Knaves: Paul Hackett, for sinking to that old standby, the Nazi analogy, during a debate.
On Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor" the other night, guest host John Kasich invited Iraq war veteran and former Democratic candidate Paul Hackett to debate Dan Senor, the former spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. As these things often do on cable news, when the discussion turned to the Iraq war, things got rather heated.
Asked to respond to a comment by Mr. Senor, Mr. Hackett called his fellow guest "Herr Senor." Mr. Kasich, visibly confused, asked Mr. Hackett what he meant. "I'm talking about your guest, little Unterfuerher of Propaganda, Mr. Senor there who's an apologist for the failings of the CPA," he said.
At this point, Mr. Senor had every right to employ the William F. Buckley Jr. response to being called a Nazi ("Stop calling me a crypto-Nazi or I'll sock you... and you'll stay plastered"). He didn't. As a Jew whose mother survived the Holocaust, Mr. Senor probably doesn't feel the need to defend himself from knaves like Mr. Hackett who think Nazi references are the epitome of wit.
Of course, it's doubtful anyone would have objected had Mother Senor socked Mr. Hackett, this week's Knave. |
