tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post5066416628830536828..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: In All SeriousnessJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-83216980902658783072011-05-12T09:32:31.738-04:002011-05-12T09:32:31.738-04:00I am surprised that of all the frenchmen Newt coul...I am surprised that of all the frenchmen Newt could have chosen to publicly admire, he didn't choose Napoleon. I suspect the only reason this wasn't the case was the heroic intervention of a company or two of spin doctors and publicists, who argued that the 'delusions of grandeur' and 'bald faced empire building greed' while perfectly suited to his base, might not be 77southnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-88548091095217745572011-05-12T09:04:24.562-04:002011-05-12T09:04:24.562-04:00"Attending the State Fair"
Oh, please. ..."Attending the State Fair"<br /><br />Oh, please. It was a milking contest.<br /><br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/ind_first_lady/2011/05/11/AFjk1jsG_story.html?wprss=rss_homepageWeird Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-37365433689072479682011-05-11T22:39:51.253-04:002011-05-11T22:39:51.253-04:00DeGaulle was OK. He was a great man with a great l...DeGaulle was OK. He was a great man with a great large nose about which every Frenchman can be proud, and he wrote French and spoke it in a way that your or I could understand after three years studying it in high school, when we couldn't read a French menu or a French newspaper. Read DeGaulle's memoirs if you ever want to learn that language, or listen to his speeches if you ever want toRaslebolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-22798075439193003492011-05-11T20:48:42.535-04:002011-05-11T20:48:42.535-04:00Take Chris Cillizza. Please. Could the Washington ...<i>Take Chris Cillizza. Please. Could the Washington Post do something to improve his output? Like fire him? Or at least keep his annoying, teacher's-atttention-seeking, rat-chattering nerd persona out of videos for the sake of what's left of journalism's reputation? </i><br /><br />He's their Politico. The Graham family cannot survive by <a href="http://chronicle.com/article/ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-32658299961993178472011-05-11T15:48:55.088-04:002011-05-11T15:48:55.088-04:00Mr. Gingrich considers his own following on Twitte...<i>Mr. Gingrich considers his own following on Twitter and Facebook to be an emergent movement, too — although it’s not clear exactly what strand of Republicanism he represents.</i><br /><br />It helps to hear this in the voice of John Cleese. Also, <i>strain</i> of Republicanism instead of <i>strand</i> is more apropos, as in a form of virus, like the plague.R. Porrofattonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-53147233286097644772011-05-11T14:37:16.795-04:002011-05-11T14:37:16.795-04:00Brilliant. Literally brilliant.Brilliant. Literally brilliant.Jack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.com