Roger Ebert In Tweet War With Twit

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http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/roger-ebert-tea-party-051210





Roger Ebert's Tea Party Rebuke Wasn't Nearly Enough
May 12, 2010 at 4:39PM by Chris Jones

Roger Ebert is the toughest man I know. He doesn't need anyone to help him fight his battles. He has a pretty capable pair of hands himself.

But I also consider Roger my friend. I wrote a story about him for Esquire a few months ago, and it was one of the great experiences of my life. I've carried the time I spent with him every day since. I can say with all honesty that I've thought about him nearly every time I've taken a bite, or a sip, or told my wife I love her. Watching a movie with Roger's left foot propped up on my armrest gave me a new appreciation for the universe and my place in it.
So, my first instinct over these last few days was to want to find Caleb Howe and punch him hard in the mouth.
Howe's the right-wing blogger who decided Ebert's cancer fight was in play because Roger had the gall to suggest that a bunch of California school kids were wrong to wear American flag shirts on Cinco de Mayo. On his own blog and Twitter account, Roger has become an outspoken critic not only of movies, but also of Sarah Palin and the Tea Partiers, and he has taken his fair share of shots at them for their jingoism and general imperviousness to reason. This time, he called the flag-shirt debacle what it was — an unnecessary, calculated attempt to provoke — and he compared it to wearing a hammer and sickle to a Nascar race on the Fourth of July. Apparently that was enough to inspire Howe to pull a fifth of vodka out of his freezer, take to his own Twitter account, and become the most hateful person on the Internet:...

[BurtWorm]

1. Caleb Howe is a little Eichmann in America.

[Love Bug]

2. I follow Ebert on Twitter

and I was appalled when I saw his response to Howe. But, Ebert is tough, far tougher than Howe and his wimp-ass "compatriots." I wish them twice as much as they wish for Ebert. Go, Roger!

[HughMoran]

3. Where does this Caleb Howe character reside?

Little fucker needs to crap his pants.

[YOY]

4. Caleb Howe has come to a gunfight of wits with a pair of tweezers.

n.t.

[wryter2000]

6. I wish we still had DUzys

:rofl:

[YOY]

8. Meh...my best stuff gets deleted...

You guys know that! :silly:

[sabrina 1]

5. Teabaggers hate the disabled, minorities,

the poor ~ they obviously hate education also, as you can tell by their signs.

Remember how they attacked the disabled man in the wheel-chair? Ebert might want to link to that video as a reminder that this guy is par for the course, ugly beyond belief in the true sense of the meaning of the word.

In fact, he could use this to publicize just how ugly these people are and help to remind people that this is waht they are electing when they choose a tea-party candidate.

Sarah 'offshore drilling is so safe we need to start doing it right now' Palin, is on the run since the oil spill (too bad Obama joined her right before it happened, it has kind of taken away our long-time moral authority on the issue).

But this illustrates the hatefulness of these people. They should never be allowed anywhere close to government power and any that are there already need to be removed.

Is there a photo of this creep anywhere btw? Not that we need to see one, his ugliness is obvious without any pictures.

[wryter2000]

7. Those tweets were not written by someone under the influence

I make more mistakes than that when I'm perfectly sober. That cowards is lying when he uses alcohol as an excuse.