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Literacy Programs for Democrats

by John Cole|  December 19, 200310:41 am| 47 Comments

This post is in: Democratic Stupidity

I am going to start a general literacy program for Democrats, since the schools seem to be failing them and they simply can not comprehend even the smallest of sentence. Today’s example is from Pandagon: John Cole gets very angry that Democrats are critcizing Bush for having failed to attend even a single funeral for …

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Why You Should Be Defending Ezra

by John Cole|  December 14, 20096:35 pm| 98 Comments

This post is in: Media, Blogospheric Navel-Gazing

Several of you called “Inside Baseball” regarding my post a little bit ago that included Ezra Klein’s tweet that the Lieberman office is calling around asking about him, but failing to call him directly. That made me state “With Wittmann sniffing around Ezra, you have to wonder how long is before Hiatt has Klein working …

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Let The Spin Begin

by John Cole|  March 17, 20043:37 pm| 18 Comments

This post is in: Democratic Stupidity

Ezra, in a post titled “Substance-Free Attack Dogs” claims that I am over-reaching when I note that Kerry is out of line with his ‘foreign leaders’ comments. Notwithstanding the irony of being called an attack dog by none other than the First Violinist of the I Hate Bush orchestra, Ezra, while on the same sheet …

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Velvet glove, pimp slap

by DougJ|  February 22, 20132:40 pm| 162 Comments

This post is in: David Brooks Giving A Seminar At The Aspen Institute

I don’t read Ezra Klein’s Wonkbook, and I’m sympathetic to the various criticisms of Ezra, e.g. that the “only thing separating Ezra Klein from David Broder at this point is six feet of dirt”. But hate it or love it, Ezra just tore Bobo a new one (via): David Brooks: In my ideal world, the …

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Contra Ezra Klein

by Tim F|  October 27, 200911:09 am| 113 Comments

This post is in: Domestic Politics

As a preface to this post, I should point out that to say Ezra Klein has read circles around me on health care is an insult to circles. That said, this is a blog and I have an opinion, so I might as well write it. Ezra writes about Harry Reid’s take on the public …

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Ezra and the War On Straw

by John Cole|  June 8, 20043:22 pm| 4 Comments

This post is in: General Stupidity

Ezra can’t read. A.) I did not call you idiotic. I called your attack on Rumsfeld. As Democrats are the smart people, I am sure you can figure out the distinction. B.) The attack I called idiotic was a series of links and an assertion of general incompetence of the current administration. IN your words: …

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Ezra Klein opinion piece

by DougJ|  July 26, 200912:41 am| 77 Comments

This post is in: Domestic Politics

Ezra Klein has a great piece comparing Clintoncare with what is being proposed now. I had no idea that most people were on something other than managed care before the 90s. I really recommend reading Ezra’s piece.

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