A week or so ago I had a good laugh at the expense of National Review roving correspondent Kevin D. Williamson, who worked himself into a tizzy over the State of the Union circa 2015, bouncing off of Rowdy Rudy Giuliani’s celebrated banalities regarding President Obama’s supposed lack of patriotic fervor. Kevin concluded his rant by citing, and expanding…
Tag: David Wiegel
Alan Vanneman, a month late and a dollar short
(OK, I understand that, on the web, 5 seconds ago is so 5 minutes ago, so, by that count, the following is a hundred years old, but so what.) I was just cruising n’ perusing my sometime man Dave Wiegel today, who, I found, took issue last week with “The media’s stupid coverage of a…
The Hagel Hassle: Everybody wins? I don’t fucking think so
Dave Weigel, who raps for Slate these days, is one of my favorites, but he comes a cropper with his too clever to be accurate take on the failure of Senate Democrats to force a vote on Chuck Hagel’s nomination as Secretary of Defense. According to Dave, it’s win/win/win/win. Republicans get to act tough, Likudist…
Republican racism, astute and otherwise
Over at Slate, David Wiegel explains the difference between “astute” racism and, well, not so astute. Astute racism, well, first of all you get a black guy to do it. Black Republican Michael Steele explains how to reduce black turnout the smart way: Number one, you don’t do it in a political year. You want…