The people have spoken! In no particular order...
Lucianne.com: [Fairly standard outrage, but with delightful notes of jaded amusement and embarrassed realization, and a crisp "whatever" finish]rtsb@comcast.net: "suffocate on the stench from your rotten asshole! i've smelled pig pens but they can't compare to the stench you produce, shithead!"
That one guy: "The end times are truly upon us..."
Hubris: "I Hate Jim Treacher"
Michele: "Really."
La Shawn: "Unbelievable."
The Smoking Room: "Hitlering It Out of the Park"
Cody Cox: "Feel free to put my email up for ridicule!! I just wanted to commend your bravery in mocking Christopher Reeve. He certainly deserves it. You are one classy guy and you represent your party well." [We'll pass that along to Larry Harmon. -- ed.]
The Writing Company: "I fully expect at least some of this material to find its way into Osama bin Laden's next videotape." (Be sure to check out the graphic.)
MartiniPundit: "It amazes me that the Left fails to understand it can’t use the same talking points for satire as well as serious discourse (at least, as serious as they can get). I suppose it could be a self-parody, but that would make this a unique specimen."
basun@poluha.se: "För den som ännu inte tagit ställning i presidentvalet (i USA alltså) kommer här 10 skäl att inte rösta på Bush. Det är Jim Treacher som skriver i Wall Street Journal."
Chaffin: "Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!"
MYANKYDOO: "....my guess is that you were abused..... probably an alcoholic family wrecked havoc in your formative years....how else to explain the inane drivel from your website......."
Meryl Yourish: "You said you'd update your post. I insulted you, it was even sort of funny, and you ignore me. I'm so hurt."
whiteyschwartz@yahoo.com: "Calling Bush Hitler. Brilliant. Truly brilliant. So few people realize that Bush is at least as bad as the most despicable tyrant and murderer in modern history. After all, Hitler was responsible for the death of millions of innocent people who were slaughtered because they were jews. Not to mention slaughtering millions of Poles, Brits, Austrians, French, Belgians, Russians, Danes, North Africans, etc,etc. Clearly Bush is at least as bad. I hope everyone reads your 10 reasons so they too will realize, like I have, that you are truly a great thinker."
Wonkette: "Of course, [Bush] totally sold me with the debates: any man who explains a mystery bulge as bad tailoring is more than confident enough to take on the Euroweenies. But in the end, with the fate of the free world at stake and all, I've got to go with the guy who would admit that sending thousands of American soldiers and Iraqi civilians to their deaths to protect us from imaginary weapons was, in fact, a mistake."
connorsbuf86@yahoo.com: "Please keep the Abu Graib jokes coming. You're a lock for the Mark Twain humor prize."
caughtintheact@gmail.com: "If George Bush were a Nazi, think of where you would be!!"
MoonbatF/911: "I want to compliment you on your fine article exposing the lies and treachery of HitlerBush. I do, however have one problem. As I count the reasons you gave I only come up with 9 actual reasons, but there are ten numbers. How can this be? I have gone over it again and again and I can't figure it out. I have tallied the actual numerals you posted, there's 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and then 5 and 6, 7 and 8 and 9 and lastly 10. BUT THERE ARE ONLY NINE REASONS!! " [The missing one is at Guantanamo. -- ed.]
mdyson1073@comcast.net: "It may have been satire to you, but it was not funny!"
Ray Curiale: "You're weird, but funny. Though I wouldn't want you marrying my daughter."
Stephen Leonard: "Come on, guys! Think! Yes, it's clearly satire, and yes, you put the disclaimer at the end, but you can bet that the Angry Left will be including in their hysterical message today that, at last, even The Wall Street Journal has come out against President Bush. And that may well convince the five undecided Ohio voters who will determine the election to vote for Mr. Kerry. Bad move."
Lorelei Herres: "Good satire is a rarity. This article does nothing to alleviate the shortage."
Thomas Lawrence: "Have you ever seen Arnold polka or Cheney rumba? How 'bout Forbes yodeling or McCain rapping? When's the last time a Republican told a good joke? I think what we have here is an attempt at irony that falls as leaden as a sack of bronzed chads! Perhaps it's the all-white legacy (Allen Forbes can't get down either!) or the Protestantism in the genes, but there's a certain sense of rhythm missing, a lack of talent for subtlety and nuance. Republicans should stick to what they know best: Making money and thanking God for making them capable and hungry for making money."
James Taranto: "How could anyone read 'Two words: You. Are. Dumb.' and not get that it's a joke????"
Here are the Technorati page, the blogsnow page, and the Memeorandum link, as well as the previous reviews, in the unlikely event that anybody else is as interested in me as I am. I'll update throughout the day if I see anything particularly blogworthy. Kind of an interesting reaction so far. Plus the flow of traffic from an OpinionJournal is a lot different than that from one of your Instapundits or the like. I feel like I'm becoming a connoisseur of undeserved attention.
Oh, and just because I'm not being enough of an ass already, could I ask a favor of everybody who's been cutting-and-pasting the whole thing? Could you just put up an excerpt and then a link to either here or OpinionJournal, so people will click over to be offended by the rest? It's more the principle of it than anything else, but I'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance for indulging my ego.
P.S. Sorry if the page is slow today. Not sure what's up with the new Blogad. That Bill Murray movie looks kind of cool, though. Would it be self-destructive to show Disney this? Yeah?
Posted by Jim Treacher at November 1, 2004 10:37 AM