Monday, May 19, 2008

Kristol at the Times

The fact that the New York Times has decided, in their infinite(simal) wisdom, to hire Bill Kristol as an Op-Ed writer has caused quite a furor in the land of blogs. Granted, it is wrong to give someone with such a poor record a promotion, but I choose to see this as a great opportunity.

I remember reading a biography of Muhammad Ali, where someone commented that if you wanted to get rich, all you had to do was keep betting on him. Someone took the advice, and success was his.

Kristol is the flip side of that comment. he's been consistently wrong about everything for the last six years. To be a good prognosticator, you can simply read his weekly column and predict the opposite. This is going to be a goldmine for blogging posts.