Web spoor
Like shooting mallards in a barrel... New shows for The CW... Prediction: Joel Stein is out of a job in three weeks. As an anti-war wuss with family in the military, it's easy enough for me to see where he goes wrong, but he does raise some interesting ideas that are almost never said in public, so more power to him... The new Democratic strategy: root for the GOP to pick the worst possible leaders, so we look half decent in comparison. But won't real outside-the-beltway Americans actually suffer more under the worst possible leaders? Hey, that kind of empathy doesn't win elections the way cynical backroom maneuvering does... Jake alerts me to a wingnut movement to speculate on Iraqi dinar. I have no idea what it means, but I have a feeling that money would be better spent on another pair of rose-colored glasses.
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The new Democratic strategy: root for the GOP to pick the worst possible leaders.
Hey, why not? It's a strategy that's worked pretty well for the GOP.
Posted by: Eric Berlin | January 26, 2006 11:04 AM
I had to look up the word "spoor." Then I bellowed, "HOW DARE YOU, SIR!!!" To Daniel Webster. By the way, I had a bit of good-natured fun with Stein here.
Posted by: Jim Treacher | January 26, 2006 11:35 AM
"The trail left by a person or an animal." E.g., come follow my recent movement around the InterWeb.
I'm not literally saying these links smell like turds.
Posted by: radosh | January 26, 2006 11:42 AM
So where does Stein go wrong? It's not so obvious to me. Why don't you back up your backhand and give the guy the respect of at least explaining his mistake?
Posted by: Joshua Ozersky | January 26, 2006 11:50 AM
I know! It was a joke! Why am I yelling!
Posted by: Jim Treacher | January 26, 2006 11:51 AM
Why don't you back up your backhand and give the guy the respect of at least explaining his mistake?
Because the whole point of Web Spoor is that it's what I post when I don't have time to write long posts, which is what the response Joel deserves would require. And I suspect you can find those arguments elsewhere anyway.
Posted by: radosh | January 26, 2006 11:58 AM