She digs into one of my favorite targets....Andrew “Fund Raiser” Sullivan: 

“Andrew Sullivan’s announcement that he’s going on a blog hiatus has prompted alert bloggers to revisit his bogus fund-raising claims from last summer.

Well...wow.  Ever heard this?

“Sullivan is asking for money to operate his blog, “..through November.” His blog is going to be nothing but a bash-fest against Bush, that sideways-indirect support of Kerry (because of Kerry’s quality of not being Bush or a practicing Catholic), and screeds against ANY measure that doesn’t fully support the immediate implementation of his idea of social equality. I ask the readers of this entry to, in lieu of money, send AS an e-mail, asking him why he is willing to cripple States’ rights in ordr to push his agenda....isn’t that what he blames Bush of doing?”

Of course, that was me.  Let’s go on an abbreviated fisking, shall we? 

THE EMBRACE: How more eloquent an image than the mother of a fallen soldier and a woman who was able to vote because of his sacrifice? Better than any words. Powerful, memorable iconography. Far, far better than the words the president was given tonight.

“..Words the president was given tonight.” Little things bother the holy dog crap out of me, like this line.  Sullivan doesn’t think that the President can write his own speech?  And, of all the bloggers I have read, Sullivan’s read on the SOTU was the most negative. 

“FISCAL SANITY? I’m having trouble believing this president on that particular issue. 2009? I thought the goal was 2008. And why not balance the budget? You know: like Clinton did.”

UH, Andy...he’s not the most conservative guy, but there was this thing called the war on Terror, which has cost $200 billion, and the attacks on the WTC and Pentagon, which cost over $600 billion.  That’s almost a trillion dollars, or about the same amount as the deficits ran in 2002, 2003, and 2004 COMBINED.  Clinton didn’t balance a thing....save his sperm count and his political career. 

BOOMERS ONLY? A weird generational emphasis:
Our generation has been blessed – by the expansion of opportunity, by advances in medicine, and by the security purchased by our parents’ sacrifice. Now, as we see a little gray in the mirror – or a lot of gray – and we > watch our children moving into adulthood, we ask the question: What will be the state of their union?
As a post-boomer, and someone quite unimpressed with the boomer generation, have I just been excluded by the president? I thought he was pitching the social security reform to the younger folk?

Generally speaking: pedestrian start.

Pedestrian.  What an arrogant bastage.  Can you tell the guy is a selfish, arrogant, self-serving single?  AND....that he has not worried about anyone except himself (and his latest emotional/physical attachment) for a long time.  Question for Sully:  Was Bush not talking to people about the future of the young?  About the kids who would have to pay a massive SS tax to support us?  I’m post BB myself, not awash in blog cash (like you), and I am glad the POTUS wants to make the SS system solvent; that will help me help my kids, so they won’t have to worry about me and my finances.  And, you selfish sychophant, it isn’t all about YOU! 

Now, Sullivan is gone, taking a hiatus from blogging, pockets full of the cash I recommended we not give.  I’d like to hear from people that gave to that guy, and what you think about him now.  He collected $200,000 last year in fund drives, when his costs were close to .5% of that. .  People, the man makes a ton of money from his New Republic and other freelance gigs....now, he has close to a quarter-million dollars, and he’s telling his giving readers, “Buh-Bye”. 

Please note....from this ‘pre-hiatus’ postings of this week:

Number of characters in his posts praising Bush (with spaces):  462

Number of characters in his posts blasting Bush:  2659

Number of characters in his posts bemoaning the gay marriage issue:  1737

Number of characters in the e-mails he posted that praise him for his work:  11790

You make the call....and if you buy his book, then you need to be hit in the head.