The Eternal Sunshine of the Thoughtless Mind:

Does anyone over at the Boston Herald edit Howie Carr's column for stupidity?
Because if they don't then they should.
This is what Howie wrote on Sunday in regards to gay marriage:




This is the liberal credo: If it happens in Abu Ghraib prison, it's a war crime. If it happens at a rest stop on I-495, it's true love.

Welcome to Massachusetts. The Gay State. Sodom and Begorrah.

I suppose it falls to humble Elias to point out the obvious, that the prisoners of Abu Ghraib were forced to perform demeaning acts under threat whereas the Commonwealth's gay marriages are entirely consensual in nature.
If Howie is too moronic or torpid to tell the difference then surely there must be someone at the Herald with the stature to clue him in.
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It is an open secret in Boston and beyond that since he helped to depose Governor Dukakis fourteen years ago that Howie has been in a dastardly creative funk.
Oh don't misunderstand, Howie still hustles after a fashion...he got rid of his mentor Jerry Williams and landed a sweet daily talk radio gig...and his commitment to a bumptious social conservatism is as harsh as ever.
However...lets face it...Howie is stuck in a rut-his barbed tongue has gone dull so to speak.
He is hardly ever seen at the Herald's offices anymore. Word is, he doesn't even keep an office there.
Dukakis is gone, Clinton dodged all those bullets effortlessly, people don't seem to care as much about the latest outrage in the state legislature...Carr is reduced to droning on about classic teevee on his radio show and wallowing in tedious fag bashing in his column.
You'd think that the legalization of gay marriage would rouse this fiery conservative populist with his low hatred of all so called political elites.
Nope quite the opposite, Howie can't even muster the energy for a coherent put down.
Maybe it's the embarrassment of the Herald's hiring of his former Boston Globe rival Mike Barnicle....nothing so drains the soul as a setback like that.
Maybe its those adverts in the sports-pages for adult-oriented video stores...most of whom have huge homosexual erotica sections.
Perhaps the veiled conflict of interest is beating poor Howie down.
Who can say?
:)