Bill Kristol is apparently losing some ambition. Whereas in the past he would eagerly rewrite the McCain/Palin talking points, now he’s content to transcribe them directly from his phone calls with Palin.
Link: alicublog: Goon Squad
On the rabid proliferation of the Ayers story by rightwing columnists who, inconceivably, ought to be better than that. These boys and girls are writers and editors at a prestigious magazine, yet they can be dragooned into this service as easily as felons into a road gang ... In the end they're all just low-level employees of the Ministry of Truth."
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Shorter David Brooks
Two in twenty-four hours? I know, I know…
Shorter David Brooks: “Okay, I admit that the Palin pick was a cynical ploy of the most base and misleading kind, but that’s still no excuse for anyone else to say so.”
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