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Mysteries abound. Arugula, of

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:41:24 +0000

In reply to LOL - why the basement? Well

Mysteries abound. Arugula, of course, has long been the leafy green of choice among basement-dwelling anti-capitalist nut jobs, but the radicalization of roast beef is a frightening turn of events that should alarm beef lovers and cattle farmers across the nation. What's next? Bolshevik corndogs?

LOL - why the basement? Well

An old friend — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:41:26 +0000

In reply to Nice catch. It's not hard to

LOL - why the basement? Well it's probably Bill Ayers and Van Jones hanging out with Nancy (now that they can no longer chill with Obama). So I imagine they are buidling bombs.

Now it's everyone knows it's easier to build bombs in the basement. That way you don't get the ethonol (I don't actually know what you build bombs out off- I was going to search bomb building materials on the internet, but then I got paranoid) all over the fancy imported French furniture.

It's common sense man. Just like the name of the book.

The real question is why they are eating roast beef?!? I would have thought that all those bomb building commies are vegetarians.

Nice catch. It's not hard to

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:01:00 +0000

In reply to The line that strikes me as

Nice catch. It's not hard to find persecution narratives. They're all over conservative media, academia, government, and church. But it's interesting to see how the tone differs. Kristol's "liberal media elites" hang out, in Beck's words, "in  the  basement  of  Nancy  Pelosi's  house  in  the  most  radically  progressive  neighborhood  in  the  country  while  eating  arugula  and  roast  beef  sandwiches." It's not clear why they prefer the basement.

The line that strikes me as

An old friend — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:59:05 +0000

In reply to Persecution Politics: Bill Kristol Says, Rage On!

The line that strikes me as most telling is the one about not accommodating "the wishes of liberal media elites." You have to give the Harvard educated Kristol points on irony for writing that in the Washington Post.

To be honest, I am not sure what that sentence even means, but if you want to look for a sense of persecution you need look no further than conservatives in the media and conservatives in Academia.

Hopefully, that is also true

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:43:30 +0000

In reply to Kristol may book smart, but

Hopefully, that is also true in this case. But in a sense, it doesn't really matter whether the paranoia actually helps conservatives politically. As long as conservatives believe that the paranoia helps, they will keep their mouths shut.

Kristol has his own kind of

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:41:34 +0000

In reply to Let us not forget, however,

Kristol has his own kind of crazy, but it's not Beck's kind. He doesn't believe that Obama is a secret Marxist who is planning fascist revolution. The point is that he tolerates Beck for the sake of conservative politics, and he's not alone.

Bachmann, Bachmann. I was

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:38:05 +0000

In reply to Good stuff, G. Kristol, who

Bachmann, Bachmann. I was clearly blogging too late.

Kristol may book smart, but

Orlando — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:39:12 +0000

In reply to Persecution Politics: Bill Kristol Says, Rage On!

Kristol may book smart, but he has absolutely zero read on reality. If Kristol says something is going to happen, you can pretty much depend on exactly the opposite.

Let us not forget, however,

William K. Wolfrum — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:12:00 +0000

In reply to Persecution Politics: Bill Kristol Says, Rage On!

Let us not forget, however, that despite his schooling, Kristol made his mark due to cronyism. Because one thing you can say about the Weekly Standard is this - Dagblog gets more readers than it does (it's circ is 80k).

As far as the crazies, all Kristol wants is someone in charge that will bomb the crap out of the rest of the planet.

Good stuff, G. Kristol, who

DF — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:36:20 +0000

In reply to Persecution Politics: Bill Kristol Says, Rage On!

Good stuff, G. Kristol, who was supposedly involved in the selection of Sarah Palin as McCain's running mate, is certainly not above opportunistic use of populist sentiment. BTW, did you mean to type "Michelle Baucus" in your first paragraph? If so, I must not be getting the joke. If not, you might be reading too much news!