This week's Assclown is Dave Begel, writing for "Milwaukee's Daily Magazine" OnMilwaukee.com... Thanks to a KG reader for bringing this douche to my attention. In a column he wrote last week, Begel managed to showcase his hatred for Notre Dame, his complete insensitivity (see the part about Weis' surgery), and his 4th-grade level grammar. If Bob Kravitz had not already been selected as Asshat, Begel would have been the shoe-in.

His reason for openly hating Notre Dame?
The next thing I hate about Notre Dame is it's [sic--this is a error he repeatedly makes] holier-than-thou attitude. The Irish act like it's some kind of honor close to beatification to go there, play for them, play against them and be the Notre Dame network. I mean, how do you think NBC feels about that exclusive contract with Notre Dame?
Well even when Notre Dame does poorly, they still kick other teams' asses in TV ratings, so I'd bet NBC isn't feeling all that badly right now.

But I've said it before and I'll say it again, usually people who charge ND with a "holier-than-thou" attitude are just using code for their anti-Catholic bigotry. I can't say for sure that this guy holds such a bias, but it seems more probable than not. He continues:
The other part of this attitude thing is the refusal of Notre Dame to join a conference. I mean, even Penn State joined a conference. Notre Dame just thinks it is too special to mingle with the mere mortals in a conference.
Hey Asshat, ND doesn't join a conference in football because that would not be in its (notice my proper grammar there) economic interests to do so. What's so wrong with that? And what obligation does ND have to anybody to join a conference?

What seals the deal for Mr. Begel is this:
Then he became the head coach at Notre Dame and found out a big part of his job was convincing young men to move to South Bend, Indiana and play football for a guy with a crew cut and a body that can best be described as chunky. I mean this guy sued his gastric bypass doctors for malpractice.
So either Begel's ignorant of the fact that Weis sued his doctors because the surgery almost killed him (!) or he chose to misconstrue the reason for the lawsuit on purpose in order to make fun of Weis. So either he's an idiot or a complete jerk, or both.

So congrats to this week's Asshat: Dave Begel!


With eyebrows like those, he certainly looks the part of the Asshat.

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