18 Replies to “Lovie Howell [Dan Collins]”

1. Major John says:

   May 6, 2007 at 6:17 pm

   I love the immediate rush of left wing comments saying “too bad you warmongers and Rove plants, bitz0r Us!!111!”.

   Oh, and Ms. Howell, “when in doubt, take it out”?  Yeah, that’ll show ‘em!

2. McGehee says:

   May 6, 2007 at 6:20 pm

   Perhaps her definition of “rude” is non-standard. Calling names and threatening violence are rude—bluntness in the manner by which one cabbie might question another’s driving skills … okay, that’s rude too, but on a whole different level and one which those like Mrs. Howell who pretend to know what’s good for everyone else, will simply have to get used to.

3. happyfeet says:

   May 6, 2007 at 6:30 pm

   The Web site draws about 4,600 comments a day.

   That was the most interesting thing she said I thought.

   Did she really need Philip J. Celeste of Danver Mass.’s entire quote to support the statement that “not all readers are happy about this feature”? When in doubt, Deb…

4. Aldo says:

   May 6, 2007 at 8:23 pm

   I’ll be damned.

   I assumed that Thurston and Lovie Howell were actually Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame in their undercover disguises.

5. guinsPen says:

   May 6, 2007 at 9:08 pm

   Complaints first came from the newsroom. Reporters don’t appreciate the often rude feedback, which I get, too.

   That’s better.

6. Karl says:

   May 6, 2007 at 10:00 pm

   My fave bit was the lede:

   Not so long ago, the only way to talk back to The Post was to write a civil letter to the editor, with a verifiable name and address, or to contact the ombudsman.

   Is there something about snail mail that requires it to be civil?  Some law I don’t know about?

7. Great Mencken's Ghost! says:

   May 6, 2007 at 10:53 pm

   You know, right now the WaPo must be so proud of its readership…

8. MayBee says:

   May 7, 2007 at 12:53 am

   I have some sympathy for Ms. Howell, as she was targeted by Jane Hamsher’s minions last year, and was inundated with nasty, personal comments on WaPo’s website.

   I also think Marc Fisher’s idea of “self correcting” is quite….interesting:

   The good news is that the comment boards are remarkably self-correcting. The ugliest comments get shouted down pretty fast.”

9. BumperStickerist says:

   May 7, 2007 at 6:27 am

   –
   
   Be Civil as You Cavil
   
   –

   Here’s the definition because I believe in being polite to all you morons who can’t score above 5 on ‘It Pays to Embiggen Your Word Power’ in Readers Digest:

   Cavil:  1. to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily (usually fol. by at or about): He finds something to cavil at in everything I say. 
   

   –verb (used with object) 2. to oppose by inconsequential, frivolous, or sham objections: to cavil each item of a proposed agenda. 
   
   http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cavil

10. McGehee says:

    May 7, 2007 at 7:57 am

    BumperStickerist commands the First Cavilry. 

11. Dan Collins says:

    May 7, 2007 at 8:00 am

    I’m not sure I approve of your Cavil Leer attitude, McGehee.

12. klrfz1 says:

    May 7, 2007 at 8:52 am

    bumperstickerist didn’t cut and paste

    –noun
    
    3. a trivial and annoying objection.

    which clearly invalidates his calling me a moron since he used the word as a noun.

    I’m not a moron.
    
    I’m not a moron.
    
    Ha, ha, ha.
    
    Ha, ha, ha, ha, hawwwww!
    
    [declaimed in a sing song monotone
    
    while rocking side to side]

13. furriskey says:

    May 7, 2007 at 9:19 am

    Lovie en rose
    
    (specktackles)

14. BumperStickerist says:

    May 7, 2007 at 9:40 am

    which clearly invalidates his calling me a moron since he used the word as a noun.

    au contraire, moosebreath.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPP6Wj9esKw –
    
    Verb, that’s what’s happening.

15. klrfz1 says:

    May 7, 2007 at 11:42 am

    One tiny little mistake, at which you cavil. For shame.

16. The American Council of Moose Cavil says:

    May 7, 2007 at 1:04 pm

    Eat More Moose!

17. I am AlGore's sweaty backfat says:

    May 7, 2007 at 2:55 pm

    Here’s the definition because I believe in being polite to all you morons who can’t score above 5 on ‘It Pays to Embiggen Your Word Power’ in Readers Digest:

    Where do you think I learned what ‘anthropogenic’ means?

18. Ian Wood says:

    May 7, 2007 at 4:02 pm

    hoi means “the.”

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