A longtime commentator on Jackson's public life, J. Randy Taraborrelli, gave a retrospective analysis of the album in the biography, The Magic & the Madness.

"I think it's a matter of being healthy or being dead," one longtime political commentator said.

But for Marty Kuehnert, a longtime commentator on Japanese baseball, there is no explaining away the disparate attention that Japanese fans accord native and foreign players.

Vidal was a lifelong Democrat; he ran for political office twice and was a longtime political commentator.

Don Cherry, a longtime commentator on Hockey Night in Canada has made a few comments interpreted by many Québécois as Quebec bashing.

Pinkwater is also a longtime commentator on National Public Radio.

But the doll was praised by Juan Manuel Garcia Passlacqua, a longtime political commentator in Puerto Rico.

"Darts is a cross between a Springsteen concert and professional wrestling now," said Sid Waddell, a longtime commentator, embellishing just a smidge.

A longtime commentator on Native American affairs, Silko has published many non-fictional articles on Native American affairs and literature.

But after that, warned a longtime political commentator, "fasten your seat belt."