Cutting-Edge Commentary From Jonah Goldberg As He Slams . . . Madonna!!!

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"Full disclosure: Every columnist has a few topics that serve as a bottomless well to draw from. For some it's church-state issues, for others it's the gas tax. For me, it seems to be Madonna's penchant for "reinvention." Actually, that's not fair, because the last three or four times I've written about Madonna she's been "reinventing" herself into the same thing: a more responsible working mom.

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So, imagine my surprise when ABC broke the "exclusive" that the Material Girl was prepared to admit that she was ready to put her rebellious life behind her. The exciting news now, other than her embrace of a bogus pseudo Jewish mysticism, is that she's now so "traditional" that she actually - gasp - insists her kids pick up after themselves. In terms of news value this ranks only slightly above "This Just In: Abraham Lincoln is Still Dead. Story at 11."

So why should anyone care?

Excellent question. I'm glad I asked it for you. First of all, it never hurts to be reminded that "news" outfits are not above repackaging the same old shinola in new wrappers."

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http://www.townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/jg20040618.shtml

Gee, Jonah, explosions, gunfire and death all over Iraq, the House of Saud tottering, it's now OK to torture people if the president says so, $7.2 trillion in national debt, a $500+ billion federal budget deficit, a Congress that can't stop spending money we don't have, a simian dolt as president, an Attorney General who lies and stonewalls Congress when it tries to do its job and you're worried about . . . Madonna? What the FUCK?!?!?!?

"So why should anyone care? Excellent question." Indeed, numbnuts.

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1. OK I agree with you about JG.

But why waste DU bandwidth posting anything at all from a vicious wingnut site like townhall?

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2. 'Cuz the local rag he was in is a subscription site, so I googled it

Besides, townhall isn't all vicious wingnut stuff - some of it is actually slavering, gibbering, apocalyptic vicious wingnut stuff.