It’s awfully hard to tell who’s “punching down” when you’re as far below punching range as The Daily Caller’s Matt Lewis.
@mattklewis Well you're punching up at @michellemalkin. Write when you have created two of the most popular conservative sites on the Web.
— ?freemom? (@rockmom) September 22, 2012
https://twitter.com/adamsbaldwin/status/249554208204926977
And for Lewis, explaining how Michelle Malkin is David Frum-ishly “execrable” is even harder.
@mattklewis Not sure what word you were searching for. I actually cannot think of one to fit that context."Execrable" doesn't.
— Area Man (@lheal) September 22, 2012
.Attention @mattklewis: Someone apparently hacked your Twitter account & tried to equate @michellemalkin with faux conservative David Frum.
— The 12th Fan (@Josh_Painter) September 22, 2012
https://twitter.com/rudemets/statuses/249530371308388353
What’s easy is lobbing a clownishly absurd insult at “meany pants” Malkin before making a hasty and cowardly retreat.
.@mattklewis Hey maybe you can do a show with @edmorrissey on HotAir to talk about how "execrable" I am. I'll listen. http://t.co/FIJYVgul
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) September 22, 2012
Hot Air? Surely the site is just as “execrable” as its founder, right?
@michellemalkin @edmorrissey Always happy to go on #TEMS
— Matt Lewis (@mattklewis) September 22, 2012
But, but, but … execrable, no? How ’bout you explain yourself now?
.@michellemalkin .@mattklewis Yes, sir…we're ALL listening and waiting for your explaination.
— WitchyGal (@WitchyGal1963) September 22, 2012
And maybe man up and try using Malkin’s Twitter handle.
@alwaysonoffense The fecklessness, it burns.
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) September 22, 2012
.@mattklewis Why don't you go ahead and just explain your remark now. I'm listening.
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) September 22, 2012
WTH? RT @michellemalkin: .@mattklewis Hey maybe you can do a show with @edmorrissey to talk about how "execrable" I am. http://t.co/kCC9PgwG
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) September 22, 2012
Ask him that, Ed. @edmorrissey
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) September 22, 2012
"Execrable:" abominable – odious – loathsome – abhorrent – detestable
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) September 22, 2012
Yep, that’s Michelle. Odiously encouraging personal responsibility and ever-so-detestably rejecting the Nanny State.
@JasonBWhitman tick tick tick tik tick
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) September 22, 2012
And … crickets.
Actor Adam Baldwin and others asked Lewis to apologize like a “gentleman.”
@mattklewis Execrable?? Really?? Not the first word that comes to mind when I think of @MichelleMalkin. Why not apologize?
— Color Me Red ? (@ColorMeRed) September 22, 2012
https://twitter.com/WaynesterAtl/statuses/249524855626678272
https://twitter.com/adamsbaldwin/status/249549171068129280
Evidently “gentleman” is another word Lewis can’t quite wrap his mind around.
@adamsbaldwin Why would I apologize for such precise and appropriate word choice?
— Matt Lewis (@mattklewis) September 22, 2012
So “precise and appropriate” he can’t manage to explain himself. Instead, the self-described “Morning Joe” fan attempts to deflect by playing the “shaddup, you’re all lefties!!111!” card.
I disdain this weak-kneed trend of constantly calling on (demanding?) others to "apologize." (I'd expect this sort of thing from the Left.)
— Matt Lewis (@mattklewis) September 22, 2012
A bit of advice from @ExJon’s dad:
@adamsbaldwin My dad taught me two things: Never start a land war in Asia and never pick a media fight with @michellemalkin.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) September 22, 2012
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