Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

If a good thing happens for a bad reason, it’s still a good thing.

This must be what justice looks like, not vengeful, just peaceful exuberance.

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

Motto for the House: Flip 5 and lose none.

Stay strong, because they are weak.

People identifying as christian while ignoring christ and his teachings is a strange thing indeed.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

We are aware of all internet traditions.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

Optimism opens the door to great things.

To the privileged, equality seems like oppression.

The snowflake in chief appeared visibly frustrated when questioned by a reporter about egg prices.

Not so fun when the rabbit gets the gun, is it?

People are weird.

I did not have this on my fuck 2025 bingo card.

This fight is for everything.

“Loving your country does not mean lying about its history.”

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

Live so that if you miss a day of work people aren’t hoping you’re dead.

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

Republicans in disarray!

It’s easy to sit in safety and prescribe what other people should be doing.

Baby steps, because the Republican Party is full of angry babies.

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

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  3. 3.

    p.a.

    I saw the Driftglass memorial to Gilliard, which had some links off links, but sadly it was ‘slim pickin’s’.

  5. 5.

    Steeplejack

    @Svensker:

    I got the same Poorman link from Google, tried the site search for “Tim Russert” and couldn’t find anything on head size (or anything else useful). There needs to be a “curated” archive somewhere (wishful thinking).

  7. 7.

    Upper West

    Steve Gilliard died five years ago on Jun 3. This link is a good source for his writing:

    groupnewsblog.net/2007/12/writings-of-steve-gilliard-101.html

    I imagine him rallying the “fighting liberals” right now to move on from WI and fight harder than ever. Steve, from 12/3/03:

    It is time to stop looking for an accomodation with the right. They want none for us. They want to win, at any price. So, you have a choice: be a fighting liberal or sit quietly. I know what I am, what are you?

  8. 8.

    p.a.

    @Svensker: just tried this link-I’m at work- and the Vz LAN denies me access, reason “Proxy Avoidance”. It also denies access to Pharyngula as something like “Partisan Site”, but I can get to the Vatican website, and Bill Donohue’s Catholic Crybaby site.

  17. 17.

    Brandon

    Billmon was epic. His analysis of politics through Apocalypse Now and Catch-22 totally legend and spot on. His commentors were great too. I don’t know why he stopped blogging. I think he posted a couple items on Dkos after he shut down the bar. But haven’t heard from him since. I think his career got to be more important than blogging was.

  20. 20.

    The Dangerman

    Billmon, I’ll have mine in a clean glass, tyvm.

    His was a great blog.

  21. 21.

    p.a.

    after much research *koff* google ‘wayback machine’ and plug in desired url, ‘billmon.org’, ‘stevegilliard.blogspot.com’. click on the timeline bar graph and work your way through, but no search engine for specific posts.

  22. 22.

    Burnspbesq

    Finally got around to reading the Matt Stoller thing that people have been going on about for the last two days. Wow. Much worse than I had imagined.

  23. 23.

    David Koch

    @Burnspbesq:

    Much worse than I had imagined.

    I didn’t read it, but considering his famed prescient post declaring the death of Obama’s candidacy on Sept 12, 2007, nothing would surprise me.

    It’s odd how so many “leading” bloggers emphatically said Obama would never win the nomination. You would think self described liberal minded people would have been at least open to the possibility. But no.

  24. 24.

    David Koch

    @David Koch: Let me add, Stoller’s campaign obit is hilarious.

    1) he predicts bringing Oprah on the campaign trail would be a losing strategy.

    2) Obama would never be able to cobble together a coalition of youth, minorities, and liberals.

    3) Obama is an elitist (sad given Stoller went to Harvard)

    4) perhaps the funniest bit: declaring Obama had the worst internet strategy of all the campaigns.

    5) that obama is lazy and is on CPT Time.

    6) screams that obama doesn’t use the bully pulpit

    7) Obama won’t return his phone calls (OMG!)

    Stephen Colbert couldn’t write satire that funny.

  29. 29.

    SFAW

    I like to imagine that Steve is up in heaven giving everyone there holy hell.

    Well, yeah, except the people (theoretically) on the receiving end would most likely already be in Hell, anyway.

  30. 30.

    Derelict

    Truly one of the central mysteries of our time is

    WHAT HAPPENED To THE POORMAN?

    I tried emailing every possible address connected with the site, but, alas, no responses.

  31. 31.

    SFAW

    WHAT HAPPENED To THE POORMAN?

    Another great one MIA.

    Brad DeLong might know his whereabouts. If you find out, please let us know.

  32. 32.

    Ronzoni Rigatoni

    Steve G. usta answer all comment questions personally. At least that was my experience. Driftglass is a graduate of Steve’s Commentariat University and started his blog at Steve’s suggestion. Last I looked, Mr. James Wolcott’s blogroll addresses Steve’s original blog (I occasionally refer to his take on European Colonialism which was pure genius).

    Billmon is also sorely missed.

    Wish By Neddie Jingo’d get off his ass and start up again. Also his brother Bobby Lightfoot.

  34. 34.

    Barry Freed

    So late to this party that this probably will never be read but man do I miss Steve Gilliard. What a mensch. And yes, he was always there in the comments sections responding, somewhere on an old computer of mine I have saved a bunch of them. I miss Billmon’s and the Editors’ blogging too but I was gutted when Steve was taken from us. RIP my blogging friend.

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