MICKEY KAUS, BUSTED!

Yes, I read Kausfiles. There's nothing like the taste of childish obsession (New York Times, Krugman), pointless hair-splitting (welfare), and mindless speculation on a lazy afternoon.

But either he's a hypocrite, or he doesn't read his own blog. (And given that 99% of bloggers are terribly narcissistic in their writing, there's no doubt he reads his own work)

Mickey Kaus, July 11th, responding to a reader's challenge to find one example of Media Whores Online's "dumb style":

One example? .. Gee. How about "whores," for starters? Why is everyone who disagrees with the MWO position a "whore"? Maybe one or two of them just disagree!

Leave aside the mischaracterization of MWO's use of "whore". In this post Kaus seems to have forgotten that "whore" has contexts outside of its original one.

Flash forward to today's posting:

Meanwhile, why should we think K Street lobbyists are similarly inflexible? My impression of them is that if anything they're too flexible. They'll take what they can get. If Plan A doesn't work they shift to Plan B. If new people come to power they'll adapt and figure out how to make as much money as possible under the new arrangements. They're whores! Whores are nothing if not adaptable.(emphasis mine)

Whoa! Suddenly such usage of "whore" is good enough for the Mickster!

Will Kaus announce to the world that he's had a change of heart on MWO's "dumb style"? Not likely.

But if I had a choice, I'd rather he got rid of those links to Lucianne and Ann Thrax.