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My Farewell to Hot Air Readers

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Posted By: Beardo, 9/2/2022 3:09:54 PM

Last night I got to thinking about how many posts I’ve written for Hot Air. I’ve looked at the total before but it never sticks in my mind. Big numbers seldom do. My guess was 15,000. The reality: 36,590. That’s six per day, every day. For 16 years. My takes may be terrible but I make it up on volume. This post, number 36,591, will be the last. (snip) Lastly, to those who spent the last seven years barking insults at me in the comments for not genuflecting to Trump, I’ll give you this: You’re not phonies. You believe what you say. We have that much in common.

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He was insufferable. So glad that he is now gone. Notice that he had no new job lined up, when he announced his termination, but he has since found a gig working for Steve Hayes, David French and Jonah.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: thethirdruffian 9/2/2022 3:20:09 PM (No. 1266653)
Well, bye. So many of his opinions are based on "facts" that simply are not true.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: davew 9/2/2022 3:22:20 PM (No. 1266654)
I can accept that really educated and cynical people think Trump is a phony and boorish. But what matters is whether the country's basic policies are helping or hurting the vast majority of people. Unrestricted open borders is hurting the nation. Absurd idealism about eliminating fossil fuels as a critical source of energy, prosperity, and independence is hurting the nation. Bizarre notions of crime and punishment that release unrepentant criminals on society to rape and plunder the innocent is hurting the country. Educational policies that indoctrinate children in racist cult beliefs rather than the complex evolution of human rights over time is hurting the nation. Treating parents who disagree with the elite orthodoxy as terrorist is hurting the nation. Trump's policies and his charismatic ability to rally people who can effect those policies is why MAGA exists. Until this nation confronts the crimes that were committed against him by morally superior elitists who justify their actions because...well its stopping Trump we will cease to be a united country.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: zephyrgirl 9/2/2022 3:28:07 PM (No. 1266657)
Steve Hayes, David French and Jonah Goldberg got TDS and squandered their credibility. Yes, Trump isn't perfect, but he's the only fighter we had, and we ran with it. He's still our only fighter. Or if you prefer, he's the lesser of two evils. The Democrat party isn't the answer to our country's problems, and anyone who thinks they are is delusional. By all means go join them at Dispatch. I never even heard of Dispatch before I read this article, and doubt I'll ever hear the name again. Godspeed.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: AntiStatist 9/2/2022 3:43:59 PM (No. 1266663)
He had better cash those new paychecks quickly.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Riley 9/2/2022 3:59:12 PM (No. 1266672)
I am sorry I wasted my time reading that, an any of his links. What an idiot. PS. Reagan isn't coming back and it's not 1980, try to catch up.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Ashley Brenton 9/2/2022 4:00:01 PM (No. 1266675)
I read maybe 2/3s of the article before hitting the "back" button. Good riddance. Another "Goldberg/Williamson" type being shown the door.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Morris Wanchuk 9/2/2022 4:10:50 PM (No. 1266676)
As they say at Total [Illegitimate] Airlines, ''Buh-bye Alimpdick''.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Paglia guy 9/2/2022 4:11:03 PM (No. 1266677)
Is he really John Harwood, and HotAir is really CNN? Hmmm?
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Quigley 9/2/2022 4:18:36 PM (No. 1266678)
I use energy. Oil and gas is the source of that energy. Bidet wants to sunset the oil and gas industry. Trump wants to expand the oil and gas industry. So for that reason- and others that are similar- I support Trump. I do not want to follow bidet into the stone age. I do not worship Trump. I simply have made an easy choice and I can’t understand why it is difficult for some people to understand that choice.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: WV.Hillbilly 9/2/2022 4:27:41 PM (No. 1266680)
Well....bye. Go write with the other weasels.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Safari Man 9/2/2022 5:06:10 PM (No. 1266700)
The more that people like this jackass become anti trump, the more i support trump. The more they attack him, the stronger he becomes. I refuse to read Hot air because of people like this guy.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: sanspeur 9/2/2022 5:25:54 PM (No. 1266706)
just another dim any mouse source.His name more secret than the scotus leaker .that’s “special “ .putz
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Reply 13 - Posted by: earlybird 9/2/2022 5:43:11 PM (No. 1266715)
I think it’s a she. How about Mary Katharine Ham. ??? They’re heading for The Dispatch. Pals with Steve Hayes,Jonah, David French. Based upon Allapundit’s POV, I’d have guessed that long ago.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: vhs68 9/2/2022 5:43:21 PM (No. 1266716)
Good riddance. Is the Dispatch paywall to obscure the # of users over there? Big whoop: 20% discount; i wouldn't go over there for a 150% discount. What a bunch of losers: steve - jonah - david. GFY................
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Reply 15 - Posted by: Flyball Dogs 9/2/2022 5:53:36 PM (No. 1266722)
Side bar: Whatever happened to Michelle Malkin? I never cared for her — her voice and dramatic delivery made her unwatchable (for me). Just wondering. Allah mentioned her.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: greyseal 9/2/2022 6:36:27 PM (No. 1266751)
Dang! Ace over at AoSHQ will need to find a new punching bag... However, given the number of Never-Trumpers over at Hot Air (aptly named) and elsewhere, Ace will have his pick of targets... greyseal
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Reply 17 - Posted by: bad-hair 9/2/2022 6:46:21 PM (No. 1266759)
Bye Out of 36000 posts you must have worn your fingerprints off. Been fun. Bye.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: ChattyCatsSusan 9/2/2022 9:30:39 PM (No. 1266882)
Given that Trump graduated from Wharton which is a much harder school to graduate from than Yale and Harvard is, I would say that Trump is more highly educated than the fools that Allahpundit hangs out with. Then there is the fact he is also self educated in law thanks to Roy Cohn and the building trade thanks to his father, I would say Trump is very well educated. They hate him because he still gets along with the blue collar set he employs.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: Italiano 9/2/2022 9:47:06 PM (No. 1266910)
I’d say get over yourself, but it would fall on deaf ears.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: MickTurn 9/2/2022 10:16:07 PM (No. 1266940)
Obviously there is much you say that isn't true.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: anniebc 9/3/2022 8:20:46 AM (No. 1267161)
Boring. . .
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