Monnbat....etymology by William Ass-afire

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonbat
Moonbat is a term used in United States politics as a political
epithet referring to social liberals or leftists.

Contents [hide]
1 Etymology
2 Examples of usage
3 Notes
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Etymology
According to an article by self-described New York Times "language
maven" William Safire, the term was first used by science fiction
author Robert A. Heinlein in 1947.[1] Heinlein used the term in a
1947
short story, "Space Jockey," as the name of the third stage of a
rocket bound for the moon. Descriptions of bat-like people on the
moon
were part of the 1835 Great Moon Hoax. One explanation for the
current
political use is that the term was derived from the name of liberal
author George Monbiot.

[edit] Examples of usage
According to William Safire, "The prevailing put-down of right-wing
bloggers is wingnuts; this has recently been countered by the
vilification of left-wing partisans who use the Web as
moonbats..."[1]
On March 14, 2000 Jonah Goldberg's National Review Online column
"Our,
*ahem*, FAQ Welcome New Readers" contained the following: "Alas,
because Goldberg watches Baywatch everyday and can name the main
characters in almost every Marvel comic book from 1976 to 1986, he
occasionally makes errors. Far more often, he simply writes things
that make readers say, "Is this guy higher than a moonbat?""[2]
Howie Carr of the Boston Herald uses the term regularly in his
columns.
[3][4][5][6][7][8] Carr wrote in 2008 about the number of "Moonbats"
inhabiting the town of Arlington, Massachusetts. In response, a group
of Arlington residents founded the Menotomy Moonbats to raise money
for their local public schools: Menotomy was the historical name for
Arlington during the American Revolutionary War.[9][10][11][12][13]
Margery Eagan, another Herald columnist, has used the term several
times to characterize some supporters of Democratic governor Deval
Patrick.[14][15][16]
Conservative columnist and blogger Michelle Malkin was quoted by
Howard Kurtz as writing, "But now the determined moonbat hordes have
exposed multiple instances of what clearly appear to me to be blatant
lifting of entire, unique passages by [conservative blogger] Ben
Domenech from other writers," [17] in reference to Domenech's
resignation from the Washington Post after evidence of his plagiarism
came to light. / Wikipedia
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William Ass-afire
is the "original" "nick-name" created and given to the former New
York Times Columnist Mr. William Safire by Nominal9, a number of
years
ago. Although the said, "Ass-afire" nick-name has neither been
registerd copyrighted nor in any trademarked by Nominal9, please be
advised that ....."copyright" subsists from creation... Therefore any
individuals wishing to copy, parrot, "popinjay" or otherwise make use
of the "Ass-afire" nickname with referece to Mr Willian Safire should
properly give me, Nominal9, proper attribution, at the least......
(wink).
nominal9

[mike [Obama is one of Gods chosen sons ] 532 !]

i don't really care what the radical right wing call me i am a very
proud liberal and sometimes socialist

[nominal9]

Good for you, mike...
Who would listen to any guy surnamed "Ass-afire" anyway?

nominal9

On Jan 17, 5:45 am, "mike [Obama is one of Gods chosen sons ] 532 !"

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