Charlie Pierce is like a god to me division: Hacko di Tutti Hacki

[Fumesucker]

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/mark-halperin-john-heilemann-double-down-111413

For going on three decades now, there has not been a hackier hack on this little blue marble than Mark Halperin. He is the worst thing to happen to political journalism since the mob in Alton iced Elijah Lovejoy. He is walking journalistic potato blight. He is a living, breathing, suppurating punditizing boil on the asscheeks of a once-proud profession. Doc Alterman has the 411 on the history of this towering 'ho, and the remarkable Driftglass, friend to young bloggers and owner of the prettiest website (Bring back the meteor, dammit!) on the Intertoobz, catches Halperin in his latest act of abject 'ho-dom, servicing (of all people) Glenn Beck.

This is something, this appearing with a public lunatic, that should send you off to Hannity Island for the rest of your sorry-ass career. (There is absolutely no relative difference in credibility between Glenn Beck, Alex Jones, and the recently returned -- Hoorah! -- Art Bell. It should mark you as, at best, a crackpot.) I suspect we once again will be seeing him very soon on the liberal MSNBC channel, which is just like Fox, if you read, say, Double Down. My idea of frog-marching the lot of them off to a journalism re-education camp in the Smokies is looking better and better.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I love Pierce, and I love this about Halperin:

"He is walking journalistic potato blight."

[Laelth]

2. Wow. That's gonna leave a mark. n/t

-Laelth

[scarletwoman]

3. I adore Charles Pierce.

I want him to have my children.

[libdem4life]

4. After howling with laughter, had two questions..what does that funny title mean? and Art Bell redux?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. It's a takeoff on "capo di tutti capi," a Mafia term for "boss of all bosses."

So it means "hack of all hacks."

[libdem4life]

6. Thanks.

[catchnrelease]

7. Another Charlie Pierce fan here

His writing is great and his barbs always right on. I read his blog every day without fail.

[KT2000]

8. K&R for some damn good writing! n/t

[BlancheSplanchnik]

9. I read Idiot America and boy is he ever good!

So brilliant. hilarious, too.

Definitely gotta check his blog.

P.S. Go to the Esquire blog and read it. THEN check the link Mr. Pierce kindly provides to the blog "driftglass". It describes the beckkk episode in glorious verbal color --and ends with a Shakespearre quote!!

Best!!