{"id":609,"date":"2007-11-24T01:37:58","date_gmt":"2007-11-24T09:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/godammit.com\/2007\/11\/24\/a-disgruntled-crackhead-to-avoid\/"},"modified":"2007-11-24T01:37:58","modified_gmt":"2007-11-24T09:37:58","slug":"a-disgruntled-crackhead-to-avoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/a-disgruntled-crackhead-to-avoid\/","title":{"rendered":"A Disgruntled Crackhead to Avoid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington Post classical music critic Tim Page has been put on leave<\/a> after sending an irate email to DC council member Marion Barry. Remember when Barry was Mayor, until he was arrested and convicted for possession of cocaine?<\/p>\n

Tim Page was sick of receiving email from Barry\u2019s staff and sent this response:<\/p>\n

Must we hear about it every time this Crack Addict attempts to rehabilitate himself with some new \u2013 and typically half-witted \u2013 political grandstanding? I’d be grateful if you would take me off your mailing list. I cannot think of anything the useless Marion Barry could do that would interest me in the slightest, up to and including overdose. Sincerely, Tim Page.<\/em><\/p>\n

Awesome, right? Well, that stupid Crackhead Marion Barry has demanded that the Post fire Tim page. Here is Barry’s position:<\/p>\n

Barry said in an interview that he was “outraged” and “incredulous” at the “despicable” e-mail, “particularly coming from a reporter at a reputable newspaper like The Washington Post, not a rag.” He said the note amounted to “character assassination” at a time when “around the nation, it’s almost open season on black people.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Whoa! Can you believe that Crack Addict played the Race Card?!<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Mr. Page, who recently wrote a wonderful piece in the New Yorker about growing up with Asperger\u2019s Syndrome, has only grown in stature as far as I\u2019m concerned.<\/p>\n

I think it\u2019s a shame that you can\u2019t even call a spade a spade. Tim Page has issued an apology<\/a> \u00a0and I would like to issue an apology to him:<\/p>\n

Dear Mr Page, Sorry that you worked for a bunch of spineless \u00a0hacks and morons. Please run for President. Yours admiringly, Sister Wolf.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"