A Correction

I misread this Peter Robinson post as a transcription of an email exchange with John Cogan, rather than a distillation of Robinson's exchanges with his own emailers. Robinson clarifies here. My apologies to Professor Cogan.

Comments

This is what happens when try to do your own work, and not copy Sailer.

How's Iraq and the surge going for McCain today, Ross?

Anwar waa waa

Posted by James | July 23, 2008 11:15 AM

I suggested that reading in a comment to your original post, about 40 minutes after it was posted. Looks like you were hasty to begin with, and then did not read the comments.

Posted by Stephen | July 23, 2008 11:33 AM

This is what happens when try to do your own work, and not copy Sailer.

How's Iraq and the surge going for McCain today, Ross?

Anwar waa waa

With gems like this comprising the bulk of his comments, why should he read them? I can't think of another blogger whose comment threads are more consistently abusive to him. Probably I don't read enough blogs.

Posted by Why do I even bother? | July 23, 2008 11:40 AM

So he didn't copy Sailer?

http://rossdouthat.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/07/credit_where_credit_is_due.php

And he didn't say McCain should run on the surge? Twice?

http://rossdouthat.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/07/running_on_the_surge.php

http://rossdouthat.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/07/running_on_the_surge_ii.php

Probably I don't read enough blogs.

You don't even read this one it seems.

Posted by James | July 23, 2008 11:59 AM

Ok, a question instead then:

If the Catholic conservative’s conquests ever advanced beyond a less-than-passionate encounter with a “girl who resembled a chunkier Reese Witherspoon,” he never lets on.

Isn't a chunkier Reese Witherspoon called Alicia Silverstone?

Posted by James | July 23, 2008 1:11 PM

I made the same mistake reading Robinson's post.

Posted by right | July 23, 2008 1:44 PM

Do you fall in the former or latter camp, Ferrell? Or are you the exception which proves the rule?

Posted by James | July 23, 2008 4:18 PM

Ferrell - No, I didn't intend to sound whiny and attention-starved, as of course you know. Your gratuitous insult doesn't strike me as a high value comment either.

Many well known bloggers read comments, presumably for various reasons, even when there's a lot of noise to deal with. In this case a little unnecessary confusion might have been averted if Ross Douthat had done so.

Posted by Stephen | July 23, 2008 4:21 PM

James - Definitely the former.

Stephen - fair enough.

I'm just glad Ross isn't blogging about God today.

Posted by Ferrell | July 23, 2008 4:27 PM