Very good criticism, and not nearly as dirty as it sounds.
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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Republicans do not pay their debts.
Dear elected officials: Trump is temporary, dishonor is forever.
Everything is totally normal and fine!!!
Innocent people do not delay justice.
Well, whatever it is, it’s better than being a Republican.
Fear or fury? The choice is ours.
A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.
The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.
Trump should be leading, not lying.
Shut up, hissy kitty!
Dear Washington Post, you are the darkness now.
Hey Washington Post, “Democracy Dies in Darkness” was supposed to be a warning, not a mission statement.
Speaker Mike Johnson is a vile traitor to the House and the Constitution.
“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”
Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.
They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.
Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.
That meeting sounds like a shotgun wedding between a shitshow and a clusterfuck.
There are times when telling just part of the truth is effectively a lie.
75% of people clapping liked the show!
We are learning that “working class” means “white” for way too many people.
The fight for our country is always worth it. ~Kamala Harris
This country desperately needs a functioning fourth estate.
I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.
rachel
Good, ’cause it sounds like a daisy-chain.
OK, my tiny mind is boggled now.
Punchy
Can we do Jesus’ General doing commenters doing Freddy Thompson?
If this isn’t spoof, then…well…nevermind. This has to be spoof.
rilkefan
Dunno – Klein’s take on Mearsheimer/Walt is approximately “ok I finally admit the work is shoddy but it’s worthwhile for opening up discussion” which isn’t that different in form from Sullivan’s “The TNR article on Hillarycare was flawed but it provoked discussion”.
rilkefan
And I have seen a lot of criticism of war supporters that insistently blurred the distinction in argument of the crazies and the wrongs. That’s a bad thing per se but also because of the disservice it does to e.g. John Cole or even MY and Drum and Kleiman and [self-serving here] to liberal opponents of the Iraq war who support sane interventions when the circumstances call for them.
sashal
The best Larison post ever (in my opinion):
link
sglover
I’m pretty far left, but over the last year or two I’ve noticed that much (but certainly not *all*) of the sharpest commentary is coming from old school conservatives like Larison, the guy who runs the “Cunning Realist” site, Andrew Bacevich, and (when he isn’t getting the vapors over Mexicans) William Lind. Depending on your point of view, you might be able to shoehorn Jim Henley into this crowd, too.
In fairness to my side, we still have Robert Wright, the bantamweight Robert Reich, David Kaiser, and the (unfortunately mum, lately) Kingdaddy.
Out of all of them, I think Lind wins the originality prize with his genuflections to Kaiser Wilhelm. Not something you’re likely to run across in your standard Beltway Powerpoint spiel.
sglover
Hey, thanks for that cite, sashal. Terrific essay. A real model of clarity!
Zifnab
I need to sit down. This whole thing makes me dizzy.
Pooh
Rilke, this has uhmmm ZERO to do with Walt & Mearsheimer. You don’t like their thesis, we get it.
rilkefan
Pooh, you obviously haven’t been following the Klein/Sullivan conversation. I tend to make comments assuming readers have at least slightly acquainted themselves with the topic at hand.