The Daily Beast has come up with a list of "The Right's Top 25 Journalists," and you'll never guess who's nestled between Michael Barone and Mark Steyn: our very own Nick Gillespie. From the writeup:
[T]he clear-headed, brainy Gillespie is among the foremost libertarians in America. He is as often at odds with conservative mules as he is with liberals. That, of course, is the libertarian way, but Gillespie manages, always, to do it with a style that eludes less-gifted journalists.
Let the leather jacket jokes begin! Whole list here; Gillespie's brainy archive here.
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Damn, I don't go to the Beast since I got flagged. But, did you see who else was on the list? I'm not so sure I'd want to be associated with some of them.
Well since David Brooks is on the list, who agrees with the left at least 50-60% of the time, then I imagine is it for those who have some disagreements with the progressive dogma.
It is an embarrassment that THE JACKET was placed lower than the intellectual lightweights like O'Reilly, Malkin, Hannity, Beck, et al. And I mean that not because of disagreement with their positions on issues, but rather the talent of the writing and the clarity of their thoughts. I would have THE JACKET in the top 5 with George Will and Mark Steyn (whom I disagree with on a great many things but whose talent as a writer is IMO beyond dispute and entertaining as a column can be).
I'm just afraid that all the Ancient Relics of the Right (The Jacket, George Will's bow tie, etc) might fall into the wrong hands, creating an unstoppable force. Can we trust anyone with that much power?
Unfortunately, you have to wade through the individual photos for the descriptions; here's Nick's...
A former editor of Reason magazine, the clear-headed, brainy Gillespie is among the foremost libertarians in America. He is as often at odds with conservative mules as he is with liberals. That, of course, is the libertarian way, but Gillespie manages, always, to do it with a style that eludes less-gifted journalists.
I don't like the Jacket or the Haircut, but I admit to a big ol' braincrush on the Gillespie.
Mr. Stubby still wears his Members Only leather jacket from 198whatever. He says he'll replace it when he finds one as warm and comfortable, which of course means never. I don't see the point of complaining about it. The poor thing's sartorially autistic and we can't afford to buy him a whole new wardrobe anyway, so whatev.
No, the Wolverine work boots with the denim bermuda shorts pretty much let me know he was a hopeless case. He acknowledges he can't dress himself but won't let anyone else dress him either.
I'm not the kind of woman who'll give a guy's clothes away behind his back - that's just not something you should do. So I packed up a whole bunch of awful shit he never wore, intending to put it in the attic and when after a year he still hadn't noticed it was gone, I'd suggest giving it away.
While doing this, I fell out of the attic. Through the sheetrock and onto the kitchen floor. So now I just stuff the crap in plastic sacks and hide them.
That's true. You have to get up on ladders regularly. I'm sure at some point you've fallen into a shelf and caused some cartoonish domino effect that caused millions of dollars of damage before.
I fell straight down with no objects twixt me and the kitchen floor (people have been killed falling out of attics this way, sometimes by impalement). Banged me up good, nothing broken or permanently damaged. My first thought was "oh shit, do I have to tell Rick about this?" Then I saw the hole in the ceiling and thought - yep.
For years afterwards the daughter would get very upset if I approached the attic ladder. I'm technically barred from all ladders w/more than 2 steps and from most power tools (nearly sliced my finger off with a hedge hog trimmer).
It's great to see a libertarian I've read and admired for years finally get some recognition from the mainstream media. Of course, if he gets too much recognition from the mainstream media, we'll have to denounce him as a sellout, because we're a fringe group and that's how we roll.
Of course, if he gets too much recognition from the mainstream media
He'll get seduced by the public affairs groupies that hang out around Stossel's studio door, have an overdose or two, then beg us for forgiveness after a tawdry affair with Janeane Garofalo.
Unless I was mistaken, I thought libertarianism was neither left nor right. That was the beauty of it; it refuses to compromise between personal freedom and economic prosperity.
