Softball Is For Lesbians (And Other Kagan Close Readings)
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How can parody possibly exceed the current cable-news absurdity over Elena Kagan‘s sexuality? Pat Buchanan compared women’s softball to “two men sunbathing together.” Joe Scarborough got downright Freudian: “I didn’t know this, but a softball bat symbolizes a certain lifestyle.”Both of those insights are included in Talking Points Memo’s genius montage, above. All of it left Stephen Colbert no choice but to take the straight man route — ha, ha — and simply critique the mutual enabling of the coverage so far, specifically at News Corp properties: The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, and Fox News.