Had he not provided a link on this tweet I would have assumed the world's greatest living film critic was referring to the fetching Ms. Cupp's ascension on his personal list of ...um...inspirational material. But evidently residing in a state of bitter ignorance is common in far left circles. Cupp, whom Kate Harding characterized as “one of the latest young, white conservative women to make a career of saying inflammatory things while looking really pretty,” has become a popular target recently among liberals who find it easier to marginalize someone by comparing them to someone they already hate rather then actually reading their work and then offering fresh insight.
In the article Ebert (who once gave Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties three stars) refers to, Cupp hits back at liberal writers who expressed concern that Palin didn't possess the endurance or mental stamina for the gruelling ordeal that is part-time network television, saying
"Excuse me, but what century are these guys from? The idea that a former governor, a seasoned politician and a mother of five from Alaska isn't capable of chiming in every now and then on issues with which she is already intimately familiar is downright archaic. It's also preposterous. When did television punditry become the vaunted decathlon of the political Olympics? As a pundit myself, I can tell you it's a job Sarah Palin can more than handle. In fact, it's a job at which she can excel. But this kind of hyperventilating over Palin's skill set isn't just antiquated and uninformed. It's also sexist."
Remember the White House's well timed battle with Fox News to divert attention from the real news of the President's failed economic policies and the plummeting support for Obamacare? Maybe this is Ebert's way of avoiding real news, like the ever increasing odds of the gaffe-prone Martha Coakley losing her senate bid in Massachusetts. Hey come to think of it, she's like the new Joe Biden.
Read S.E. Cupp's article here
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