Best Tweets: Pop Culture Punditry Edition

Jared Keller Jul 1, 2010
Ezra Klein secretly wants to be Peter Parker:

Pretty sure my Sunday column will include both a Warren G and a Spiderman reference. And this is in a column about regulation. #winless than a minute ago via web


You know, John McCain does bear a striking resemblance to Clint Eastwood:

Obama: Our border is like our lawn, and John McCain just wants everyone to get the hell off it.less than a minute ago via TwitterGadget


Spencer Ackerman muses on the English-language al-Qaeda magazine:

Authenticity aside, I want to read a regular feature from The Al Qaeda Chef: http://bit.ly/9ykTt1 Top Chef: Sana'a?less than a minute ago via TweetDeck


Speaking of terrorism and food:

Brought some delicious homemade pesto to eat for lunch on this plane, but fork was confiscated by security. #radicalizingless than a minute ago via TweetDeck


from now on i will refer to waterboarding as "free ice cream," as in "the detainee was given free ice cream"less than a minute ago via TweetDeck


Meanwhile, Christopher Hayes discovers that Obama has been replaced by a caricature of himself:

BREAKING: Obama positions himself in the sensible center of contentious debate, acknowledges arguments on both sides.less than a minute ago via Twitter for iPhone


Irony alert:

Using the wide-open internet, a gentleman tells WWR that one freedom he thinks Americans are losing is freedom of speech.less than a minute ago via mobile web


Getting back to pop culture, remember when Mel Gibson lets his inner racist shine? Mad Mel is back, and boy, is he pissed:

Mel Gibson earns Lifetime Achievement Award from Nat'l Assoc of Racists, Sexists & Anti-Semites. http://bit.ly/b05iPIless than a minute ago via TBUZZ


Finally, what's the deal with Miles Grant?

Beck = Seinfeld. What's the deal with Count Chocula? Are supposed to be afraid of this guy? // @GlennBeck What's the Deal With Elena Kagan?less than a minute ago via HootSuite

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