Tim Blair

Is she ever going to bother to figure out the apostrophe? I am truly awed by Kingston's skills.

I don't know what those skills are, but somehow she manages to hang on to her job with only functional literacy.

Perhaps I give Margo too much credit, but I think she means to call Condi Rice -- not a man -- but a dog.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Master's_Voice

Forget Bush vs. Kerry. Let's have a proxy election between Murdoch and Soros. May the more 'naturalized' American win!

Where is the PC crowd condemning the use of the term "Master" to refer to Bush's position with respect to Dr. Rice, a woman of color? This usage comes far closer to being racist than most of the cases they froth about.

Margo is a woman?

She claims she is a woman, but I'd hate to be the one to find out for sure.

I think Andrew is right, Margo's trying to quote the old Victor (RCA) slogan. As Skeptic points out, it's a very un-PC usage given Dr. Rice's ethnicity. Which makes me wonder if Margo knows that Condi is black.

If there's any thinking going on, perhaps it this: "Condi Rice works for the Bush Administration, and therefore must be a white male."

Seems Margo isn't the only person to think Condi Rice is a guy.

Joseph Kalvoda, a history professor at St. Joseph College, apparently had a bit of trouble of his own figuring out whether Rice was male or female, but otherwise his criticism of Rice's methods in the American Historical Review still rings eerily true two decades later

"....Rice's generalizations reflect his lack of knowledge about history and the nationality problem in Czechoslovakia. For example....Rice's discussion of the "Czechoslovak Legion" that was "born during the chaotic period preceding the fall of the Russian empire" (pp. 44-46) is ridiculous. (It was "born" on September 28, 1914.) He is clearly ignorant of the history of the military unit as well as of the geography of the area on which it fought."

Let's review: Problems distinguishing facts from propaganda. Too quick to pass judgment without adequate knowledge. Failure to properly assess sources who have an obvious axe to grind. Ignorance of regional history.
Does any of this sound familiar?

Doesn't ring a bell, contrapunctus. Care to use debunked Clarke testimony to back that up?

Well, I know Condi is a woman. . . and she does it for me!!

Let's review: Problems distinguishing facts from propaganda. Too quick to pass judgment without adequate knowledge. Failure to properly assess sources who have an obvious axe to grind. Ignorance of regional history.
Does any of this sound familiar?

Indeed it does. I'm glad you're realizing your own shortcomings. Good luck in your quest for personal improvement.

I so want Condi to run for Prez in '08. If for no other reason than I want to see how weird it will be to have a President I want to f**k.

You know The Oz seriously considered trying to poach her few years back. True!

I think this might only be bad grammar. The 'his' is referring back to Murdoch. Condi Rice obeyed [Murdoch's] masters voice and addressed the Murdoch crew. I could understand that they wouldn't want to use the name 'Murdoch' twice in one sentence, but they could have rewritten it better.

Or, yeah, Margo thinks she's a he.

If for no other reason than I want to see how weird it will be to have a President I want to f**k.

What about Bill Clin... oh that kind of effing.

They've now changed it to "her masters voice". Dude, where's my apostrophe?

It's like I always say, your talents are wasted here... you should be on the subs desk editing Margot's copy.

Poor blog parrot, with no life of her own.