Spineless

Wow, Marty Peretz really is a piece of work. First, you get the Peretz attempt to be witty (“It is true that for a few years in recent times I have not bought French wines. But I did drink the ones I had in my cellar.” Yes, the publisher of a once-great liberal magazine engaged in a boycott by the likes of Bill O’Reilly. But don’t worry–that sewing machine money ensured that there was no actual sacrifice for his preening, thank God!) And then, jokes that are not merely lame even by the standards of chain emails that consist of gags written by Allan Thicke and rejected by Sinbad, but reflect a profound delusion on the part of the person who thinks they’re teh funny. Needless to say, where profound unfunniness and idiot politics meet, Dennis Miller is never far behind:

“What do you expect from a culture and a nation that exerted more of its national will fighting against Disney World and Big Macs than the Nazis?”

“The French will only agree to go to war when we’ve proven we’ve found truffles in Iraq.” –Dennis Miller

Ha-ha! Boy, those stupid Frogs, ignoring our ironclad evidence that Saddam Hussein represented a massive threat to our security! And clearly the hundreds tens (OK, OK) of thousands of French soldiers who died while the U.S. retained diplomatic relations with Nazi Germany were slaughtered not because of incompetence but because of a lack of will! It’s as funny as it is true! You have to admit, though, that despite the fears of The Editors Peretz’s blog really is reaching almost approaching Siegel for sheer trainwreckery.