Leftist-turned centrist John Paul Pagano, on a particularly egregious post by Atrios:
Reread Atrios' passage, and then, if you've seen it, think of the closing sequence of In the Line of Fire. In it, John Malkovich's character delivers a posthumous monologue to Clint Eastwood's answering machine, and the latter, tired of listening to the once-intriguing but now dead and irrelevant assassin, just leaves his apartment without bothering to stop or erase the message. I feel like Eastwood's character just about every day now.I'm sure John also wouldn't mind re-enacting the end of "Million Dollar Baby," with himself as Clint and The Left in the Hilary Swank role. Posted by Stephen Silver at March 4, 2005 01:35 AM
Didn't see it, but there are indeed a number of things I would like to do with Hilary Swank, in spite of her midwestern provenance (I prefer swarthy girls).
Posted by: John-Paul Pagano at March 4, 2005 01:38 PMEr. There are no swarthy girls in the midwest?
Posted by: Jim Treacher at March 9, 2005 07:23 PM