Dude, that was WRONG!

Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, WRONG.

And I'm claiming a moral victory for the Charles Krauthammer pull.

Dude, you are like so messed up! Morton Kondracke??? Grass blows in the wind behind the woodshed? Good God!

You obviously can't appreciate true brilliance.

The grass in the wind was all spiritual, man. It represents Mort's calming aura of zen.

Hey, if you ask about TV personalities, you've got to apply TV standards. When Kondracke talks, you have to wait half an hour for him to get the next word out. C'mon, the best TV pundit is a stutterer?

As a commenter accused me recently, you're on crack!

Boyd, you are coming dangerously close to being banished from the kingdom!

Besides, Krauthammer's condition causes him to skip like a record - and he's still awesome ...

Krauthammer's much more intelligible than Kondracke.

Maybe it's a "K" thang.

who?

Okay, I'll give you credit for picking Mort. But lets not forget that it is wise Brit Hume who controls when Mort even gets to speak ;)

Alright, alright. It sounded as if you were fantasizing about getting spanked by Mort behind the woodshed. Wait.....WERE YOU??

And here I am thinking this blog embraces satire. Jon Stewart, oh my, oh dear...anyway...this blog is my moment of Zen. I'm glad I didn't win. What good is a meeeelion dollars without huge pectoral muscles?

My worshipful love for Mort is evergreen and strictly platonic.

He's not as hot as Stossel. Stoooooossssel!

I wouldn't mind seeing Mort in a solo format. The Beltway Boys is only slightly beneath the Sean Hannity and The Laughingly Tolerated Fox News Token Liberal Employee Show in terms of circular, annoying banter. However, I think that Dick Morris, while perhaps not as visually pleasing, could take Mort any day. However however, I would rather watch a show anchored by Mort than Dick.

Choo are crazy, mane. Dick Morris is a sleazeball, Mort is a man of integrity. Read "All Too Human" by Stephenopolous.

The Beltway Boyz suffers from format probs - and Fred Barnes.

I think Dennis Miller should have one. Hilarious and sharp as hell

A show? He does! Weeknights at 9, CNBC.

Oktober, Dennis Miller does have one. It's on CNBC or MSNBC or something. I flipped by it the other night, but it was more important to watch the Most Extreme Elimination Challenge marathon on Spike.

Bill, if Dick Morris doesn't do it for you, how about Shepard Smith? I swear, the man wears more makeup than Al Gore in the infamous Debate #1.

Okay, so he's not a pundit, but I always like integrating Shepard "Fembot" Smith into any discussion.

Shepard used to be a local tv anchor in my hometown in FL growing up. True story.

Shepard Smith also has a mugshot on the smoking gun. True story.

The Beltway Boyz suffers from format probs - and Fred Barnes.

Hear, hear.

There's nothing wrong with Fred Barnes that a smack upside the head and a sharply-utter shaddup! wouldn't fix. If it were applied once every five minutes.

Or a regularly administered tranquilzer dart. He's funny to watch fidget though. I guess he's an ok foil to Mort at times.

I would almost agree with you except for my limited exposure to Kondracke. But I think a lot of the props that you he gets would never happen without the give and take and the great flow that comes on the Beltway Boys with Barnes.

I for one would lean towards Mr. Brit Hume. personal prefrence I guess does carry a lot of weight in this decision, but I have yet to find a more witty traffic cop anywhere. And Kubuki refrences and gorrilas on the set placed aside for a moment I think Dennis Miller deserves more appreciation. He has come a long way in his thought processes and ability to articulate them to the common neanderthal (myself easily included).
Top 5
1. Hume (Don't know if he would really count as a pundit persay Seeing as how he editorializes very slightly when compared to others of the genre)
2. Kondracke
3. Miller
4. Barnes (Yes Dean and Bill I said it and I am sticking to it. Smugness is not always a liability IMO)
5. Tim Russert? I don't know I really should have made this a top 4 I guess.

Russert is top shelf, no question there.

In fact, as far as anchors go, I'll take Tim Russert and Brit Hume over anyone else on television.

See you guys who don't live in the DC area have missed out something terrible. Krauthammer has been a panel guest on the show "Inside Washington" for a very long time. it's where I first saw him. Watching him put the smackdown on Nina Totenberg, Jack Germond, and Evan Thomas every week gives me a nice warm glow that lasts until at least Wednesday.

I understand the show has been syndicated, but it's a relatively new occurrence (the last couple years, perhaps?). I've had The Big K, as he ought to be known, as a guilty pleasure even before I was a political maniac.

Russert is a great interviewer, and Hume serves as a pundit on Fox News Sunday when Chris Wallace plays host. It's great fun.

As far as Krauthammer goes, Here's an earlier brief post that expresses my feelings about the K-man.

Exactly, Bill! You can almost tell fomr the opening sentence when The Big K is about the lower the boom on someone. It's pure glee, I tell you.

Uffff, I sound like an extra from a Gidget episode going on about the guy.