tim maguire

Since currently more bums are Democrats than Republicans, a fully effective “throw the bums out!” campaign would put the Republicans back in the saddle. McConnell doesn’t need to “up his game,” he needs to retire or be retired.

5 days, 3 hours ago onWordpress in pajamasmedia.com

I imagine this event will expose a lot of hypocrisy on both sides of the isle. I was disappointed by the number of people who thought Gates deserved to be arrested for being a jerk to Officer Crowley. Just as Acorn does a 180 when the shoe is on the other foot (is that a mixed metaphor? More like 2nd cousins, I think), I expect many on the right to flip as well and be outraged at the way the police pushed around law abiding citizens here. ... See all content Hide content

7 months, 2 weeks ago onWordpress in www.firstthings.com

The truly sad thing is, not screwing up Iraq IS his biggest accomplishment.

1 month, 1 week ago onWordpress in www.firstthings.com

zuch, Colbert’s biggest joke on Conservatives is that some conservatives don’t get his biggest joke–they actually think he’s one of them. Watched Colbert in the last couple years? Apparently you haven’t watched much Stewart lately either. When it comes to critiquing the left, Stewart is the most courageous man in journalism.

1 month, 2 weeks ago onWordpress in volokh.com

Typical that hColbert’s rehashing an old bit. He was brilliant when Bush was president, but now he’s just a tired, boring Bill Maher wannabe. The guy’s still telling Bush jokes, for god’s sake!

1 month, 2 weeks ago onWordpress in volokh.com

Great piece. I take exception only to one of your parting thoughts. America did not betray George Bush, it is simply that liberals have no class.

2 months ago onWordpress in www.firstthings.com

When the consigliere of the Gambino crime family is in the White House, how aggressive will the AG be of the Gambino crime family?

4 months ago onWordpress in biggovernment.com

I have a weekend subscription to the NYT. Revkin had a front page story Saturday that was a moderate whitewash, but I gave him a pass because his deadline hit early in the scandal and the worst may not have been known yet. But I couldn’t find a single mention in Sunday’s paper when the story had clearly evolved and new information was available.

It seems to me that since he wrote a softball front page story on this, at some point he has an ethical obligation to mention that the trove includes email exchanges he participated in and he is personally (if unwittingly) involved in one of the cover-ups.

SFAIK, he has never made this disclosure in a story. ... See all content Hide content

3 months, 4 weeks ago onWordpress in pajamasmedia.com

The interesting thing is that people are most against him in areas where he is actually fulfilling campaign promises.

What do you do with that?

In part blame the media for lying about Obama throughout the campaign, in part blame the Republicans for running a cold fish against him, but there comes a point where you have to blame the voters themselves. 53% of America did this to the other 47%. ... See all content Hide content

3 months, 3 weeks ago onWordpress in pajamasmedia.com

How many years of weather = 1 climate?

3 months, 1 week ago onWordpress in pajamasmedia.com