Awkward: Author Takes Revenge Against Ex-Girlfriend on C-SPAN
- Posted on October 18, 2010 at 2:33pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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If you would have tuned in to the C-SPAN2 discussion of Jonah Goldberg’s new book Proud to be Right, odds are that you might have thought you were watching a counseling session rather than a book discussion.
The Daily Caller explains:
It turns out panelists Todd Seavey and Helen Rittelmeyer, both contributors to Goldberg’s collection of essays by the next generation of conservatives, had dated at some point before appearing on this panel together. Seavey clearly had some unresolved issues with the break-up and decided to take them out on Rittelmeyer during the event, which was being televised on CSPAN2. The result is the wonkiest, nerdiest Internet revenge ever.
Revenge begins at about 1:45 below:
Partial transcript thanks to the DC:
Seavey: “I think you’ll find a lot of Helen’s positions are guided by the desire to increase suffering.”
Rittelmeyer: “I’m Catholic.”
Seavey: “That might explain it. Although, you start connecting the dots and you realize that, though she sounds like an old-timey, old-fashioned Catholic moralist, she’s almost always defending something that most of us you find horrific, whether it’s corrupt politicians over reformers, bar brawlers. She’ll defend Catholic moralists one moment, but defend prostitutes and bad girls the next.
She says she’s sort of like a libertarian, but the first thing she wants to repeal, she once said, was the law against assault, so that men get into more fistfights or at least live under the threat of constant fistfights…
I probably should confess that Helen and I dated for two years, so we’ve sparred about many things. It might come as a surprise to some of you that we dated for two years, not just because we have ideological differences, but because there are probably some people in this room who also dated Helen during those two years, given how tumultuous it got. It was sort of on again, off again.
Rittelmeyer: “I’m in favor of combativeness.”
Seavey: “And, at at times her gamesmanship would include even coldly saying that she was gonna play matchmaker and set up a couple and then seduce the man away to play with his mind and hurt the woman, which when you think about it is pretty creepy. Kinda disturbing.Rittelmeyer: “Is all this going on CSPAN?”
Seavey: “I believe five months later, she made good on this somewhat disturbing promise.”
Jonah Goldberg: “Okaaaay.”
Daily Caller writer Mary Katharine Ham was able to get e-mail responses from the feuding ex-couple.
Rittelmeyer’s response:
I wish I could say it was all a plan hatched by our new-media consultant, who told us we had to “think outside the box” to make our C-Span panel “go viral,” but no, it is exactly what it looks like.
As a matter of policy, I don’t comment on my personal life in public, but I will clarify that his tirade thoroughly mischaracterizes my political views. For instance, I do not believe that laws against assault should be repealed — nor do I think there should be an exception in cases when one’s ex-boyfriend behaves unacceptably on national television, though I admit that’s a tougher question. Nor do I oppose Obamacare for the contorted reason he states — I oppose it for the usual reasons.
Seavey’s response:
Was Helen just lying when she previously said she wanted to legalize assault and opposed Obamacare because the state shouldn’t ameliorate suffering? It’s entirely possible. Helen often lies (and as she well knows can always plead “irony” if someone catches her, which is why her favorite Catholic is Oscar Wilde — or so she says, anyway). I’m not going to waste any more time trying to sort it out, though.
Top that.
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Comments (47)
pajamash
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 6:10pmOpposites attract but total opposites attract then ferociously repel one another.
Oh, and what is off bounds. Pretty much that last four minutes of that diatribe.
Report Post »snuss
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 5:14pmJonah Goldberg what a dork, the mannerisms of this guy were symptoms of classic liberal mental illness.
Report Post »Down2TheC
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 6:11pmThat wasn’t Jonah speaking. Jonah Goldberg is brilliant. You should try a couple of his books. Liberal Fascism was the first book that educated Glenn Beck on the progressive roots and Wilson’s reign of terror.
Report Post »moelarrycurly
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 5:10pmDude…Climb down off that cross-use the wood to build a bridge and get the f&%k over it!!!!
I wish I could get the time I spent reading this article back… That I even finished reading it says volumes of how bored I am or what kind of person I am…You pick…my head hurts…
Report Post »ME
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 4:47pmwaste of time
Report Post »Alvin691
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 4:37pmOk, these two are way more geeky that I could ever become. The power is strong with them.
Report Post »greggor
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 4:13pmWhile I am certain that Jonah never meant for this to happen, he had to at least know that there had been a “falling out” between these two people.
Report Post »Anyways.. I can’t wait to see what Jonah says about all of this, in (hopefully) his next column. I always try to read his work, and have a great deal of respect for his views.
Brooke Lorren
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 4:12pmThis guy has problems…
Report Post »Ch
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 4:05pmI saw that over the week-end. I thought then and I think now…”What a dirt bag.”
Report Post »plaidness
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 4:01pmSeavy has proven himself to be a jerk who thinks he’s so much more compassionate than most.
Report Post »Annie Fields
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:22pmMeow! (Him!)
