Dude’s growing up before our eyes.
Well, well, well. Look at Nate Silver ratcheting things up a notch in his interview with right wing talk show nut John Ziegler, who ran a post-election series of interviews that didn’t really jive with Silver’s magical numbers. I particularly enjoy this passage:
NS: Who are the two senators from South Dakota
JZ: Thune and, uh, Johnson.
NS: Very good. South Carolina?
JZ: Go fuck yourself. I’m done with this interview if you’re going to ask me stupid questions like that. Obviously I know who Lindsay Graham is.
NS: Well, since you’re running a website calling people misinformed, I’d like to see if — there are certain things you’ve said that I would consider misinformed.
JZ: Misinformed? You’re a piece of work! You are never going to have the guts to post a representative transcript on your website! I thought you actually ran a legitimate website!
NS: Thank you, have a good day.
JZ: Go fuck yourself.Go get him, SuperGenius! Also of note: If you’ve never read it, here’s an EXTREMELY long essay by David Foster Wallace about the time he spent with said John Ziegler.
That DFW essay can’t come more highly recommended. It’s a great look into not just Ziegler’s world, or into the world of bizarre right-wing radio, but it’s a great piece on the way people can self-filter themselves into absolute unequivocal moral certainty. Anyone else is the enemy. It’s fascinating stuff.
