Friday, May 26, 2006
No Ordinary Idiot
I don't mind listening to droning bathos or self-absorbed whining as long as it comes from an appropriate source like, say, a twelve-year-old, and in an appropriate setting, such as a middle-school auditorium with well-marked exits. But when it comes from Fringeworld Plaything™ Cindy She-Hen, I'm out the door with a bullet.
Catherine Seipp expresses similar feelings in her review of She-Hen's ambitious 24-page anti-war, anti-Bush and anti-intellectual opus, Dear President Bush (available for $1.00 from Amazon). Titled "Dear Useful Idiot", Seipp's review has more substance in but two sentences than does She-Hen's entire masterwork:
Catherine Seipp expresses similar feelings in her review of She-Hen's ambitious 24-page anti-war, anti-Bush and anti-intellectual opus, Dear President Bush (available for $1.00 from Amazon). Titled "Dear Useful Idiot", Seipp's review has more substance in but two sentences than does She-Hen's entire masterwork:
Cindy Sheehan is not your ordinary idiot. She continues to inspire idiocy in others, which is why she remains such an icon.I know that might sound disapproving, but if you really, really love Cindy She-Hen, you'll really, really love Seipp's review, because it will take you less time to read, even if you take extra time for the hard parts.