Report Post »ZaphodsPlanet
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:34pmHell hath no fury like a WEINER scorned.
Report Post »SickTwistedFreak
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:21pmWow whoever guessed those two nerds dated each other.
Report Post »sorebird
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:16pmTypical lib, personal attacks from some really creepy people.
Report Post »ZaphodsPlanet
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:13pmShe wants to date a man that’s not afraid of a fight, burly probably and will control her to some extent. She doesn’t understand this and cheats on the pseudo intellectual, metro sexual dweebs bursting with pimples in the room. Very poor form on the guys part…… Grow some already. His actions show no life experience, and no self control….. the appropriate response is “Be a Man”… that‘s really what she’s looking for.
But you have to admit… watching this video is kind of like watching a car accident isn’t it?
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:13pmTo The Blaze staff: Is this a slow news day? This is another non-issue. I‘m very disappointed in today’s content.
Report Post »wonderbug
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:10pmShameful is a word. I understand that they’ve both got essays in the book being showcased.
Report Post »Patriot
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:06pmWhy this is here, I don’t know, but at the very least I think it would be appropriate to have her reply included in the video. I hope Mr. Goldberg read him the riot act after this. These two are obvious major geeks and while I have little doubt that she hurt him badly, I hope it was worth it because this video will be the top search result on his name forever.
Report Post »LadyLiberty
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:04pmAiring your ire for a former girlfriend on C-SPAN …wow, this guy REALLY must not see a lot of action.
Report Post »snowleopard3200
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:16pmI agree with you.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 5:45pmCan’t we all just get along?!?
Report Post »oldphart
Posted on October 19, 2010 at 5:02amHe won’t anymore.
Report Post »shotgun
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:00pmI might have dated her during those 2 years as well.
Report Post »Slevdog1
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 2:56pmI think they need counseling. Maybe Carville & Matilin should work on getting them back together.
Report Post »HippoNips
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 2:48pmJeezzz, a girl says she didn’t feel anything just one time and this is what she gets.
Report Post »firstHat
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 2:48pmerm.. ok I’m left feeling bad for Goldberg, who is someone I respect and deserved better than this. I’m with the others, is it that slow a newsday? Or are you poking fun at the media by kinda being like them?
Report Post »zagfan
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 2:47pmWell now that is a sore loser! Idiot makes for him! The only one that should be embarrassed is the heart broken fool!
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 2:42pmTHIS IS IMPORTANT………………please go to posting of OBAMAS NEW SIMPLE WRITING LAW listed in posts on main page…………..THIS IS THE MOST DANGEROUS LAW OF RECENT HISTORY read the explanation of law CAREFULLY. notice the wording of original law and notice the meaning of the law after rewording it……….IT CHANGES A SUGGESTION of action ( about excersize) into a requirement of exercise (please read my post on page three ) …………………..the WORDING OF LAW IS IMPORTANT…………..CHANGING IT CHANGES THE MEANING AND SCOPE OF THE LAW
Report Post »Spero
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:34pmAgreed…. Words actually MEAN things….
Report Post »AirForceBrat
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 7:00pmWORDS! Remember the hundreds of thousands of dollars the administration used to commission an agency to help them “WORD” the polling questions so that it was almost impossible to answer them honestly, effectively, and at times one could not understand what they were really asking? These poll results were/are then being used to show faux-support for an agenda that is being rammed down our throats. Manipulating words is an old and effective tactic to trick people into saying and doing things that they never intended.
Report Post »Read everything carefully! Use Your Brain!
john seven eighteen
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 2:42pmokay, I’m at a loss here. I just don‘t care and it’s not news, but geez people, get a room already!
Report Post »JGP
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 2:53pmIs Seavey still in high school? Fool.
Report Post »snowleopard3200
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:08pmA dispute on C-Span? Uh, for some reason this is not new – normally it is the house or senate that is on the dueling field yet this time it is them.
So what will C-span do next…duel of the mathmaticians? Physics teachers fighting to the death via experimentation?
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (mix art)
BernieKittyCat
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:17pmThis has increased the maturity level of usual C-span (House/Senate) discussions to 5th or 6th grade level!
Report Post »Danglinbags
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 2:38pmThis is ghey.
Steve Smith
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 3:54pmYay drama. This should be right up your alley there, bags.
Report Post »FIRED UP FREE MAN !
Posted on October 20, 2010 at 9:40pmMr. SOROS is an international criminal. Any government official taking money from this monster or those he supports should be brought up on treason charges. Anybody who takes money from this monster has sold his soul and our government to HELL ! GOD BLESS AMERICA AND THE LIGHT OF DAY! For only TRUTH and the light of day is what this country DESERVES. Democrats seemed to have been infected by this DEADLY parasite and his minions. This country will NOT rest until SOROS is in prison orange and handcuffs standing in front of a military tribunal in Guantomino Bay, Cuba
If you have any complaints about Mr. SOROS here are the names and addresses, maybe you can send them a line.
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