Patterico uses the thwarted terror attacks in London as a basis for rejecting the claim made by various visions in his head that “This whole war on terror thing is a phony construct made up by Bush.” Various other Bush apologists see this as a vindication for Bush’s strategy, the most important component of which […]
Month: August 2006
Drum writes: And yet, much as I’m reluctant to agree with him, Weisberg has a point: aside from kvetching about Bush’s policies, the liberal blogosphere has chosen to almost unanimously si
Another antidote to Weisbergian invocations of dirty, dirty hippies and objectively-pro-Islamofascists who were right about the war before it became fashionable to be. (Needless to say, TNR has hauled
The General makes a modest proposal to Marty Peretz.
Eschewing the notion of trying to cook up an original thought, Jacob Weisberg wastes no time descending into self-parody: The problem for the Democrats is that the anti-Lieberman insurgents go far bey
When in doubt, attack Jesse Jackson: But, if Lamont is trying to put himself forward as a new face in the Democratic Party, the two men who planted themselves right in back of him on the stage at the
Over at Alterdestiny, Loomis heralds a reconsideration of our portliest President, William Howard Taft. Loomis argues correctly, I think, that Taft had the misfortune of being sandwiched between Wilson and Roosevelt, two of America’s most over-rated Presidents. Taft lacked both the almost psychotic imperialism of Roosevelt and the virulent racism of Wilson, while supporting some […]
Michael Crowley asks the right question… People who think the national media are overly obsessed with the Lieberman-Lamont race often wonder why the press doesn’t pay as much attention to
For pure, unadulterated comedy gold you can’t get much better than Marty Peretz reacting to the shocking development of a Democrat winning the Democratic primary in Connecticut. Admittedly, he&#
With 94. 45% of precincts reporting, Lawyers, Guns, and Money is projecting Ned Lamont as winner of the Connecticut Democratic Senate primary. Hey, if Mariano Rivera can give up a homerun to blow a save, I figure this is a night where justice can triumph for once. Here’s a thought: what happens if it’s close […]
The good news is, as of this posting, Lamont is still ahead, with 3/4 of precincts reporting. The bad news is that he seems to have been losing ground all night. There have been two big votes–th
Ah, I see that some Bush apologists are finally letting their pretense that the Iraq war was going to produce a nice pro-American pro-Israeli liberal democracy fade away into more of a “cane the