strong campaign by douthat down the stretch but he couldn't close the gap.
― balls, Sunday, 29 April 2012 00:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.tnr.com/book/review/bad-religion-ross-douthat
― balls, Sunday, 29 April 2012 00:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
we could've been less sexist and thrown Maureen Dowd in the mix.
― a big fat fucking fat guy in a barrel what could be better? (Eisbaer), Sunday, 29 April 2012 00:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah she's awful too
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Sunday, 29 April 2012 00:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
hah that book review authoritatively calls bullshit on douthat
"ROSS DOUTHAT’S ANALYSIS of religion in America is more sophisticated than the analysis of, say, Rick Santorum—but not by much. "
^^excellent lead sentence
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Sunday, 29 April 2012 13:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
"My problem with Douthat’s book is not that his opinions differ from my own. My problem is that he does not seem to have any idea what he is talking about."
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Sunday, 29 April 2012 13:52 (1 year ago) Permalink
he also got sonned in the nyt
― (REAL NAME) (m coleman), Sunday, 29 April 2012 13:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Charles Pierce:
I refuse to accept the term "curmudgeonly annoyance" from a teenage sex-panic victim with D'Artagnan starter-kit facial hair."
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/ross-douthat-post-election-14752276
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 19 November 2012 17:05 (7 months ago) Permalink
i'm not a big charles pierce fan
― goole, Monday, 19 November 2012 17:21 (7 months ago) Permalink
it's okay to be a mild Charles Pierce fan
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 19 November 2012 17:22 (7 months ago) Permalink
i'm from minnesota...
― goole, Monday, 19 November 2012 17:23 (7 months ago) Permalink
oh so that's a football reference right
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 19 November 2012 17:25 (7 months ago) Permalink
It's a nice response to an NYT idiot
― the max in the high castle (kingfish), Monday, 19 November 2012 17:25 (7 months ago) Permalink
ha no i mean "not a big fan" = "i want to play around in your blood"
― goole, Monday, 19 November 2012 17:27 (7 months ago) Permalink
I'm a huge Charles Pierce fan because he writes pieces like that.
― Deafening silence (DL), Monday, 19 November 2012 17:34 (7 months ago) Permalink
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cf. Krugman’s response.
― Allen (etaeoe), Monday, 19 November 2012 18:32 (7 months ago) Permalink
what's supposed to be wrong with charles pierce
― j., Monday, 19 November 2012 18:49 (7 months ago) Permalink
I like Krugman's response a lot.
― the max in the high castle (kingfish), Monday, 19 November 2012 18:58 (7 months ago) Permalink
yep
― iatee, Monday, 19 November 2012 19:02 (7 months ago) Permalink