February 16th, 2011
That’s the great Jim Treacher’s headline, and it seems pretty spot-on. I hardly know what to say, except:
1) Evidently the repeal of DADT wasn’t enough to keep Sullivan bought; the ante to stay in the hand was “gay marriage”;
2) I wonder if Sullivan is headed for Huffington circa 2000 “pox on both their houses” moment. Or if the looming specter of the most dangerous, extremist, right-wing ideologue in the history of America as the Republican nominee will scare him reluctantly back into the fold.*
My guess is that this break-up won’t take and that Sullivan will be back for more. But it’s nice to know we can add him to the list of writers having second thoughts after blithely assuring America that Obama was a super-serious guy and that anyone who thought otherwise was a racist bigot.
* Of course it doesn’t matter who the nominee is. If 2008 taught us anything, it’s that much of the left will render any Republican nominee not simply as a less desirable president than their preferred choice, but as an actual monster.
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