I for one am not content to let them set the terms of the debate. Besides, the left-right model is a relic of the French Revolution. I'm more inclined to organize political positions in a meme/memeplex model.
Both the NewYorkLosAngelesSeattle Times and the WashingtonMiamiDenver Post today devoted their main coverage to incoming President Nick Gillespie's decision to wear The Jacket at the Inauguration Ceremony...
I suggest Mr Gillespie should allow himself to become one with the powers of the Jacket... and start handing out some well deserved wedgies. I have a long list of targets I'd like to suggest
joshua corning|2.11.10 @ 6:49PM|#
That is a really bad picture of Breitbart.
Yeah, no kidding. He looks like Jabba the Hutt as a young boy. I recall him not being so frog-like previous times I've seen him.
Fuck that list anyway... Hannity? 'journalist'? Its more like a collection of GOP pop-personalities with a sprinkling of actual journalists to give the thing some credibility.
Congrats Nick, I've always loved your stuff.
If I can be serious for a moment, I'll second this.
The Jacket is not a joke. It's not even an item of clothing. The Jacket is a way of life. Amen.
The jacket *is* life.
Heretic.
Damn, I don't go to the Beast since I got flagged. But, did you see who else was on the list? I'm not so sure I'd want to be associated with some of them.
However, I do agree with the caption, I guess.
Don't dis the jacket.
Let the leather jacket jokes begin!
But don't leave out the hair, either!
I think the style comment referred to his Blago-esque hairdo.
Not sure how much of a compliment he'll consider being named a top 'Journalist of the Right', but congratulations anyway.
I think they plagiarized that list.
And also, something is very wrong in the world when Gillespie can be call a journalist of "The Right."
"He is as often at odds with conservative mules as he is with liberals."
See! That proves he's a Rightist!
David Brooks is ranked even higher on the list.
Hell, they placed Paul Gigot as #1!
And Krauthammer didn't even get a mention. I call bullshit.
Did The Jacket get its own separate listing, or did it have to share w/ Gillespie?
JL FTW
Seconded.
Fonzie Blagojevich wins again!
/cue "but libertarians aren't on the right!"
/cue "but libertarians aren't on the right!"
You're late to the party, ARC
just me, or are most of these journalists not, er, journalists?
I knew big things were in store for you even though Flight of the Conchords was canceled. Kudos!
I don't feel like opening half the internet to Firefox Noscript just to figure out what site I need for their gallery applet to run.
Classifying them as of "the right" enables us to avoid disputes over political definition, such as whether someone is "conservative" or "libertarian."
Classifying The Daily Beast as "retarded" enables me to avoid disputes as it whether it's actually "idiotic" or "moronic."
But props to The Jacket.
Classifying The Daily Beast as "retarded" enables me to avoid disputes as it whether it's actually "idiotic" or "moronic."
+1
Congrats, Nick. But I think it's telling who they consider "The Right". Apparently The Right is anyone who isn't Progressive.
Well since David Brooks is on the list, who agrees with the left at least 50-60% of the time, then I imagine is it for those who have some disagreements with the progressive dogma.
Me: Nick's leather jacket has been around so long I'm all out of jokes. How about you, Fonzie?
The Fronz: Aaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy?
Me: Nope. We got nothing.
It is an embarrassment that THE JACKET was placed lower than the intellectual lightweights like O'Reilly, Malkin, Hannity, Beck, et al. And I mean that not because of disagreement with their positions on issues, but rather the talent of the writing and the clarity of their thoughts. I would have THE JACKET in the top 5 with George Will and Mark Steyn (whom I disagree with on a great many things but whose talent as a writer is IMO beyond dispute and entertaining as a column can be).
The order this list is put in is a joke, but I at least like about 7 people on that list.
I'm just afraid that all the Ancient Relics of the Right (The Jacket, George Will's bow tie, etc) might fall into the wrong hands, creating an unstoppable force. Can we trust anyone with that much power?
