tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post8696881743629431230..comments2008-06-12T13:38:33.654ZBruschettaboyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06462814606739183471noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-77852887644675622782008-06-12T13:38:00.000Z2008-06-12T13:38:00.000Z

Justin - oh probably.<BR/><BR/>Belle. Ah <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens#US_citizenship" REL="nofollow">he is one now</A>; he wasn't at the time. Yes I remember that his endorsement was (probably intentionally) confused and impossible to decipher with certainty. Part of me thinks the best reply to questions about affiliation is "none of your business" but I think

Chardonnay Chaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01275819795032251978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-40788096621472125012008-06-12T13:18:00.000Z2008-06-12T13:18:00.000Z

didn't hitch make a big deal of applying for US citizenship after 9-11? <BR/><BR/>i think his kerry endorsement was less sarcastic than inadvertently imposed by the subs: he had written a paragraph so dense with self-regarding irony and literary curlicue that the editors, who as journalists wanted clearly to head each contribution "kerry" or "bush", guessed wrong <BR/><BR/>(as a sub myself i

belle le tristenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-40005098266245674762008-06-12T09:35:00.000Z2008-06-12T09:35:00.000Z

"Running dogs" is surely a Maoist term?

ejhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-66055249935082814622008-06-12T09:21:00.000Z2008-06-12T09:21:00.000Z

Hmm. The blurb on the back of my copy of 'Dreams from my Father' contains the following endorsement: "A bestseller because of its freshness and honesty", Christopher Hitchens <A HREF="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/non-fiction/article1734094.ece" REL="nofollow">Sunday Times</A>. Hitchens praises Obama's first book to damn his second; Obama's publisher

Chardonnay Chaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01275819795032251978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-84501579694583097372008-06-12T07:04:00.000Z2008-06-12T07:04:00.000Z

Hitchens is quoted as saying :-<BR/><BR/>On reading Barack Obama’s autobiographies:<BR/>“I like what one learns about him from reading him, and it’s very seldom you can say that about a politician. I forced myself to watch some of the debates, and I was much more impressed than I thought I was going to be. And I sort of hope he pulls it out.”<BR/><BR/>inthis magazine:-<BR/>http://www.nyrm.org/

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-80687380233387379842008-06-11T18:29:00.000Z2008-06-11T18:29:00.000Z

But in the comments there it also said Hitchens is backing Obama as the 'least worst'? Can this be true? I thought he'd come out for Mccain?

Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13214026669109045616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-22429285012992491172008-06-11T11:52:00.000Z2008-06-11T11:52:00.000Z

on a 'world of decency tip: Marko Atilla Hoare on harry's place: 'I hope McCain will win'... in fact he seems to be sugesting that he'd support whoever the republican nominee was...

organic cheeseboardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12803252.post-50861251379314891912008-06-10T14:41:00.000Z2008-06-10T14:41:00.000Z

No, we've not done this one. I did a post which mentioned that David T of Harry's Place was one of the 100. So was Ken Livingstone (for being Mayor, so he wouldn't be now). I also proposed that Michael Sophocles, the Apprentice candidate should be in there. He later turned out to be 'half-Jewish', not conversant with the meaning of 'kosher' and the only word of Yiddish or Hebrew he knew was '

Chardonnay Chaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01275819795032251978noreply@blogger.com