Andrew Sullivan, perhaps the most hypocritical of all liberal bloggers, a role that has made him a frequent guest on liberal broadcast and cable news shows, exposes his remarkable hypocrisy by expressing diametrically opposed points of view on advertising boycotts.
Here’s how he expressed his opinion of the advertiser boycott of Glenn Beck on Sep 30, 2010:
As you probably know, Fox host Glenn Beck has been losing lots of advertisers — about 20 so far, including Wal-Mart, CVS and GEICO — for calling Barack Obama a “racist” with a “deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture.” I clicked around to see what people on the right were saying about the donnybrook, and found this page from RedState.org, which appears to be organizing a counter boycott, or is at least offering the sinister warning that “there will be repercussions from our side if [these companies] are so willing to become pawns of the left.”
… And yet I cannot help but think there is a crucial difference between GEICO’s decision to drop Glenn Beck and RedState’s decision to drop GEICO. The difference is this: Wal-Mart has a good reason to boycott Beck, because Beck actually did something idiotic and indefensible.
So there you have it. If someone says something idiotic and indefensible, they deserve to be boycotted by advertisers. Unless, of course, the target of a boycott is liberal, in which case Sullivan effortlessly switches to the opposite position.
As you may be aware, the liberal website Wonkette is now experiencing its own advertiser boycott after running a remarkably offensive article last week about Sarah Palin’s handicapped son Trig. That caused Sullivan, who is obsessed with the belief that Bristol Palin is Trig’s real mother, to experience a sudden change of heart.
Here’s his reaction to an advertiser boycott of Wonkette:
I feel as queasy about this flexing of Palinite muscle as I do about the original, disgusting, asinine story. In some ways, I see a legitimate come-uppance for a tacky site that published a simply inexcusable piece of mean-spirited dreck using a child who cannot defend himself, treating him as if he were subhuman, which he most definitely isn’t. But I also recoil from mob action like this, for the impact it has on fearless free speech and the chilling effect it will have on an already cowed and defensive MSM when covering the truly tough stuff about Palin.
Please allow us to summarize Sullivan’s highly nuanced position as we understand it:
Boycotts of conservatives, good. Boycotts of liberals, bad.
Source: TheAtlantic.com, NewsBusters.org
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Apparently none of you are familiar with Mr. Sullivan's positions on taxes, the role of government, and privatization of Social Security.
Of course, there's a difference between no longer wanting to be associated with someone (by pulling advertisements) and not buying a product because you disagree with the politics of a company.
Companies buy advertising to acquire customers, if advertising on Beck's show after his comments diluted the effectiveness of ads on his show, it makes good business sense to pull them. People buy car insurance to help pay for damages to their vehicles after an accident, not advertising on Beck's show didn't affect GEICO's ability to pay claims so it shouldn't affect your decision to buy GEICO.
Of course, there's the argument that GEICO left Beck because they feared a boycott, and the threat of a larger boycott might lure them back.
I think history has shown us that GEICO et al. made the right decision, viewers have been leaving the show in droves.
Liberal hypocrisy is well documented. I am not surprised.
HAHAHA! This cretin has the common sense of a dead fruit fly. What a buffoon. Or baboon, whatever you prefer...
While you are correct, Sullivan looks like an effing genius compared to Ezra Klein. That guy is Weapons Grade Stupid.
Karma is a bitch and she is best served up cold. What goes around comes around.
How amusing to hear Sullivan whine that his groupies are now the focus of a boycott. Man up if you can and face what you have created you low life turd.
It is truly disgusting when a rag stoops to the level of attacking a Down syndrome child and a teenager girl. By doing so it brings their true character to light.
Andrew is just upset because while Michelle got to be First Lady he did not get to be First Fellator.
"A cowed, defensive MSM" ?
Where does HE live? Here in America the MSM runs the place.
I would bet this leftist trash Sullivan dreams of going to bed with Obama.
If I am not mistaken he has these dreams about Gore... so I think your money is safe.
You think that tingle running up his leg took a hard left turn and traveled up ass as well? Looks to me like he 'likes' it, if that look on his face is any indication.
Andrew Sullivan is just like all the other pedophiles on the left-he is grotesque, and makes me want to take a very long shower in lye to get the stink off of me that I get from listening to him or reading about him. He is truly a douchebag and a typical left-wing flamer who hates it when his ilk get the same treatment that he and his anarchist communist shitbirds heap on hard working folks. It is disgusting-and he is one of those people I would pay to see get what he deserves.
I didn't realize andrew sullivan was such a prominent left winger, especially since I recall seeing him appear many times during the bush years supporting bush positions. I guess to conservatives unless you agree 100% down the line on every possible issue, you're a traitor. Or worse a liberaaaal. Same goes for the other side. Its the people who fall for the bs of either party they support that continues to ensure those two parties will keep f**king us over for years to come. And one more thing..obama is not the socialist you all claim he is. If he was, why do we still have economic classes in america? The "socialist doomsday" scenario you predict has never happened, yet you still scream about it like the damn sky is falling. What is it about facts that you people seem to hate so much? Btw, give me all the "thumbs down" that you want, because I don't give a f**k really.
You know, you are correct, he is not the socialist we all claim he is. He just believes "when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody". He just said he was socialist without saying he's a socialist, we don't have to claim anything, Obama's words & policies say it. Not to mention all of the socialist/communist/marxist/maoist/Stalinist/facist/collectivist idiots that clall themselves "progressives" hiding behind the label of the DNC. It is like the guy who enjoys having sex with underage teens, but denies being a pedophile. It speaks for itself.
Only in America, can some clown from Oxford, whose break through book was on " body building" make it as an "elite". And whats with this picture, it looks like he's straining on the toilet - or he forgot the coca butter for his last date
(Congrats Editors, on your increased traffic- going to have to check out the storeO