tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post5350945782164093799..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: And If Only The Vietnamese Had Worn Bright Red Coats And Formed Infantry SquaresJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-83647965600234637812012-10-01T21:12:26.288-04:002012-10-01T21:12:26.288-04:00Er, make that "Douthat is just Jonah Goldberg...Er, make that "Douthat is just Jonah Goldberg without the Cheeto stains on his fingers." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-16636721307182176552012-10-01T21:10:22.420-04:002012-10-01T21:10:22.420-04:00the only memorable thing Douthat has said in that ...<i>the only memorable thing Douthat has said in that time concerned Reese Witherspoon and avoirdupois</i><br /><br />Fouthat is just Jonah Goldberg without the Cheeto stains on his finers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-67553755391437484172012-09-28T10:55:26.344-04:002012-09-28T10:55:26.344-04:00This one is going to leave a mark! Ole Ross will b...This one is going to leave a mark! Ole Ross will be in the sitz bath for the next two weeks...and the best part, imho, is that you have nailed it. Doughboy has run out of ideas (as though he had any in the first place) and the NYT had damned well better be thinking about replacing the little twerp with a real writer who has his/her OWN ideas. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-21489437249448412042012-09-27T14:01:25.031-04:002012-09-27T14:01:25.031-04:00Good points, all...except for one:
"during ...Good points, all...except for one:<br /><br /> "during which time the White House - whose Libya policy has been sold with evasions and dishonesties from the beginning -:" pretty much nails it. Of course, the exact same thing (only with more outright lies and opportunism) is true of the W Adminsistration as well, but said admin exists in the far outer reaches of time, and has nothing Brian Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-39122535647387622412012-09-27T13:53:42.985-04:002012-09-27T13:53:42.985-04:00media bias or no
Here is a super-religious super-...<i>media bias or no</i><br /><br />Here is a super-religious super-conservative given a prime spot in the most liberal-of-liberal (ok, in the right's estimation) media outlets, and he can write that with a straight face? I suggest the "or no" part of that phrase may be the more operative.Rugosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04348056243298249939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-15799177149858402912012-09-27T11:41:49.562-04:002012-09-27T11:41:49.562-04:00Maybe, if we clap our hands real loud, Obama will ...Maybe, if we clap our hands real loud, Obama will Take The Gloves Off this time. And tell the rethugs to go look up a rope.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-63453093618836003012012-09-27T07:50:24.824-04:002012-09-27T07:50:24.824-04:00"...after managing to win the Republican nomi..."...after managing to win the Republican nomination by sheer dint of every other candidate being a fucking moron..."<br />I dunno why everyone forgets Huntsman. I can remember when I actually feared him: living in a conservative dreamworld, yes, but seemingly smart and articulate. Alas, he believed in science and thought Cantonese was something to be proud of. Aimed way, way over the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-59390255059788111812012-09-27T07:15:56.826-04:002012-09-27T07:15:56.826-04:00Let's see -- According to Douthat, Obama's...Let's see -- According to Douthat, Obama's failures included a convention speech that seemed so-so because the former pres blew the roof off the place, the Fed's efforts at CPR because the other party rejects any real jobs plan, violence in the Mideast because that never happened before, and the president uttered a banal phrase about the public pressure it takes to spur the capital Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-42045113252784215112012-09-26T22:00:33.347-04:002012-09-26T22:00:33.347-04:00Visualize the repug party as existing inside a car...Visualize the repug party as existing inside a carnival like <i>Something Wicked This Way Comes</i>, complete with insane mirror-maze and light-speed-backwards-carousel, plus a dunking stool for various repug pols to climb up on and dare the world to knock 'em down. Its OK! the "water" is actually 200 proof gin/Holy Water.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-55259962649455836422012-09-26T19:27:36.928-04:002012-09-26T19:27:36.928-04:00What Anonymous and you, M. Riley, said...
And if ...What Anonymous and you, M. Riley, said...<br /><br />And if Ross can't grasp the intense, even preposterous, degree of party-wide failure inherent in the premise of this column, he's got no business writing a politics column. Not even in the NYTimes.Li'l Innocenthttp://ladysmantle.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-43727667422936799012012-09-26T18:59:41.887-04:002012-09-26T18:59:41.887-04:00It's six weeks until Election Day and the cons...It's six weeks until Election Day and the conservative "we'd be winning if only ..." excuse-making has already hit the unprecedented "we'd be winning if only we didn't have to have a candidate" level.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-18897410013481424472012-09-26T17:18:47.699-04:002012-09-26T17:18:47.699-04:00For all his failings, real and imagined, Obama com...For all his failings, real and imagined, Obama comes off as a fairly reasonable, forthright, and caring fellow. If the Republicans really wanted to defeat him, they should have chosen a candidate who could fake at least one of those qualities.synykylnoreply@blogger.com