It’s somewhat known in D.C. journalism circles that TIME’s Ana Marie Cox simply adores Choire Sicha — because he, much more so than her former Gawker boss Nick Denton, worked tirelessly to help her find the Wonkette voice that ultimately launched her from obscurity (yes, it took a gay man to really make those ass fucking jokes work, kids — sorry to spoil the illusion), but that doesn’t explain why New York newspapers think Sicha has the authority to do election journalism. No, it wasn’t his recent lackluster coverage of the Barack Obama campaign that made us seriously question Sicha’s credentials, but, rather, his poorly-constructed, almost incomprehensible piece today on why single people should sleep with marrieds. His main point, that married people tend not to have time for their single friends is an old, tired one. It was boring when Carrie Bradshaw overplayed the topic years ago — now it’s just stale. Can’t single people have any fun by themselves? Why does Sicha fall so easily into the notion that marrieds are having such a great time changing diapers? His rambling diatribe ultimately comes off as jealously. Hell, if he wants to change diapers so badly, why doesn’t he just shack up with Denton and adopt a trendy foreign baby already? Yes, we’re calling Sicha a bore — and this exciting election season simply doesn’t need to be cumbered.

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