September 15, 2004
PAJAMAGATE
This week, CBS News found itself up to its sphincter in a journalistic quagmire that threatened to annihilate any confidence the public had in it. Responding to questions about some memo kerfuffle, former 60 Minutes news exec Jonathon Klein urinated on the blogosphere, splattering your average blogger as "a guy sitting in his living room in his pajamas writing."
So far, despite a media hurricane, Mr. Klein has neither apologized nor offered any evidence to back up his totally unprofessional charges. Since CBS News has apparently abandoned any pretense at journalistic standards, yours truly took it upon himself to shrug on a pair of semi-fresh boxers and poll my fellow webrats about their typical blogging ensemble. Are you listening, Mr. Klein?
| BLOGGER | USUAL BLOGGING ATTIRE | |
| Wonkette | Racerback plunge bra with underwire cups; Jockey no-fly midway briefs; patent clogs with faux-fur trim | |
| Matthew Yglesias | Baby Einstein embroidered bib; Fussy Boyâ„¢ white snowflake booties | |
| Baldilocks |
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| Charles from LGF | Deodorant; hairnet; TAG Heuer chronograph watch; naturist, admits owns no pajamas | |
| Frank J | Wife beater, bandoleers, cigar, samurai sword | |
| Miss O'Hara | Chlorophyll-green charmeuse split-skirt frock with Mandarin collar; Sheer Caress control-top pantyhose; Bible **Update: Rcvd snippy email from someone claiming to be Miss O'Hara, who wants it known she does not wear pantyhose & most certainly does not need control-tops | |
| Boi from Troy | Durango buffalo leather chaps; Boi Watch cotton boxers; brushed-metal mesh circuit necklace; yellow bandana on right bicep **UPDATE: BFT claims dark blue left; Dan Rather has doubts | |
| Michelle Malkin |
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| Duncan | Humorous chicken-with-head-cut-off costume with dangling appendage & Media Matters puppet strings | |
| Daily Kos | Blood of Dead Americansâ„¢ skin-brightening Mesopotamian Mud facial moisturizer; anti-imperialist insurgent shora; Shrek mask | |
| Godless & Razib at Gene Expression | Drew Carey eyeglasses with photogrey lenses, floods, stained clip-on tie, 4-year-old condom in back pocket | |
| Jeff at Protein Wisdom |
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| Millionaire socialist Katrina vanden Heuvel | Tin foil hat; pannier hoops, skirt and bodice of vintage peach jacquard silk with scatter beads & ribbon roses | |
| John Derbyshire | ||
| Michele Catalano | Pauline Hansonâ„¢ jungle-print patio frock with spaghetti straps & garden trimmings | |
| Instapundit | Break-blogging athletic gear: Iridescent navy-blue polyester Taos warm-ups, Nike men's air Ultraposite with light-up shoelaces, Naypalm one-size-fits-all palm guard, Blastoff creatine | |
| My Pet Jawa |
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| Solomonia | Dora the Explorer fetish: pith hat, wig, yellow binoculars, adorable backpack, & foam rubber shoe covers | |
| Dean Esmay | Queen of All Evil odalisque love slave | |
| Betsy of Betsy's Place | Vivienne Westwood royal blue bumper dress with plaster-of-Paris legwarmers | |
| Armed Liberal |
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| Andrew Sullivan | White leather beaded wedding dress with matching jacket & Morticia train | |
| Patterico | ||
| Kim du Toit | Techniflo gas mask, relaxed fit bulletproof mid-length bathrobe by Monsanto, small armory | |
| Llama Butchers | ||
| Politburo |
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| Donald Luskin | Krugman Truth Squad union suit, Anti-stalker GPS monitoring anklet | |
| Bill at INDC Journal | ||
| Josh Marshall | Milla Jovanovich unisex Joan of Arc mail suit with flattering shoulder pads & Teflon jodhpurs | |
| Jimmy Taranto | ||
| Powerline | The exception: ratty old semi-sheer pj's with sagging crotch & no elastic, inside-out Minnesota Vikings sweatshirt, toast crumbs between toes | |
| Blog Quebecois | Underwear worn as Abu Ghraib over-the-head ear warmers | |
| Ace of â™ |
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| Allahpundit | Sea green one-size-fits-all Muslim prayer thobe with discreet dirty bomb pouch | |
| Wretcherd | ||
| Right on Red | Gore-Tex ECWCS trousers with zipper gussets & Hillbilly Jim possum-leather cap | |
| Wizbang | Hugh Hefner silk bathrobe with attachable blonde tomato & humorous boxers | |
| Venomous Kate | Black latex halter mini with Caribbean blue bodice, overflowing ashtray, bucket of martinis | |
| Michael Totten | ||
| Vodkapundit | 1940's alpaca pink rock'n'roll sweater with top button & neck loop | |
| Twisted Spinster | ||
| Lucianne Goldberg | Mug of warm milk, teddy bear, & brushed dalmation bathrobe | |
| Jeff from Beautiful Atrocities |
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Posted by Jeff at September 15, 2004 11:38 PM

