So guess what: the blogs are up in arms—or wings, for the Twitter ones??—over this latest suggestion that the blog people wear pajamas. This happens every now and again: Some politician—or anonymous Obama aide, in this case—says something that implies that pajamas have anything at all to do with the Internet. It is always extremely important that these hateful allegations are refuted because of literally infinity reasons. What if people read the blogs, but were under the impression that the people writing them were wearing sweatpants? Yeah exactly. Which is why the theme of the Internet today is: flannel and journalism are mutually exclusive.
This whole to-do started when CNBC correspondent John Harwood went on Lester Holt’s informational politics show to talk about Obama’s gay rights speech on Sunday, and how the White House thinks it is simply unreasonable that certain old-college-t-shirt-and-boxers-wearing-type journalists expect Obama to repeal DADT just because Obama said he was going to repeal DADT. This is where the caustic pajamas allegation happened! “And for a sign of how seriously the White House does or doesn’t take this opposition one adviser told me today those bloggers need to take off their pajamas, get dressed and realize that governing a closely divided country is complicated and difficult,” said Harwood.
Cue human blog synecdoche Andrew Sullivan, who will tell you something, anonymous White House advisor. First of all, for what we can only guess are hundreds of millions of credible reasons, he’s decided you are Rahm Emanuel. This is called journalism, and also politics. Simple. Second, he will use the incalculable sublime power of the Andrew Sullivan blog, the Daily Dish, to CATEGORICALLY DISAVOW THE HURTFUL SARTORIAL MISCHARACTERIZATION. Like check this out: here is a comical YouTube video of a small human child attempting to remove some drawstring pants. BAM! Dissent and Justice don’t wear pajamas to the Pulitzer Prize ceremony, yo.
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Me, personally, I blog in the nude… makes it easier to scratch my balls.
Holy shit, someone paid attention to CNBC? I thought their audience was chiefly friends and relatives of their mostly-unpaid “reporting” staff.
I prefer my bloggers naked.
(Salma Hayek has blog, right?)
Andrew Sullivan is a little tiny eager-to-mate froglet, peeping wistfully at the edge of the crick, compared to the incinerating firestorm of righteous wrath machinegunning from the pajama-free (or so he says) blog of Glenn Greenwald today. God bless Glenn!! Burn, baby, burn!
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Gang rape is a vital part of our national defense. Way to side with the terrorists, Al.
But-but-but, what about Pajamas Media? They sent Joe the Plumber to Israel wearing ACTUAL FLANNEL PAJAMAS, the type that have a flap that opens on the rear end.
What, no mention of Cheetoz? Quick Newell, what are you wearing?
Though not a blogger, I am a writer, and I wear my flannel jammies with pride. I take offense to those who would disparage me and my fellow flannel wearers. I toiled long and hard to get the career break that enabled me to work from home, and I’ll be damned if I’m going to sit here in formal denim for no good reason.
Today’s pajamas are a light green with blue and white snowflakes, and my socks are fluffy and orange with lighter orange toes and heels. SUCK ON THAT, HATERS.
Such are the burning issues of our day.
I don’t know anything about this blogging thing, I am looking at that photo of some sort of military mobile command center and all I can say is that if a war breaks out, and somebody loses the shopping bag they dumped all the USB accessory mice we’re in deep trouble.
I do not wear pajamas. If I did, my boss might actually start paying attention to what I do here instead of earning that paycheck.
chris, these sweatpants need a wash. gross. i walk around like this all day? (at best?)
I’m wearing a gorilla suit.
Has anybody out there gone shopping for pajamas in the last decade? Even fancy-shmancy department stores such as Saks barely carry them — it’s like trying to buy a pair of spats. I blame this trend on the TV, wherein sitcom couples are always sleeping in t-shirts and boxers and odd, smelly-gym-looking workout attire. I blog wearing silk, not flannel pajamas, a bespoke dressing gown and a casually tied day ascot.
[re=432232]scubaix[/re]: chris…that’s what i call jesus.
Hey, it’s a holiday — Sullivan got the short straw and had to do faux indignation duty today. It’s just sad that considering that photo of Sullivan in a Subway that gets posted here, pajamas might be an improvement.
Obviously, camouflage uniforms are synecdoche for all pajamas.
Wait. What’d I just say?
I blog in my pajamas, thank you very much.
For the sake of verisimilitude, the whole righteous indignation progression really should be: “Take off your pajamas, put on your big girl panties, and then get dressed.”
I blog exclusively in my sweatpants. They, unlike my pajamas, have pockets.
I once wore pajamas for 12 “straight” hours.
I prefer a smoking jacket. But the bunny slippers are a must.
[re=432225]TGY[/re]: There’s a cream you can get for that. Also, the pajamas probably need to be washed.
The rest of the quote to Harwood (Or Glory Hole as he’s known at the bookstore) was “Now, wipe off your chin and be on your way pig.” Rahm is an impressive verbal top for a Jew.
Yeah, if there’s one thing real journalists are known for, it’s their fine clothes.
I blog wearing pajamas fashioned out of the back skin of my anonymous sources.
[re=432262]Naked Bunny with a Whip[/re]: yeah i know i look like a flood victim but read this…i’m richard cohen.
[re=432213]Lascauxcaveman[/re]: [re=432210]Serolf Divad[/re]: Caveman, meet Divad; Divad, this is Caveman. I think you two were just made for each other.
[re=432214]snideinplainsight[/re]: Don’t like Sullivan, don’t like Rahm, don’t have pj’s on. Nobody seems to care about my issuesz!
*sniff*
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Put on your damn fedoras with “Press” cards in the band, dammit.
Sullivan chimes in from his vacation home in Provincetown, where he spends his days clad in slacks and perfectly pressed smoking jacket while taking swipes at Obama for not, um, prioritizing ending DADT over healthcare reform that would affect the entire population? I agree the policy should be ended but in case Sully hasn’t noticed Barry’s had a little problem lately with military commanders undercutting his authority and Republicans cheering them on. Which is likely why he’d prefer Congress repeal the DADT law, give him some cover, and not have to take on the military establishment over this issue at the same time he’s giving them orders about how to fight two wars. Just a thought.
Like Hef, I do some of my best work in pajamas.
What’s funny about the pic is that everybody in the military outside the Army refers to those stupid-looking ACUs as pajamas.
[re=432236]Zorg[/re]: I blog wearing silk, not flannel pajamas, a bespoke dressing gown and a casually tied day ascot.
snrt – nice.
I pulled my pajama bottoms off just to make this comment. Now what do I do?
It was the ‘leftist fringe’ on the pajamas that got to me.
My pajamas have no fringe or trimmings of lace or tassles.
That is my stripper outfit. I am disgusted.
[re=432210]Serolf Divad[/re]: I’d rather see Hilary Swank in the nude:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/09/hilary-swank-sleeps-naked_n_314944.html
[re=432391]Sweet Baby Cheeses[/re]: I think you’re supposed to start blogging. Or something.
Due to financial constraints, I have had to resort to Snuggies™.
I once wrote a blog in my pajamas. What it was doing in my pajamas I’ll never know!
I only wear 3-piece suits around the house. It’s the only way to stay classy
Methinks this White House aid is pissed that he has to show up in a full-on business suit every day.
Suck it, anonymous White House ‘aide’. I offset the word aide because I bet you that half of a White House staff does absolutely nothing of any value. I bet you Cheney bought Bush all kinds of babysitters to make sure he didn’t choke on any more pretzel
Plaid flannel blog-wear endures more stains.
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