An increasingly infrequent reader writes:
You seem surprised (if not fully gobsmacked) by the Atlantic’s survey of your readers:
The ideological mix: 2.5 percent of you describe yourselves as very conservative; 9.6 percent as conservative; 33.3 percent as moderate; 38.1 percent as liberal; and 16.5 percent as very liberal. I’m, not sure whether this is a function of my Obama love, or what.
Andy, your 54.6% liberal audience (and just between you and me, some of those self-identifying moderates are likely operationally liberal) is not a function of your Obama love, which borders on worship. Your liberal audience and your Obama love are both symptomatic of the fact that — despite your self-identification as a conservative — your writing appeals primarily to the left.
Oddly enough, someone who considered voting for Al Gore in 2000, endorsed John Kerry in 2004 and is admittedly in the throes of a mancrush on the candidate who is the most liberal member of the Senate is not seen by most people as conservative. Throw in the anti-Bush hysteria that has been a staple of your blog since Pres. Bush decided to support the Federal Marriage Amendment (pure coincidence, of course), and you end up with a disproportionately left-liberal audience. You are Keith Olbermann with an accent.
There was no category for libertarian, alas, which might mean something.
On the other hand, The Atlantic also had no category for conspiracy theorist, so it probably balances out in the end.
Update: Allah-lanche!
Comment by Dan Collins on 2/27 @ 7:59 pm #
Agreed, Karl. But what could that possibly have to do with Greenwald, Mona, Henley and John Cole?
Comment by Dan Collins on 2/27 @ 8:03 pm #
Whoa, man. Uh . . . geez.
Comment by Ric Locke on 2/27 @ 8:03 pm #
And either stupid or really, really defensive.
The man never quite figured out that George Bush derailed the FMA with one of the neatest bits of political jiu-jitsu seen in quite some time. Either that, or he did figure it out and has been covering up his mistake with dishonest bluster.
Sullivan’s still on my bloglist, with the tagline “the portrait on the $3 bill”. That’s just because I’d have to edit the thing and transfer it to five different computers. The link hasn’t been red in years.
Regards,
Ric
Comment by Dan Collins on 2/27 @ 8:06 pm #
My gob hurts.
Comment by baldilocks on 2/27 @ 8:07 pm #
A gay guy doesn’t have a mancrush. Just sayin’.
Comment by happyfeet on 2/27 @ 8:16 pm #
One day I spent like a really long time googling “silly git” to figure out for sure what git meant and I think I finally decided it was like Irish or Scottish or whatever slang for a little girl. Does that help?
Comment by guinsPen on 2/27 @ 8:19 pm #
It’s ashame none of our Universities teach History or Geography anymore.
Comment by psycho... on 2/27 @ 8:19 pm #
Sully fans: 1/3 liars.
So they’re the what in the glutes of the pie chart?Okay, no. That’s unpleasant.
Comment by JD on 2/27 @ 8:20 pm #
What do Gobsmacking Andy, all of the Gleens, Cole, Joshua Michael, and Mona have in common ?
Comment by guinsPen on 2/27 @ 8:20 pm #
The High-Schools quit, long ago.
Comment by guinsPen on 2/27 @ 8:21 pm #
Or are they just trying to get rid of their students because they’re so thick?
Comment by Dan Collins on 2/27 @ 8:22 pm #
You got an Allahlanche, Karl.
Comment by guinsPen on 2/27 @ 8:27 pm #
hf, I refer to Atlantic Monthly.
Comment by thor on 2/27 @ 8:28 pm #
“You are Keith Olbermann with an accent.”
Karl’s knee caught Sully looking away on a full bladder. Tremendous ball shot. Accept my applause, Karl.
Comment by guinsPen on 2/27 @ 8:29 pm #
IT’S IN THE HOLE !!!
Comment by JD on 2/27 @ 8:29 pm #
I love that ! Sully fans 1/3 liars, but that may be short changing them.
Comment by JD on 2/27 @ 8:34 pm #
You are Keith Olberman with an accent. Fucking priceless, Karl.
Comment by SteveMG on 2/27 @ 8:49 pm #
You are Keith Olberman with an accent. Fucking priceless, Karl.
‘Course, Olbermann insists he’s not a liberal either.
He’s just, he insists, a straight (er), objective news anchor with no agenda whatsoever.
Comment by JohnAnnArbor on 2/27 @ 8:59 pm #
Hell hath no fury…
Comment by Rosetta on 2/27 @ 9:06 pm #
Oof. Direct shot to the mangina. Nice one Karl.
Comment by doubleplusundead on 2/27 @ 9:48 pm #
Heh, funneh, there’s nothing like watching the PW team smack down St. Andrew. I always find it hilarious that Mr. “Politics of Doubt” has a fervent, yet blind messianic faith in Barack Obama. It shows what an utter bullshit artist he is, its all raw emotion, masked by a good vocabulary and references, and even that mask is showing some serious cracks.
Comment by Pablo on 2/27 @ 11:22 pm #
fool he is, its all raw emotion, masked by a good vocabulary and references, and even that mask is showing some serious cracks.
There. Fixed that for you.
Karl, Grade A, USDA Prime smack. I salute you.
Comment by Sean M. on 2/28 @ 1:57 am #
Any day now, I’m sure we’ll be seeing the column explaining how Barack Obama is “the right choice for conservatives.”
It is to laugh.
Comment by gartrip on 2/28 @ 6:22 am #
I’ll bet Sully was up ALL night worried about the sudden exposure. He’s been OUTED! Readers should be prepared for multiple references to his silly book detailing how conservative his soul is, or whatever it was about. Seems that the only person who DIDN’T know that Andrew was a lib was…well.. Andrew!
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Comment by Sameer on 2/28 @ 11:20 am #
Hm, I suspect that his readership consists primarily of liberals who think that they are open-minded because they read a “conservative” blog.
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Comment by thor on 2/28 @ 4:36 pm #
Liberals who think they are open-minded… Hey Sameer, is Sameer your middle name? Then start making sense, Ishtar, or we’ll force you to eat corn-fed red meat, wear twill Dockers and drive an SUV.
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