Extremes of political thought
In a funny post Oliver takes note of a woman called Michelle Malkin, who apparently is so off-the-scale mad that she can write straight-face of Rupert Murdoch's Times newspaper that it is:America-bashers and troop-smearers
and publish Gerard Baker's - not known for his anti-American views - email address, which followed a hate campaign involving one reader declaring the Times was a 'fifth column'.
I thought I'd heard of Malkin before, but I could not remember where. Then it hit me, she was a (recent) Norman Geras profile, no. 137. As of course was Andrew Ian Dodge, no.69.
Or was that the reason? Perhaps it was that she was a declared supporter of the Euston Manifesto, written by Norman Geras? As of course was official Euston Manifesto Group blogger Andrew Ian Dodge (see below).
Well it was one of those things. Oliver ends by comparing Malkin and her lot to the MediaLens people:
The know-nothing wings of politics have a mutual loathing but a remarkable affinity, and they deserve each other.
posted by Matthew @ 6/06/2006 07:20:00 PM
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