Thursday, January 25, 2007

Separated at Birth?

Roger Federer consistently turns in unbelievable performances on the tennis court, pitilessly punishing his opponents and leaving them depressed and defeated. Brad Warthen proves that he can be just as ruthless in his war against logical consistency and the English language.

Evidence:

This governor showed virtually no interest in our schools in his first term, beyond leading an all-out campaign to undermine taxpayer confidence in the very idea of public education, and pay parents to desert it.

You can argue that Put Parents in Charge was a bad bill. You can argue that it had good intentions but wouldn't have worked. You can argue that it was the other way around.

But unless you are deaf and blind, you cannot argue that Gov. Sanford ignored schools. Moreover, even the most skilled writer usually takes at least two sentences—and indeed often many paragraphs—to contradict himself. And yet Brad Warthen manages to contradict himself in the same sentence.

I would say that Brad's blundering is magnificent but that doesn't do it justice. The guy is damn near superhuman.

Posted by Bill Smith at 9:43 AM | 4 comments

Comments:

Brad Warthen is a flipping idiot.

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Charlie : 1/27/2007 04:46:00 PM

Sometimes Warthen does not put a great deal of thought into his prose.
Free flat-u-lancing is more his style

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