The Jong and Taibbi Feud

There’s nothing more entertaining than watching two accomplished writers going at each other in prose. Hooray for Huffington Post and the niche of liberals cannibalizing one another!

There will be blood. And it will all be on Huffpo.

Here’s the recap:

Erica Jong started it with her essay titled,”Misogyny, Momism and Militarism.” She called out Matt Taibbi by name for referring to Hillary Clinton‘s arms as flabby. Then accused him of having an Oedipus complex. Writing:

You cannot fuck your mother so you must revile her.

So

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