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...was pretty funny zinging community organizers last night on The Daily Show, but do you think anyone will get he was actually making fun of the un-compassionate conservative caricature, rather than being the caricature? In a time when "socialism" has become a racist code word, I have my doubts! Or am I failing to discern the caricature of the average dissent squashing Obama-ite?

Comments

sr| 10.31.08 @ 2:07PM

I thought it was a put on. In fact that's how I found this blog while researching whether Vadum was real or just someone who answered a casting call for an uptight f*ck(er). I think they guy has some real comedic talent.

Robert Stacy McCain| 10.31.08 @ 3:04PM

Matthew Vadum is:
A. A top-notch investigative reporter;
B. A tremendously witty person; and
C. A native of Canada.
All of these things are true, and if you're going to hate Matthew, "C" is the only valid reason.

T. Barnaby Poshworthy, III| 11.1.08 @ 2:58PM

So he's like John Hodgman, but "evil" instead of "tweedy"? One would believe that he was playing a stereotype for laughs had one not read any of his articles on NewsBusters or elsewhere.

Unless, of course, he's been doing it as his "shtick", as the comics say. I suppose that's real Colbert-esque "commitment to a bit", but it makes newsbusters, the CRC, et al. look rather silly for publishing him. Perhaps they're "edgier" and more self-aware than anyone outside has suspected.