City Desk » CHEECH AND CHONG http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk 68.3 Square Miles of D.C. News and Opinion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:27:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Michael Wilbon Heard the One About the Gold Medalist and the Bong — But Didn’t Laugh http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/02/04/michael-wilbon-heard-the-one-about-the-gold-medalist-and-the-bong-but-didnt-laugh/ http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/02/04/michael-wilbon-heard-the-one-about-the-gold-medalist-and-the-bong-but-didnt-laugh/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:21:21 +0000 Dave McKenna http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/?p=15368 Michael Wilbon answered yesterday's Sally Jenkins' column that made light of the Michael Phelps scandal.

Wilbon's piece attempts to slam the bong-sucking swimmer.

Wilbon's been the hardest-working superstar in sports newspapering for a while now. But if his latest column were a Goofus and Gallant panel, Wilbon would own the Goofus role the way Olivier did Hamlet.

Wilbon compares pot smokers to dog killers and stop-sign running drunks.

Even with the occasional caveats Wilbon throws into his paragraphs, his argument is beyond laughable. Given Wilbon's profile and credibility, his argument's downright dangerous, since it's based on the same insincerity and/or stupidity that allows SWAT teams to go unpunished for terrorizing innocent families.

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