Question: Is the proper response to "You're in our prayers," "Go f--- yourself!"?
Jonah Goldberg thinks not.
On Wednesday, even as the atrocity unfolded, thousands — perhaps millions — of people offered their “thoughts and prayers” to the victims and their families. A handful of smug liberal ghouls, hungry to turn the shooting into a partisan feast, decided that the Republican politicians offering their thoughts and prayers were liars...
GOP hopefuls weren’t “preaching about prayer.” They were offering their prayers (just like President Obama did the next day)...
It is no great insight to point out that prayerful statements can be platitudinous. So what? Most of us aren’t really expecting a serious answer when we greet someone with “How are you?” Just because good manners can be trite doesn’t mean they’re not good manners. Good manners are a sign of respect. And offering one’s prayers to those suffering is a far more meaningful sign of respect than saying “How are you?"Read it all.
Given this sort of partisan tastelessness, it's isn't surprising that when the Daily News was up for sale for princely sum of $1 (one dollar), there were no takers.
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