I think that critique misses something, which is that we have never had a president make it to the Oval Office on a platform of just brazen, outright lying that the media understood to be so. Clinton didn't, Nixon didn't. Nobody does this. You can't be president if you implicitly promise to lie to the country for four years -- at least that's how it's worked up to now.
Clem, you are obviously not aware of all Internet traditions: that should be "Mickey Kaus, alleged blower of goats, always and everywhere, can go fuck himself.
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If only he had tweezed first it might have worked.
Posted by: J.D. | September 15, 2008 1:51 PM
I think that critique misses something, which is that we have never had a president make it to the Oval Office on a platform of just brazen, outright lying that the media understood to be so. Clinton didn't, Nixon didn't. Nobody does this. You can't be president if you implicitly promise to lie to the country for four years -- at least that's how it's worked up to now.
Posted by: Martin | September 15, 2008 1:58 PM
Also, you forgot the first rule of political blogging: Mickey Kaus, always and everywhere, can go fuck himself.
Posted by: Clementine | September 15, 2008 4:57 PM
Don't blame me, I voted for Mannix.
Posted by: The Confidence Man | September 15, 2008 8:06 PM
Clem, you are obviously not aware of all Internet traditions: that should be "Mickey Kaus, alleged blower of goats, always and everywhere, can go fuck himself.
Posted by: The Confidence Man | September 15, 2008 8:07 PM
TCM: I have my share of problems with Kaus, but the people pushing the goat blowing meme did kind of end up with, um, egg on their faces.
Posted by: radosh | September 15, 2008 8:31 PM