Ykos
Published by Mike Stark June 9th, 2006 in UncategorizedAbsolutely awesome adventure. Learning tons, meeting lots of great people and having a great time in Vegas. Even placed second in a hold ‘em tourny last night.
One story for you.
Ran into National Review’s very own Byron York last night at Wes Clark’s party. Thought it would be a great opportunity to interview a real live wingnut, so I cornered him the minute he walked in the door. He begged off saying that he needed to get a beer, but came back momentarily to tell me that he’d be happy to do a 5 or 10 minute interview with me, on film, for my blog. I told him that he was really gracious for agreeing to do that for me and thank you very much. I said the topic of discussion would be abortion.
Ha.
He beat the fastest retreat you’ve ever seen. He expressed his extreme dismay at the thought of having to defend a core tenet of the Republican platform, suggesting that if Ramesh Pannourrou, who had just written a book about the “culture of death” was at the conference, he would be a better foil for me. Of course, Ramesh isn’t here, Byron is.
Byron concluded our conversation by saying he was going to decline the interview.
I really don’t understand why one of the intellectual heirs of the modern conservative movement would be so quick to chicken out of what should be a thoroughly prepared and well-rehearsed debate subject for Republicans, but he did. Maybe it’s the paste.
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aaarrrrgggghhhh! You shoulda gone ahead and sand bagged him. Just brought up the subject on camera, then we coulda watched him squirm or run. Fun fun fun either way!
It’s kind of pointless to ask an abortion question of someone who has obviously never been laid, don’t you think?
he uses aborted placenta for those long luxurious locks.
I love it!
You should have asked him what a liberal is. For some reason, this question can drop them in their tracks.
Two words: American Psycho.
A liberal thinks it isn’t adultery if you pay for it.
Okay, clearly I’ve missed a memo, or a photo essay.
What IS the deal with Byron York’s hair?
boadicea: Byron York’s hair is sooo pretty, it makes Texas’s Governor Perry weep with shame and jealousy.
Nice work.
At the Plame YKos panel, the various panelists pretty much had their way with the Yorkshire Terrier.
That’s “Party of Death,” not culture of death.
Surprise! There’s a diversity of opinions amongst the NRO denizens. Not the monolithic theocratic fundamentalist (Christian! Boo!) cultism you guys expect, and hope for.
He was afraid you might mentally rape him and he would be forced by law to give birth to the antichrist.
It is understandable that conservatives fear abortion. I mean, I certainly wouldn’t want to carry one of those foul scumbags to term. I’d feel like John Hurt in Alien, only when the horrible thing busted out of my chest and started whining about “taxes, wetbacks and sodomy”, it wouldn’t have such a cute widdle grin on it’s little blood-soaked face…
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Boadicea,
It’s long and luxurious!
The paste or the Cheetos …
“There’s a diversity of opinions amongst the NRO denizens. Not the monolithic theocratic fundamentalist (Christian! Boo!) cultism you guys expect, and hope for.”
Right–there’s also the “I’m a scion of the corporate master-class and I’ll kill you and burn your house down if I have to to stay that way” conservatives, your “Please take my hard-earned tax money and give it to rich white people instead of poor black people” conservatives, and your “if somebody doesn’t do something pretty damn quick we’ll all be forced to mate with mud people” conservatives. Are there others I’m forgetting?
Shame on you for not recognizing the rich diversity of opinions coming from the NRO club. I read The Corner regularly, and I’ve seen John Derbyshire (or was it Andy McCarthy) disagree strongly with K-Lo, or K-Fed, or whatever the girl who posts on The Corner’s name is. He said he still liked the music of Bruce Springsteen even though he’s become an angry traitor and K-Fez said “Well, I don’t”. You could have cut the tension with a knife.
And, just to show how diverse they are, they let Ramesh Ponoronurunu blog there as well, so they’ve got the transsexual demographic covered. Or wait, no, that’s the ex-brown-skinned demo. I understand he saw a specially trained member of the clergy, who is also qualified to write prescriptions, bring him into the fold of the One True Faith. He still talks like a chick, but I understand that the voice is the hardest thing to change.
LOL! I was in the lobby of the Riviera looking for someone to share a cab to the Clark soiree when three guys walked by.
‘Hi!’, I said brightly,’If you’re going to Clark, do you wanna share a cab?’ (I was with a couple of other Kossacks who were debating whether to go or not)
These three guys smirked and said ‘NO!’ in a very frat boy, snobby, mean way. It was so unlike any Kossack experience I’d had that day that I couldn’t help but say, ‘Assholes’ as they walked away from us.
Then one of my friends said, ‘Do you know who that was? That was Byron York and his two droogs.’ I should have recognized the stoopid haircut but it never occured to me that York would want attend a convention where all of his preconceptions about us would be so totally destroyed.
Anyway, I found some new friends with a car and went to see Clark who, by the way, was very inspiring. On my way out, I ran into York again as he was getting into the elevator.
‘OMG! He’s *much* shorter in person and that dumb hairstyle…*raucous laughter*’ , I said as the elevator doors closed on his glowering face.
Asshole.
well mike,
even jon stewart took ramesh to the woodshed on abortion… you vs b.york would be fair.
I say he’s totally chicken cuz he knows his position is crap.
Please take a moment to read my list of Coulter supporters. Pass the paste!
Byron York’s hair is smarter than he is.
So, I’d have the irresistible urge to run my fingers through York!hair?
*Thinks about the usual patronizing crap that comes out of York!brain.*
No, thanks. I think I’m good…
Heeeeeee! Next time I talk to a wingnut, I’m going to bring up abortion! It’ll make them quiver every time!
Mike,
I have an idea that maybe you could float over at Ykos for me.
I am a college student and have had progressive political talk show on the college station for quite some time. You may not know this, but its very easy for local community members to get their own shows on college stations. I think this is a remarkably undervalued resource and you seem like the right guy to push the idea since you are the radio guy.
Id write more about how to do it but im tired. Suffice it to say that it is a wonderful way to train progressives for the radio, to take air time, develop audiences, etcetera.
-Sonandar
All this makes me think how lonely it is being a liberal in Seattle.
I wonder of York gets hazard pay for being forced to attend Yearly Kos?
Forgive me for being slow, but now that someone has explained the hair, can someone tell me about the references to “paste” ?