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Reporter-Pollster Fight In CPAC Lobby!

Hmm, let’s see how annoying we can make this post…

Here’s a video from the lobby of the Omni Shoreham Hotel, where CPAC is being held, in which celebrated radio wingnut and media bias documentarian John Ziegler — famous for cursing out Nate Silver over a disputed Zogby “push poll” that Ziegler commissioned — is accosted by an irate The Nation and The Daily Beast reporter/writer Max Blumenthal, son of drunk Sidney Blumenthal, over some article or interview that seven or eight people ever cared about; the video was shot by ex-Washington Times wingnut Robert Stacy McCain and uploaded to YouTube by blogger James Joyner and is best viewed without sound.

[YouTube]


5:02 PM on Fri February 27 2009
By Jim Newell
9434 Views

  1. AWOcoholic says at 5:06 pm, February 27th, 2009

    Can somebody use some kind of reverse loop digital magic or whatever to clean up the audio or make a transcript? Actually, nevermind. I’ve already lost interest.

  2. Yeah… thanks for that video…

  3. ManchuCandidate says at 5:09 pm, February 27th, 2009

    Video already been keeled.

    Johnny Z. reminds me of a RWer I knew in school who used to treat women like shit and then when drunk would wonder why no female wanted to date him.

  4. It seems that the video was posted without the passionate homosexual embrace followed by the tongue kiss at the end?

  5. ManchuCandidate says at 5:14 pm, February 27th, 2009

    ManchuCandidate:
    Disregard the killed part. Seems my IP or more likely I fucked up.

  6. Crow T. Robot says at 5:14 pm, February 27th, 2009

    I just came from the dentist. The dentist was better than this.

  7. Jamie Sommers says at 5:15 pm, February 27th, 2009

    I recognize Oliver Platt in the background but who’s who among the short douches? They all look alike to me.

  8. That’s not a fight. I’m on my way to the Omni now to show Ziegler what a “fight” looks like…Meh, fuck it, happy hour is better.

  9. Sussemilch says at 5:23 pm, February 27th, 2009

    Put that one in a coffee can and hold on to it until either one of them accidentally becomes important.

  10. HopeyDope says at 5:24 pm, February 27th, 2009

    I bet if Barry told him to buy him some fucking french fries, he would.

  11. m_supercomputer says at 5:24 pm, February 27th, 2009

    I feel like I can only willingly view something featuring Ziegler if someone at least breaks his nose.

  12. The Unfairman says at 5:26 pm, February 27th, 2009

    Oh, snap! Did you totally hear when that guy said “sssshshshshbackgroundnoisebackgroundnoiseDOYOUEVENKNOW?shsssshhhshshhissssssssssssssssssshiiiiiissssssssss”

  13. Nerdalicious says at 5:27 pm, February 27th, 2009

    Mittens speaks at CPAC! Hey, if anyone sees my family jewels, please meet me in the nearest public bathroom.

  14. V572625694 says at 5:28 pm, February 27th, 2009

    It’s even better viewed without sound and with your eyes closed.

  15. Angry Oompah Loompahs?

  16. Hooray For Anything says at 5:32 pm, February 27th, 2009

    My guess is that Blumenthal wrote a story about Plain that involved something people call a “fact” and Ziegler got pissed because Blumenthal’s useage of a “fact” showed once again that the media was out to get Caribou Barbie. Either that or it was over whether ARod’s home run totals should now carry with it an asterix or not.

  17. Suds McKenzie says at 5:33 pm, February 27th, 2009

    best “less filling” “tastes great” commercial ever.

  18. BillyClubb says at 5:33 pm, February 27th, 2009

    The Unfairman: I don’t think I even got that much out of it. And no-one threw a punch (the headline said Reporter-Pollster Fight), which really disappointed me.

  19. hobgoblin of little minds says at 5:34 pm, February 27th, 2009

    He shoulda throat-punched that Ziegler fella.

  20. DoctorCulturae says at 5:36 pm, February 27th, 2009

    Battle of the Overly Spoiled Douchebag Haircuts or How Come I’m a Grownup But Sound Like a Passionless 12-year old.

    Norman Mailer is spitting on them from his grave, muttering “pussies.”

  21. Suds McKenzie says at 5:37 pm, February 27th, 2009

    “Im just a girl, looking at a man, asking him to love me”.

  22. Rumproast says at 5:39 pm, February 27th, 2009
  23. insert_namehere says at 5:39 pm, February 27th, 2009

    I was assured they would be dressed as furries.

    I want my 2 minutes and 14 seconds back.

    Wonkette OWES me.

  24. nutcracker says at 5:39 pm, February 27th, 2009

    It doesn’t count as a “fight” if no one throws a punch, or slap.

  25. Garrett3000 says at 5:41 pm, February 27th, 2009

    I want that two minutes back. I wanted blood and death!

  26. El Pinche says at 5:44 pm, February 27th, 2009

    Rumproast: i was just about to cut n paste this delightful video which i caught on your site.
    Ziegler is one of those douchebags. He eats and sleeps alone (escorts don’t count).

  27. BklynIlluminati says at 5:46 pm, February 27th, 2009

    Terrible i wouldn’t even grade this as a cat fight unless you guys edited it when they started slapping at each other, and trying to pull out each other’s weave.

  28. Suds McKenzie says at 5:46 pm, February 27th, 2009

    “Mr Darcy, you must know … surely it was all for you”.

  29. A slightly altered Frankie Goes to Hollywood song title: “When Two Douches go to War”

  30. Suds McKenzie says at 5:48 pm, February 27th, 2009

    “I love that you get cold when it’s 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich.”

    sorry, this is too much fun.