JL, I think The Jacket is like Ghost Rider's bike. it will only obey its true master.
But who is really the master, Gillespie or The Jacket?
Its like the question "who is the real man, Bruce Wayne or Batman?" minus the fake rubber nipples.
It's true. Which is the symbiote and which is the host?
Bruce is the mask. Everything about him is artifice.
When Obama appears in a bow tie and leather jacket, it will be the fourth horseman of the apolcalypse.
The fourth horseman of the fashion apocalypse, you mean.
Good point.
Way to go Nick!
Unfortunately, you have to wade through the individual photos for the descriptions; here's Nick's...
A former editor of Reason magazine, the clear-headed, brainy Gillespie is among the foremost libertarians in America. He is as often at odds with conservative mules as he is with liberals. That, of course, is the libertarian way, but Gillespie manages, always, to do it with a style that eludes less-gifted journalists.
And, somehow, I didn't notice that Matt had that in the original post.
Don't feel bad. You were blinded by The Jacket. It happens to all of us.
I don't like the Jacket or the Haircut, but I admit to a big ol' braincrush on the Gillespie.
Mr. Stubby still wears his Members Only leather jacket from 198whatever. He says he'll replace it when he finds one as warm and comfortable, which of course means never. I don't see the point of complaining about it. The poor thing's sartorially autistic and we can't afford to buy him a whole new wardrobe anyway, so whatev.
Ha ha, you probably thought he just went in for the retro look when you met him.
No, the Wolverine work boots with the denim bermuda shorts pretty much let me know he was a hopeless case. He acknowledges he can't dress himself but won't let anyone else dress him either.
I'm not the kind of woman who'll give a guy's clothes away behind his back - that's just not something you should do. So I packed up a whole bunch of awful shit he never wore, intending to put it in the attic and when after a year he still hadn't noticed it was gone, I'd suggest giving it away.
While doing this, I fell out of the attic. Through the sheetrock and onto the kitchen floor. So now I just stuff the crap in plastic sacks and hide them.
Wow, were you all right after that fall?
She's a librarian. We are built for that sort of punishment.
That's true. You have to get up on ladders regularly. I'm sure at some point you've fallen into a shelf and caused some cartoonish domino effect that caused millions of dollars of damage before.
We mostly have compact shelving. I did crush and trap a student in-between rows once. Good times.
Ha ha, awesome. So you do your own stunts, then.
100%. I'm like The Fall Guy, but my theme song is even catchier.
No one's theme song is catchier than Lee Majors', dude. Plus, he guest starred on Weeds. Have you? I didn't think so.
I fell straight down with no objects twixt me and the kitchen floor (people have been killed falling out of attics this way, sometimes by impalement). Banged me up good, nothing broken or permanently damaged. My first thought was "oh shit, do I have to tell Rick about this?" Then I saw the hole in the ceiling and thought - yep.
For years afterwards the daughter would get very upset if I approached the attic ladder. I'm technically barred from all ladders w/more than 2 steps and from most power tools (nearly sliced my finger off with a hedge hog trimmer).
Oddly enough, I'm a pretty good dancer.
I told you people we're tough.
Don't. Fuck. With. Librarians.
How many pornos have you been in?
Damn, I wish I still had my biker's leather from the 80s.
I still have my leather jacket, but it's all cracked and musty smelling.
The Jacket will be mine. Oh yes, it will be mine.
NOT UNTIL IVE HAD MY WAY WITH IT!
Ha ha ha, why do I love this so much?
Because you've never had to live through it.
If you did, you'll wish you hadn't.
Hairy Rapemother: The Steve Smith Story
The living will envy the dead.
"Also, as a head in a jar, I envy the dead."
Leave my son Steve alone! He's a good boy who respects women and the planet. That's more than can be said for the haters on this site!
