Professor Reynolds is on sarcastic fire tonight!
Behold his evisceration of Polanski and his apologists:
Indeed. It makes one suspect that the Polanski’s and the Kennedy’s are related at some distant remove. One could even go far as to treat Democratic complaints of Republican wrongdoing as projection of either current Democratic practice (e.g. Congressional “Culture of Corruption”) or planned policy (politicization of Justice) without grave risk of error.
UPDATE:
On fire this morning as well!
MEGAN MCARDLE ON ROMAN POLANSKI: “You would think we’d busted him for unpaid parking tickets. The guy drugged a thirteen year old girl in order to rape her. Perhaps the French have some sophisticated, European point of view on these things that I, with my puritan ancestry, simply cannot rise to.”
Or they could just be miserable shitheels. Related item here: “Let’s keep in mind that Roman Polanski gave a 13-year-old girl a Quaalude and champagne, then raped her.” Just remember: If he weren’t a member of the politico-artistic elite, he’d have done hard time already.
But, since he is, we get this: Hollywood Unites To Defend Polanski. “If his unspeakable deed doesn’t meet the standard, what exactly would Roman Polanski have to do in order to become a pariah in this town … I mean, besides vote for Sarah Palin?”
UPDATE: Reader Michael McElwee smells a rat:
Isn’t it obvious this arrest – out of nowhere – is a political move by Obama’s minders?
What better to keep Greta and America distracted for a week or so?
Don’t be silly. That would suggest that the justice system was entirely politicized.
Indeed. It makes one suspect that the Polanski’s and the Kennedy’s are related at some distant remove. One could even go far as to treat Democratic complaints of Republican wrongdoing as projection of either current Democratic practice (e.g. Congressional “Culture of Corruption”) or planned policy (politicization of Justice) without grave risk of error.
UPDATE:
On fire this morning as well!
MORE ON THE Anne Applebaum / Roman Polanski conflict. You can tell a lot about a governing class from who it’s willing to cover for.
UPDATE: Col. Douglas Mortimer writes:
Well, let’s remember that in the book “Less than Zero,” the children of the Hollywood elite watch a 12 year old girl be bound, raped, and murdered at a party. That little nugget of joy didn’t make the movie, but the author obviously knew these people.
Our tastemakers.
ANOTHER UPDATE: HOWARD KURTZ:
If Polanski was an ordinary Roman, and not an award-winning film director, we wouldn’t be having this debate. There is sympathy for him because he’s considered a great artiste. The Hollywood elite wouldn’t give Polanski the plumber the time of day if he had sexually assaulted an underage girl. And that suggests to me a stunning double standard.
Suggests?
