Comments on: Why You Should Be Defending Ezra

By: Lex

Lex — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:03:54 +0000

Another thing, if the Post fires Ezra (which I doubt) he’ll land elsewhere and it will bring more discredit on the Post than on him.

Unfortunately, it really won't because everyone who's paying attention already discredits the Post, so to speak.

By: Lex

Lex — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:51:22 +0000

@Jay B.:

If telling a little truth here with a little passion has caused so many knickers to twist, he should amplify it.

Ayup. Turn it up to 11. 12, even.

By: Lex

Lex — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:45:13 +0000

@Brian J: Two words, Brian: Dan Froomkin.

By: Quicksand

Quicksand — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:17:04 +0000

Hmm, what color text should we be using to support Ezra?

By: Paul in KY

Paul in KY — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:03:18 +0000

Riffing off Spartacus:

‘I am Ezra Klein’

By: NorthernMNer

NorthernMNer — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:56:36 +0000

Is there a way we can help Ezra? Besides reading his posts? Any way to help drive more traffic to his site?

And Ezra is a realist, and knows that reform is a process, people. Remember, the idea that Democrats have 60 votes isn’t a reality when you factor out Lieberman and the constantly absent Byrd.

By: kmblue

kmblue — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:12:44 +0000

Ezra has been supporting every weakening of the health care bill right down the line, including suggesting the public option isn’t that important (just like Obama). His pathetic stab at Lieberman the scumbag is meaningless. Let him protect himself.

By: matt

matt — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:18:25 +0000

He is suggesting we eat a shit sandwich and call it ice cream…that the people who betrayed us once wouldn’t dream of doing it again! I heard enough of that…they have proven themselves toothless whores (usually the best kind) and that the most craven industry practices will be allowed to continue with a wink and a nod towards “enforcement”!

By: amk

amk — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:56:18 +0000

Hear, Hear.

You might as well been talking about another guy in the WH with daggers drawn all around him.

By: bend

bend — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:53:15 +0000

Inspired by this post,I've made a Facebook group: If WaPo Froomkins Ezra Klein, I'll Work to Hasten Its Inevitable Demise"

By: Joe Buck

Joe Buck — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:30:18 +0000

Another thing, if the Post fires Ezra (which I doubt) he’ll land elsewhere and it will bring more discredit on the Post than on him. I often disagree with him but he’s a smart guy.

By: Joe Buck

Joe Buck — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:27:19 +0000

Ezra has been criticized, properly in my view, because he’s been saying for quite a while that the public option isn’t particularly important and being willing to trade it away for a bill. However, I applaud him for going after Lieberman for his dishonesty.

John, I think you’re wrong for attacking the left blogs for going after Ezra in the past, or for thinking that this precludes supporting him now.

By: NYT, wake up and hire Ezra Klein. | Iowa Liberal

NYT, wake up and hire Ezra Klein. | Iowa Liberal — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:19:19 +0000

[...] John Cole notes that Ezra Klein is ruffling Lieberman’s feathers by calling a spade a spade, and that the pathetically rightwing Beltway servant freaks that dominate the WaPo editorial space are likely to be hunting for Klein’s scalp soon. Cole notes that Klein has few friends, and has somehow inspired ire among lefties for reasons unclear to me. [...]

By: oh really

oh really — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:16:29 +0000

When you put it all together, what Ezra is doing takes ~~balls~~ integrity.

Integrity is a much more admirable quality and in much shorter supply in this country.

By: growingdaisies

growingdaisies — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:25:24 +0000

Ezra is my go-to person on health care reform. I’ve been reading him since he was at the Prospect. He’s smart, an excellent writer, entertaining and honest.

If you don’t read his blog, I highly recommend checking it out. I just wanted to second everything John said about him.