I think these days even genuinely liberal people … are afraid to propose genuinely liberal solutions to the problems. We’ve just all agreed that either hippie ideas don’t work, or conservatives won’t ever let them pass, so the best we can hope for are conservative means to achieve liberal ends. Even if those conservative means don’t actually work.
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9th runner up Megan McArdle.
8th runner up Richard Cohen.
7th runner up Diane Sawyer.
6th runner up Jonah Goldberg.
5th runner up Lord Saletan.
4th runner up Mark Halperin.
3rd runner up Joe Klein
2nd runner up Andrew Sullivan.
1st runner up Fred Hiatt.
And the winner of Wanker of the Decade …
The Mustache of Understanding …
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Far from the objectivity that he claims, [Joe] Klein exists at a perfect confluence of infantalism: all politics must be directed towards meeting his personal needs and prejudices, and all politicians must constantly entertain him.Kevin Baker on Joe Klein (via Atrios)
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Man, WASPs really know how to summer.
wnyc:
Ice Cubes Made from Tonic Water…
Folks were serious about their g & t’s back...
I have now seen sucrose beaches and water a very bright blue. I have seen an all-red leisure suit...
A well-deserved honor.
Now that gay rights have become popular, every interest group is jumping on the bandwagon.
Actually there was a pro gay rights...
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