This Ross Douthat piece will be an instant classic.
Ahh, the liberal media. Savor it.
Incurious George
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Incurious George
Welcome Back, Multiple Choice Mitt
It is kind of amusing that the sanest of the Republican options is a serial liar and, dare I say, flip-flopper.
Emmy’s Open Thread
By request. Sorry, Max.
I’ll be watching the game and Curb Your Enthusiasm, because a Cowboys loss and Larry David are about the only think that can salvage the suck that was the last 24 hours of football. Of my teams, everyone I like lost except for Georgia.
Nyhan’s corollary
I only recently became aware of this internet tradition:
A well-known rule of Internet discourse is Godwin’s law, which states that, as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches inevitability.
Let me propose Nyhan’s corollary: As a foreign policy debate with conservatives grows longer, the probability of a comparison with the appeasement of Nazis or Hitler approaches inevitability.
I like this especially:
Consider Charles Krauthammer, an influential Washington Post — and TIME magazine — columnist and administration ally. He is the probable source of Rumsfeld’s quote, having used it in his August 11 newspaper column about Iran. In doing so, he joined what writer Ross Douthat calls the growing number of conservatives who see “Iran’s march toward nuclear power” as “the equivalent of Hitler’s 1930s brinkmanship.” And a Nexis search reveals that Krauthammer tends to see Hitler analogies everywhere — he trotted out the same Borah quote to denounce the alleged appeasement of China in 1989 and North Korea in 1994.
Stillers
Let’s see if coach Tomlin can again bring the awesome power of Tennessee’s place kicker.
NFL thread.
***Update***
Rob Bironas is laughing right now.
The banality of weasel
Brad DeLong (via MY) zeros in on an Irving Kristol quote that, to me, is the essence of neocon:
Among the core social scientists around The Public Interest there were no economists…. This explains my own rather cavalier attitude toward the budget deficit and other monetary or fiscal problems. The task, as I saw it, was to create a new majority, which evidently would mean a conservative majority, which came to mean, in turn, a Republican majority – so political effectiveness was the priority, not the accounting deficiencies of government…
To my mind, the willingness to lie and go along with crazy ideas is what defines neoconservativism. I wouldn’t say this with paleocons and theocons — with them, I usually feel like they’re stupid enough to believe in supply side economics or creationism (think Dan Quayle or Jack Kemp) or such assholes that they honestly like the idea of screwing the powerless (think Newt Gingrich or Mary Matlin). Neocons are often quite charming and seemingly intellectual — Brooks and Irving Kristol are classic examples — but they’re quite willing to lie about economics or about the price of meals at chain restaurants if it helps them attain their ultimate goal of invading Middle Eastern countries and sending men to Mars.
CBS Sunday Morning
Have at it.