COMIC TURN Dennis Miller scales the Rushmore of wrong-headedness (Barry Crimmins Barf)

Boston Phoenix ^ | 2/28/3 | Barry Crimmins

[Gothmog]

"But give Miller credit; he has accomplished something that almost no one before him has ever been able to do. He has actually become so vile that he is not even suitable company in Hollywood. He can now make a game-show host shudder in revulsion. This works well for the self-involved Miller. Why waste time considering the true horror and long-term ramifications of the violence he so blindly supports when we could instead be focusing on the assault of cold shoulders he has sustained on Rodeo Drive? Yeah, Dennis, enough of this massacre-of-innocents stuff, let’s talk about you.

"As cocksure as Miller is in his new political alliance, he’d better watch himself — he could be headed toward a 21st-century version of Hitler’s 'Night of the Long Knives.' So long as church-state integrationist John Ashcroft is the attorney general, a purge of the potty-mouthed Miller is never a distant possibility."

Sounds like Crimmins wants to 'blacklist' Miller -- but, no, libs would never do that.

[Pharmboy]

He's the one in the middle. I'm waiting for HBO to run this one (smirk).

[RobRoy]

Looks like Miller is a walking example of the old phrase, "Show me a young man who is not a liberal, and I'll show you a man without a heart. Show me an old man who is a liberal and I'll show you a man without a brain."

Maybe Dennis is showing he has a heart AND a brain, unlike the author.

[Howlin]

Judging from the depth of the attacks, I'm thinking that it's beginning to dawn on the liberals that the majority of the country agrees with us and that they are a dying breed, and that they really have no way to get back to power in the foreseeable future. They seem to be in the process of coming to gripes with their own irrelevance. (Of course, they may not really comprehend that, I'm just guessing.)

I wonder if they think this approach wins friends and influences people?

It's hard to watch and wonderful to watch at the very same time.

[Teacher317]

He has actually become so vile that he is not even suitable company in Hollywood.

Nope. No elitism here. (Peggy Noonan on Liberal Elitism)

[Miss Marple]

OK, I did some digging. If you google through the articles under his name (and you have to skip a whole lot his writings) you find some interesting things. He opposed the first Gulf War. He hates George W. Bush and is still harping on that unelected whine.

The most interesting thing I discovered was that he testified against AOL before Congress in 1995, accusing them of not doing enough to stop child pornography.

He became interested in child pornography when he suddenly remembered being raped AS A BABY after discussions with his sister. He then started investigating all the chat rooms, often posing as a 12-year old girl. In one article he is quoted as saying someone offered to send him pornography that took EIGHT HOURS TO DOWNLOAD.

In my opinion, this guy is a nut case and is using his crusader position to amass way too much evidence of pornography.

He is a very bad person.

[mhking]

He has actually become so vile that he is not even suitable company in Hollywood.

And this is supposed to be a bad thing?

[SquirrelKing]

"I used to write for Miller in 1992..."

If his first show tanked could you have had anything to do with it?

[Howlin]

Oh, yes, I certainly will give this guy's opinion consideration! NOT.

[Welsh Rabbit]

This guy needs a hug.

Yeah, a rib-breaking bear hug....

[7thson]

Exactly! I was waiting for someone to point this out. Crimmins talks about being with your dad during a thirty mile drive and listen to his drivel. In fact, Miller seems to have grown up, while Crimmins remains a child.

[Chi-townChief]

Who is Crimmins, anyway?

[presidio9]

He became interested in child pornography when he suddenly remembered being raped AS A BABY after discussions with his sister. He then started investigating all the chat rooms, often posing as a 12-year old girl. In one article he is quoted as saying someone offered to send him pornography that took EIGHT HOURS TO DOWNLOAD.

In my opinion, this guy is a nut case and is using his crusader position to amass way too much evidence of pornography.

He is a very bad person.

Give the preverts credit. They are very dilligent about their "research," aren't they? It is interesting that Mr. Crimmins crusades so tirelessly against child pornography, and then goes to work for a pro-child porn rag like the Phoenix. Nope, no conflict there

[Miss Marple]

From reading his congressional testimony, it sounds to me like he was trying to intimidate AOL. Also, there is a lot of other stuff about him if you can stand to read all of it. I gave up after the testimony, the interview, and scanning a couple of his articles.

He is a bad person.

[hgro]

What piece of rotten wood did this termite come from?

A typical hollyrood type who sees the end of the commie regime in the land of fruits and nuts.

[duckman]

I agree, he also made quite a bit of fun at Bob Doles disability. During the 96 elections Miller did several skits involving the pen Dole would hold in his disabled hand. I thought it was tasteless. I could never get past that. I found that highly offensive.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Who could forget Margaret Quimby ?

[WaveThatFlag]

All else aside, I find this guy's calling President Bush a "little bastard" highly offensive.

Don't get offended. The guy is an untalented loser who has not sniffed a mainstream buck in 20 years because he is boring and the things he rants about are no longer a cause for concern. He wrote the article to stick up for Phil Donahue, who is a good friend. The only half-way serious exposure Crimmins has had in a decade, was on Donahue, which had lower ratings than an Antiques Roadshow rereun. But, really, who is even going to see it in the Boston Phoenix? I'm guessing more people will read it on FR than would have read it on the Phoenix website. Enjoy his increasing irrelevance. If he can't piss off people on this website, he's not going to be able to do it anywhere. But, pretty soon, even we will begin to stop caring about his stupidity.

[Dan from Michigan]

Who in the blue hell is Barry Crimmins?

[philosofy123]

Leno is a leftist, who constantly make fun of Bush. He said about Saddam wanting to debate Bush: That would work, English is a second language for both of them!

Leno was visibly unconfortable with Miller remarks.