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CNN calls Erickson “a perfect fit” who is “in touch with the very people” they want to reach.

That would be the very same Erick Erickson who unleashed this gem on David Souter:

The nation loses the only goat fucking child molester ever to serve on the Supreme Court.

Far from being fired for that remark, he was hired. As part of the “best political team on television.” But let’s all thank Lord Jesus that Helen Thomas is safely out of the way. The White House press room can now again serve as a refuge for the kind of deeply probing intellect exemplified in these recent gems (h/t Balloon Juice ):

Q: Can you talk about the criticism that the President isn’t making that emotional connection with people over the spill?

Q: Does the White House believe that it was a mistake for the President not to meet with fishermen or other local business people during his last visit?

Q: Did anyone in the White House yell [BP’s Tony Hayward] for making those comments?

“I just cost that kid a perfect game,” Joyce said. “I thought he beat the throw. I was convinced he beat the throw, until I saw the replay.”

Worth thinking about in the inexplicable hysteria over this tragedy: what would the reaction have been if this admittedly blown call occurred vs. the first batsman as opposed to the theoretical last? Please freak out accordingly. As in: not at all. Perfect games are extremely rare. Too bad that it played out in this way, but operator error is, was, and always will be a significant part of that rarity. Three in a month’s time is plainly a move against nature.

This is also why God caused the oil spill, by the way.