Lunchtime Vid: 5 Years of Punditry Set to 'We Didn't Start the Fire'

Heather Horn Nov 10, 2010

The Atlantic Wire has featured plenty of Bloggingheads content in the past. It's right up our alley, after all: pundits gleefully and civilly going at each other over the top topics of the day. So it only seems fair to pass this along, too. To celebrate a five-year anniversary, Bloggingheads editors have stitched together dozens upon dozens of snippets from past debates, creating a Bloggingheads, twenty-first century version of Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire--and it actually rhymes. Sometimes.

Our contribution: a companion treasure hunt/viewing guide. Some things to watch for:
  • Rhymes  Rhyming Reverend Wright with The Dark Knight, AIPAC with "drone attacks," "empathy" with Kennedy, Fort Hood with Tiger Woods.
  • Reihan Salam Intent on Matters of Great Import  Extra points if you can spot a frame in which the fast-talking, frenetically-reading conservative commentator does not have his brow deeply furrowed.
  • Nice Accessorizing  A guest with American flags stuck in her hair.
  • Friends of the Wire  The Atlantic Wire's very own former editor at large makes an appearance.
  • Lady Gaga  Yup, she comes up, too (verbally--don't get your hopes up).
Happy anniversary, Bloggingheads!


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