Such skill, to keep that single ball in the air.

I guess there's a little General Sternwood in (nearly) all of us:

Philip Marlowe: Thanks for the drink, General.

General Sternwood: I enjoyed your drink as much as you did, sir.

I think that the ought to consult with Mr. Hitchens first, to see if he might not prefer a nice single malt scotch instead.

Johnny Walker Red reminds me of the line in the Matrix "it's good for two things: degreasing engines and killing brain cells."

I have to admit I do admire Hitchens -- it takes a lot of courage to swim against the current, and he had been steadfast in his support of the removal of Saddam. I have no doubt, though, that he is truly a left-winger at heart, and his support of the war does not represent any type of conversion. I'm sure down the road I'll be cursing at him for something.

That being said, you have to admire the style of a man who goes onto a talk show, cigarette and drink in hand. He is a reminder of more civilized times.

Probably not converted in the political sense (although he recently confirmed to Bryan Lamb on C-Span that he is no longer a Socialist) nevertheless his as yet unmet challenge to Michael Moore is worth a tumbler or two of whatever he chooses:

Moore has announced that he won't even appear on TV shows where he might face hostile questioning. I notice from the New York Times of June 20 that he has pompously established a rapid response team, and a fact-checking staff, and some tough lawyers, to bulwark himself against attack. He'll sue, Moore says, if anyone insults him or his pet. Some right-wing hack groups, I gather, are planning to bring pressure on their local movie theaters to drop the film. How dumb or thuggish do you have to be in order to counter one form of stupidity and cowardice with another? By all means go and see this terrible film, and take your friends, and if the fools in the audience strike up one cry, in favor of surrender or defeat, feel free to join in the conversation.
However, I think we can agree that the film is so flat-out phony that "fact-checking" is beside the point. And as for the scary lawyers—get a life, or maybe see me in court. But I offer this, to Moore and to his rapid response rabble. Any time, Michael my boy. Let's redo Telluride. Any show. Any place. Any platform. Let's see what you're made of.

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Yes, his handling of Moore has been masterful. But on Reagan's death, he became positively unglued . . .

http://slate.msn.com/id/2101842/

With Dick Morris, I get the impression that he is now "working for us." Hitchens, on the other hand, is still a loose cannoon, albeit an impressive one, and a good one to not have pointed in your direction . . .

I too was thoroughly disgusted with Hitchens' ugly, mean-spirited, vituperative, below-the-belt "remembrance" of President Reagan. It's really put me off him.

Hitchens' remarks were so completely at odds with the scores of Reagan's closest friends and relatives -- the people who lived and worked with him day by day -- that I can only conclude that Hitchens' hatred of him was simply blind and irrational.

Way to miss the point, people.

http://slate.msn.com/id/2103795/

Hitchens is back on track with this. I would say that pretty much everyone except Josh Marshall has now found Ambassador Wilson guilty of, at best, fudging the truth.

After reading his closing, I find it funny, though, how both conservatives and liberals miss the Cold War. Conservative miss it because of the moral clarity a mortal enemy like Communism provided, Liberaks like Hitchens miss it because it was OK to hate the CIA. His observation that the left now finds itself uncomfortably allied with the CIA is dead on.

Hitchens remains one of those people I admire even though I'm not always comfortable with him.

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