  31. miss_emish says at 5:52 pm, February 27th, 2009

    I myself watched without sound, heedful of Wonkette’s warning. I had to snort when that dude wandered in. Dude, if you can handle THAT fight, don’t like…get a kitten or anything. It’ll kick yar ass.

  32. Colander says at 5:52 pm, February 27th, 2009

    Jamie Sommers: I think that’s Mike White, from School of Rock, on the left.

  33. Suds McKenzie says at 5:58 pm, February 27th, 2009

    ” no body puts baby in the corner”

  34. For those of us who still have “regular” jobs, all videos are best viewed without sound.

  35. whiskey tango foxtrot says at 6:00 pm, February 27th, 2009

    John Ziegler was the subject of a hilarious essay by David Foster Wallace some years back, on the crudity of AM talk radio. This is the same guy, right?

  36. Suds McKenzie says at 6:02 pm, February 27th, 2009

    “you had me at push pole”

    “we will always have the Omni Shoreham”

    I though “love means you never have to say your sorry”

    Im sorry

  37. It’s like a Jewish WWE: Schmuckdown.

  38. bitchincamaro says at 6:08 pm, February 27th, 2009

    Who are these dickweeds, and why do we hate them?

  39. I don’t get it…Does the fight start after 2:14 into the video? I hope those two bitches totally rip each other’s hair out. Meooowww!

  40. WickedWitch says at 6:22 pm, February 27th, 2009

    Oh suffer me.

    I stopped drinking for this??

    Although the dark-haired guy saying “Oh yes you did!” brought back those precious memories of “In Living Color” — “Two snaps and a circle!”

  41. it cut out right when they were going to kiss! this video sucked, y’all.

  42. Crankenstank says at 6:33 pm, February 27th, 2009

    The next time Wonkette posts something up with the words “fight” in its description, there better me something approximating a hockey game on the click-thru.

  43. G. Friday says at 6:43 pm, February 27th, 2009

    Actually, Ziegler’s Catholic. I know this from having gone to the same school a couple of years behind him. He hosted the sports radio talkshow, which aired immediately after the gay student forum. None of the shows had any listeners.

  44. Cripple fiiiiiiight!!!!!!!!

  45. 2druk2phluq says at 8:02 pm, February 27th, 2009

    Eventually Newell will have posted enough shit like this that some crazy person will stalk him in order to enact revenge for all their wasted time. And no, I, er, I mean, the stalker, would never do something violent. I’m thinking the stalker would probably pull a prank.

  46. Mr Blifil says at 8:18 pm, February 27th, 2009

    Agree with the above. Very homoerotic.

  47. 2druk2phluq:
    “Eventually Newell will have posted enough shit like this that some crazy person will stalk him in order to enact revenge …”.
    The stalker will steal Newell’a Paul Mitchell® aloe hair rinse and conditioner. And then won’t there be hell to pay.

  48. kinginyellow says at 8:29 pm, February 27th, 2009

    True story, before Max Blumenthal decided to become a political journalist he tried to get a record deal for an allegedly funny hardcore Jewish rap act.

  49. AngryBlakGuy says at 8:56 pm, February 27th, 2009

    …but the make-up sex is gonna be awesome!

  50. Third_Law says at 9:04 pm, February 27th, 2009

    This is what happens when a political party is close to eradication. The ideas die but the people keep on living and live for nothing.

  51. Zig Ziglar went after Sindey Blumenthal and forgot to take tartar sauce? I’m confused.

  52. What? No bitch slapping? That’s the way the clozeted are supposed to fight

  53. hobgoblin of little minds: But he might have broken a nail.

    bitchincamaro: Because we can.

    nutcracker: Yet, scarring imprecations were hurled. This exchange shall take generations to heal.

    Kitteh Fight!

  54. GreenHalo says at 3:54 am, February 28th, 2009

    What a total inkblot. “Um, it looks… like two guys having a free and frank exchange of views and suddenly they start throwing hands. Um. And they’re punching each other in the nose and shouting and snot and blood are flying everywhere. Um. And the big central blob, he’s a friend of theirs, he’s like trying to break it up. Is that right?”

    “There’s no right or wrong answer, just describe what you see. How about this one?”

    “Um, it looks like an orphanage, and spaceborne maggots are devouring the innocent… the horror, the horror….”

    “Yes? Please, go on.”

  55. Am I going crazy here, or did I hear one of them say “baby killer” at one point?

  56. off-white working class says at 11:43 am, February 28th, 2009

    TICKLE FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  57. title sez “fight” but all i see are a couple of douchenozzles having a hissyfit over something. Where is the blood? The grit and determination? The Truck Nutz?

  58. dickens_ghost says at 1:31 pm, February 28th, 2009

    The guy in the background looks like an Oliver Platt central casting John Grisham character guy.

  59. DJAbeLincoln says at 3:33 pm, February 28th, 2009

    Even among the rest of his exploits, exhibit A of how big an assclown Zeigler is is here:
    http://edgeofthewest.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/how-to-be-an-asshole-by-john-ziegler/
    Trashing David Foster Wallace immediately afer he dies? Stay classy, douchebag

  60. arkansas says at 7:18 pm, February 28th, 2009

    It seems to me that Ziegler (in true wingnut radio host fashion) is the one doing the accosting. He’s the one with the dark hair and the pointy finger. Also, his sidekick goon doesn’t seem to know how to operate a necktie.

  61. zhubajie says at 5:59 am, March 1st, 2009

    How ’bout a conflict between Repub astrologers and Paultard chicken liver interpreters?

    Zhu Bajie

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