Andrew Sullivan's Blog, page 2540
September 15, 2010
Dissent Of The Day
A reader writes:
I realize you're upset. But this:
[Weigel:] insists that the Tea Party candidate who stole its Republican primary doesn't have a chance in the general election
... is uncalled for. O'Donnell did not "steal" anything, any more than Alvin Greene "stole" his primary win. People voted and this was the result.
Point taken.
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Quote For The Day II
"Aside from its genuflections to the liberating miracles of free markets, movement conservatism -- which is to say, modern conservatism -- requires only the catechism of "Obamian socialism," Big Brother thuggery, and some imagined Elysium of past Constitutional purity. Oh, you may of course toss in some cultural mention of the evils of, say, onanism, but that's optional. The surer path forward is a profound hatred of all things Other and a zealous love of bad, shadowy history," - PM...
The War On Marty, Ctd
A reader writes:
In the spirit of vigilantly pointing out what is right under your nose I offer the following critique of this post defending Marty Peretz.With all these things said about Peretz, the fact remains that if anybody used the exact same language with any other group of people, they would be trashed unambiguously. I think that we may be too quick and harsh to judge in most circumstances, but if the part of the formulation that he didn't apologize for had been made with "Jews" or...
Mental Health Break
Lord of the Hand Dance. Give it thirty seconds:
(Hat tip: TDW)
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The Peace Talks
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The Safety Net, From The Grassroots On Up
Conor remembers Dr. Francis Everett Townsend:
Awash in the cult of the presidency, today's liberals and progressives tend to see old age pensions as a triumph of
And these movements weren't an exclusively leftist...
From The Annals Of Chutzpah
"But we also can't make progress if we have candidates who got serious character problems ... [O'Donnell:] attacked [Castle:] by saying he had a homosexual relationship with a young aide with not a bit of evidence to prove it," - Karl Rove.
I'm ashamed to say it's hard not to take some pleasure in Rove being Roved. Couldn't happen to a more deserving creep.
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Getting Worse Before It Gets Better, Ctd
It put at the top of the party's ticket a volatile newcomer who has forwarded e-mails to friends containing racist jokes and pornographic images, espoused turning prisons into dormitories where welfare recipients could be given classes on hygiene, and defended an ally's comparison of the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, who is Jewish, to "an Antichrist or a Hitler." Yet Mr. Paladino, 64, energized Tea Party advocates and...
You Do Have A Platform!
A reader writes:
In posting that Quote of the Day from Jon Stewart, you showed the optimistic Stewart but missed what I think is the most important quote in the piece:
"Jon has chronicled the death of shame in politics and journalism," says Brian Williams, the NBC Nightly News anchor who is a frequent Daily Show guest. "Many of us on this side of the journalism tracks often wish we were on Jon's side. I envy his platform to shout from the mountaintop. He's a necessary branch of...
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