...And Hannity Is Her Lucius Malfoy

As many of you no doubt have heard, She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named has released a new book and has said more wacky things to get her name in the paper. And it worked like a charm. Her wacky hijinks on the Today Show had the following reactions: liberal blogosphere collectively foaming at the mouth, far-right bloggers praising her, moderate right bloggers politely condemning her, and even a front page cover on a NY daily newspaper! Jeepers!

Now I have a strict policy on this blog of not giving You-Know-Who any free publicity, but this madness needs to end. No, not her madness, that will continue as long as Regnery still gives out book deals and as long Hannity still has a show on Fox. The madness I'm talking about are the liberals who give her credibility by even acknowledging her existence. Oh sure, I understand it's important for people to stand up against right-wing buffoonery, but there are bigger fish to fry in that sea. And yes, the producers of the Today show are to blame for even inviting her on a guest (if a liberal counterpart existed for her, no network would ever give him/her airtime... case in point: CNN's treatment toward the calmer Micheal Berg), but it's time everyone realize that this is all staged. Do you think she really believes these things? Maybe, maybe not. But the larger truth is that she decides what would be the most inflammatory thing to say (blow up the NY Times building? Nuke the Middle East? Been there, done that) that will maximize her press- she does it every time and everyone keeps falling for it. And- surprise- her book winds up #1 at Amazon.com. As long as her tactics are successful, they will continue. This should be the turning point- from now on, You Know Who must get the silent treatment. For when an actor's box office totals dwindle, their career will slowly fade away.

Finally, I think Andrew Sullivan's take on her is now the definitive one-

...But the problem with [You-Know-Who] is that she is a form of camp, is she not? The minute you take her seriously, you lose grip on her reality. She's not a social or political commentator. She's a drag queen impersonating a fascist. I don't even begin to believe she actually believes this stuff. It's post-modern performance-art... Half the time, I tend to think that a Hannity or O'Reilly or Malkin actually believes their own rhetoric. With [You-Know-Who], I don't believe it for a second. And so her vileness cannot be taken seriously. She is worse than vile. She is just empty.

(bold added by moi... and You-Know-Who's name removed)

As he said elsewhere, the real joke is on her fans... like these clowns, for instance.

This will be the last I intend to write about this person. I hope others will follow suit.

[PS- For a humorous look into the right-wing mind, read Michael Smerconish who finds her rhetoric merely the equivalent of an anti-Bush shirt he saw at an airport once.]