Pointed, pointless questions.

You — I mean YOU — do realize that in the context of the post you are mocking "Why has the United States sent this woman?" is a thought satirically attributed to Merkel and Sarkozy? Or, oh, hell, what does it matter? Why actually read and understand anything written by people who are on my shit list? Clue: Those last 2 questions were thoughts satirically attributed to you.

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I know I can't do much about the anti-Althousians misreading me, but do I assume too much from readers? Am I too elliptical? It's a style choice not to explain everything. It's beyond a style choice. It's a demonstration of faith in the capacity of readers. That faith is the spirit that keeps me going here. I want to be the writer that has that faith. But there are times when I have a crisis of faith. There are times when I look at how readers respond and I want to say: I'm kind of surprised you even read the Althouse blog. What's the point?