soros is an ugly creature. Unfortunately, such ugly creatures tend to live forever.
Disclaimer: By stating that such ugly creatures tend to live forever, I was in no way, shape, or form threatening Georgie Soros. I am a peace-lovin’, lib-hatin redneck who wishes no real ill-will on anyone…