“He had a valid reason to be irritated last week, but he allowed himself to SEEM irritated” #WhyWontHeSmile pic.twitter.com/HBHkyzde4z
— Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) September 8, 2016
“Ambulatory cream cheese sculpture” (thanks, Betty!) Hugh Hewitt has been a shameless mouthpiece for the Wingnut Wurlitzer since he first rose above the bottom ranks by comparing his Manhattan talk-radio job to reporting from the front lines of Iraq. Years of tireless service to the RWNJ meme-of-the-moment got him as far as a moderating gig during the presidential primaries. But nobody who attempts to work with Donald Trump comes through without being dinged, if not destroyed… and today Hugh Hewitt got Trumpened:
It was inevitable some Donald Trump supporter would try to rationalize Trump’s view of Vladimir Putin. People just didn’t think that person would be Hugh Hewitt.
The popular conservative radio host got thoroughly clobbered on Twitter Friday morning after he made the argument that Putin is a more effective leader than President Obama because he has “served his country’s national interest better.” Counterarguments came from the left, right and center, and they’re still coming…
Playing excerpts of @realDonaldTrump speech yesterday in Cleveland. Damning detail of @hillaryclinton. If he keeps this tone he wins
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) September 9, 2016
Curious, Hugh: Do you think the Russian president is a better leader than your president? https://t.co/qN3tjqvbFE
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) September 9, 2016
@hughhewitt @ron_fournier Are you serious right now? What about the interests of gay Russians? Of journalists? Of dead political opponents
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) September 9, 2016
1. That's why he is an evil man. Projection of Russian power back into Middle East, rebuild of military, annexation https://t.co/SFcKZDZLLI
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) September 9, 2016
@hughhewitt what power? Russia's GDP was *down* 4% in 2015. Putin is rebuilding that by arming a killer in Syria and persecuting his people?
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) September 9, 2016
2. Crimea, cyber-espionage, intimidation of Europe…this is great power politics that, while morally repugnant, is effective.
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) September 9, 2016
This is disgusting, @hughhewitt, and it's something you will never be able to unsay.
It's also wrong about Russia. https://t.co/XfbAxRsASW— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 9, 2016
"Say what you will about the tenets of National Socialism, at least it's an ethos" https://t.co/KE2W85tX9t
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) September 9, 2016
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