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Althouse vs Packer
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — A self-defense. And not without cogency. Althouse has endorsed Obama. Which is more than you can say for Reynolds.

Swift Reactions 9: In Which Ann Althouse Tasks Me
Jon Swift — ... of the New Yorker linked to my piece and accused her of belonging to “a self-isolating political subculture gone rancid.” How did Ms. Althouse respond to this ridiculous and unfair charge? She and her commenters circled the wagons and viciously lashed out. “George Packer, names me and slams me, but doesn't link, so there's no way for readers to see the context” she wrote. “Shame on you, George Packer! That is truly sleazy!” Finally, she told Mr. Packer, “Look in a mirror, man. Look in a damn mirror, loser.” If Mr. Packer bothered to come to her site ...

But the End Result has been “Scripted Ignoramus”
I Am TRex — ... In other news, and I meant to hit this yesterday, Ann Althouse is PISSED AS HELL about getting called out by George Packer of the New Yorker because he said she was being her usual batty self when, after a long session of drunk-blogging the Presidential debates, she hallucinated a clear plastic ear-piece on Barack Obama’s ear.  She swears she didn’t mean it, but then goes on to compare prices and models of inner-ear receiving devices.  Who would have thought that her career could go any further downhill after Boobgate, but every time we think she’s hit ...