It's great to see a libertarian I've read and admired for years finally get some recognition from the mainstream media. Of course, if he gets too much recognition from the mainstream media, we'll have to denounce him as a sellout, because we're a fringe group and that's how we roll.
It's true. Some people are now at the edge of their seats waiting to denounce Gillespie as 'not doing enough for libertarianism'.
Or muttering comments about how Reason.com was WAY better when Postrel was running it ...
I'm still a Zupan dead-ender.
Of course, if he gets too much recognition from the mainstream media
He'll get seduced by the public affairs groupies that hang out around Stossel's studio door, have an overdose or two, then beg us for forgiveness after a tawdry affair with Janeane Garofalo.
Fame, she's a bitch.
LULZ...the tabloids will also call him The Jacket.
Does she shave her legs?
No, she shaves Gillespie's.
She does Botox.
That's a disappointment. I'm not really a fan of the Botox, and c'mon. She's only 45.
I thought botox was only useful for people who we're actually attractive in their youth...
(yup, "we're" attractive. /sigh)
(yup, "we're" attractive. /sigh)
We now have "wylie's law", wherein you comment on a post you botched in some way, only to accidentally double post.
/highfive
/thumbs up
THREADJACK!!!!
Arab ambassador discovers bride is bearded and cross-eyed behind veil
Wait, how thick a beard? Like a John Rhys Davies?
See, everyone assumed it was some sort of male-imposed restriction.
Really, it was ugly chicks pushing the veils all along.
Jezebel was too busy with mourning McQueen to give a good freakout.
Don't forget about me! *grumble*
Having libertarianism being considered "right-wing" makes me want to puke. *sigh* Guess that's just life. And life sucks.
Why?
Unless I was mistaken, I thought libertarianism was neither left nor right. That was the beauty of it; it refuses to compromise between personal freedom and economic prosperity.
+pi
"Being a Libertarian mean never having to say you're sorry"
I gotta agree.
Libertarianism is based in the (historically well tested) belief that those two concepts work hand-in-hand. There can be no compromise.
The left is the center of the universe and anything that is not left is always right.
I for one am not content to let them set the terms of the debate. Besides, the left-right model is a relic of the French Revolution. I'm more inclined to organize political positions in a meme/memeplex model.
The jacket looks like he has had unibrow issues in the past.
Her name is Unibrow. I met her on the womens' tennis tour.
Jan 20, 2025:
Both the NewYorkLosAngelesSeattle Times and the WashingtonMiamiDenver Post today devoted their main coverage to incoming President Nick Gillespie's decision to wear The Jacket at the Inauguration Ceremony...
Gillespie/Jacket in 2024!
Are you kidding? The people elected The Jacket. Gillespie's the VP.
I think they put they list in reverse order by accident
Leather is murder.
Sexy, sexy murder.
So how many former-Reason interns beat Nick on the list? Other than Taranto of course.
I suggest Mr Gillespie should allow himself to become one with the powers of the Jacket... and start handing out some well deserved wedgies. I have a long list of targets I'd like to suggest
Good job, Nick.
But seriously, has anyone ever seen Nick when he was not wearing "The Jacket"? Is he ever not wearing "The Jacket"?
http://cache.jalopnik.com/cars.....rty-01.jpg
That is a really bad picture of Breitbart.
Did he piss off the daily beast or something?
joshua corning|2.11.10 @ 6:49PM|#
That is a really bad picture of Breitbart.
Yeah, no kidding. He looks like Jabba the Hutt as a young boy. I recall him not being so frog-like previous times I've seen him.
Fuck that list anyway... Hannity? 'journalist'? Its more like a collection of GOP pop-personalities with a sprinkling of actual journalists to give the thing some credibility.
"In your heart you know he's right." Isn't it "in your guts you know he's nuts"?
Let the leather jacket jokes begin!
Where's the Nick Gillespie porn? Has it already beeen axed? Why can't I get some cheap thrills?
and by porn, I mean fanfic.