Friday, December 16, 2011

Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011



Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011



I will miss Christopher Hitchens.  He once described himself on C-Span as being ''not just liberal, but radical liberal.'' He attacked Mother Theresa, and could indeed be the consummate liberal twat.  But, unlike other Liberals Hitchens was principled.   Later in life it seemed to me that he  become more of an 18th century liberal, and was closeted guilty pleasure for me.    And his command of the English language and acid wit!  Brilliant.   I've chosen a moment from Bill Maher's show in 2006 as my official eulogy.






12/16/2011 09:43:00 AM 8 Comments

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Bill W. said...

This was one amazing man. Yes, like you, I had fundamental disagreements with him at over 50% frequency. But, he was able to stand his ground, explain his reasoning and that was so refreshing in a world full of knee-jerk, talking point liberals. His book about Orwell is mystifying, educational and quite engrossing. RIP, Chris.

12/16/11, 10:42 AM
I-RIGHT-I said...

In his life he did more harm than good just being the consummate liberal twat but of course he was much more awful than that. He will be sorely missed by the Filthy Left. Rest in Peace and may God have mercy on his tortured soul.

12/16/11, 11:59 AM
Anonymous said...

You're right, Rodger. If he had been on The Five instead of that Belchel a-hole I'd have watched it.
GrinfilledCelt

12/16/11, 3:46 PM
Darrell said...

Hitchens nailed Klinton better than anyone else, with his book No One Left To Lie To.

12/16/11, 5:59 PM
Chris in NC said...

And right now he's learning how wrong he was... Bet he's not an atheist anymore...

12/16/11, 6:47 PM
Kristophr said...

Prove that assertion, Chris.

( heh )

12/17/11, 1:27 PM
Anonymous said...

instead of gloating about him "finding out how much he was wrong" I would like to think that in his last moment upon this mortal coil, he found the eternal arms of Jesus, G-dspeed my favorite liberal

12/17/11, 1:41 PM
Kristophr said...

Or maybe that god ( if he exists ) is not as much of a vicious hard-ass as a lot of christians seem to think.

12/17/11, 6:44 PM

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