Ross Douthat is a Harvard-educated conservative columnist for the New York Times. In the past few months, he was perhaps best roasted for being deadass wrong about presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump and many other presidential candidates.
The entire commentariat is going to feel a little silly when Marco Rubio wins every Republican primary.
— Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) September 25, 2015
It’s one thing for forecasters to have to dial back their rational predictions in the face of a disintegrating conservative party. Douthat’s wrongness wasn’t based on numbers and algorithms, though. The 36-year-old pens opinion pieces teeming with Republican passion (no, not that Republican passion). This is all heart and zero smarts.
After roundly mocking his bunk predictions, many thought there was nothing left to lampoon, that this was merely a case of “been there, Dou-that.” That is, until Twitter user hero @RalphDouthat came onto the scene.
— Ralph Douthat (@ralphdouthat) May 13, 2016
This is an actual quote from the man himself, dating back to his college years, when he was profiled by the Harvard Crimson in a piece called “Move Over Limbaugh.” Its sub-headline is an incomplete sentence, which is pretty much what reading Douthat feels like: an incoherent mad lib.
— Ralph Douthat (@ralphdouthat) May 14, 2016
Looking at screenshots of Simpsons episodes juxtaposed against real Douthat headlines is far easier on the eyes than taking into account the fact that the Gray Lady decided to employ Ralph Wiggum in human form to replace Bill Kristol.
— Ralph Douthat (@ralphdouthat) May 23, 2016
— Ralph Douthat (@ralphdouthat) May 13, 2016
Those who simply know Douthat from his Twitter presence can still get enjoyment out of @RalphDouthat thanks to its colorful reimagining of the man behind the tweets.
— Ralph Douthat (@ralphdouthat) May 13, 2016
— Ralph Douthat (@ralphdouthat) May 13, 2016
— Ralph Douthat (@ralphdouthat) May 13, 2016
— Ralph Douthat (@ralphdouthat) May 13, 2016
And it appears that no New York Times pundit is safe from @RalphDouthat. The role of Douthat’s real-life predecessor will be played by Sideshow Bob, according to a Twitter poll.
.@ralphdouthat pic.twitter.com/TtgYb1B2IV
— Ralph Douthat (@ralphdouthat) May 25, 2016
@ralphdouthat pic.twitter.com/CvSIEKjMJe
— Ralph Douthat (@ralphdouthat) May 25, 2016
Did he really Douthat? He did.
