Interview with Dependable Renegade
Dependable Renegade:Dependable Renegade is a mix of political humor and general exasperation. It’ll be a year old on 2/13. My god, soon I can start buying it the Pampers Pull-ups!
Simon Owens: Which conservative bloggers do you think create the most spin?
Dependable Renegade: Tough question - so many of them are convinced by their own spin that their blogs seem a bit . . . detached . . . from reality. I think I’d have to give the award to Jonah Goldberg, though. He’s a real whiny assed titty baby. I’d also include the screeching of the always wrong Michelle Malkin and the often delusional Instapundit.
Simon Owens: And if you had to pick a conservative blogger to label a worthy adversary, which blogger would that be?
Dependable Renegade: Um…I know this is going to sound wrong, but I’ve yet to read a conservative blog that’s funny. I think that’s what separates conservatives and liberals. Chris Rock? Funny! Dennis Miller? NOT funny!
Simon Owens: Do you think that colleges are breading a new species of young liberals which will affect politics in the coming years?
Dependable Renegade: I haven’t been on a college campus in quite some time, but if current events are any indication, I’d say that there is a scary resurgence of McCarthy Era tactics employed by some very scary people who are trying to shut down “liberal” professors. However, I have attended many a protest march, and I’m heartened to see the sheer numbers of college-aged kids participating.
Simon Owens: If you had to pick one thing that Bush has done right, what would it be?
Dependable Renegade: Bush? Done something right? It is to laugh. The only thing that this adminstration has gotten right is manipulating the American people with a finely tuned spin machine that spits out fear. Well, that and its full-nelson on the corporate media.
Simon Owens: What are the five blogs everyone should be reading (besides your own)?
Dependable Renegade: Hmm. Hard call on that one, since I know quite a few bloggers. I’m not going to give you the usual (Atrios, Josh Marshall, Digby, Jesus’ General - all well worth the time) and I’ll try to be as impartial as possible and in no particular order - these are the ones I visit daily:
a. James Wolcott - the Godfather of Snark. Nobody else does it with such finesse.
b. Firedoglake - I turn to Jane, ReddHedd, and Loren for all things Plamegate and for thoughtful analysis on current events.
c. Dohiyi Mir - for a Quaker, NTodd curses a lot, but he also takes a stand, engages in honest debate, heated or otherwise, with his readers, and has some really cute pets.
d. Rising Hegemon - the stealth blog. I wholeheartedly admit that I copied Dr. Atta J. Turk’s act after reading his incendiary and hysterical photocaptions and I really love his “primitive” photoshop work. Also, he and I co-blog elsewhere.
e. TBogg. If Wolcott’s the Godfather of Snark, then TBogg’s the Capo. I do so appreciate his fine turn of phrase and keen sense of irony. And again, he’s got really cute pets.
(if you have really cute pets, I’m telling you, post their pictures. Drives the hit count through the ROOF!)
