Par. 3 (non-quotes), about line 3. Beltway pundits, not pundtis.

Par. 3 (non-quotes), about line 3. Beltway pundits, not pundtis.

I genuinely always appreciate corrections of all kinds to the post. It's one of the things I like most about blogging -- errors have a very, very short life-span.

But for those who haven't heard this before: my method of posting is that I post what I write before fully editing it. For whatever reasons, I just can't really catch all of the typos and other small phrasing defects that need cleaning up until the post is actually posted. As a result, there is always a period of 3-5 minutes after I post when the post is usually plagued by various typos and the like.

So if you're one of the first commenters and you see typos, that is likely why. Waiting a few minutes will usually result in most of them being fixed. If they remain after that initial period, please correct away.

If he attacks Iran. Not an invasion, but some kind of air strikes. I don't know what's taking them so long.

is that they convey a extra sense of inevitability that is absent when one is simply discussing politics in general. I still view 2003 as a documentable case of mass hysteria from which we are still in the process of recovery.

What makes this phase so interesting though, is that as a greater proportion of people come to their senses and start seeing the world clearly, those who are left behind just become more hostile and more ridiculous.

Of course, we're not completely out of the woods yet, but it interesting to watch the transformation.

Dear Glenn, Thanks very much for the kind words and the link to Empire Burlesque in your recent post. (And all past links as well; it's always a thrill to be associated with your outstanding work.) However, I think a glitch has crept into the URL of your link to EB. It seems to have some extraneous material in there somehow. The correct link is:

http://www.chris-floyd.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1040&Itemid=135

Again, many thanks for the link, and congratulations on this new gig at Salon. Chris Floyd

item 1, last paragraph

It may be true that are relatively few members of the public who listen directly to David Broder...

that there are

-sam

I could not get on Chris Floyd's site the easy way by reading an advertisement. I'll find out what Mr Floyd dished out somehow. How I see this: To be able to pick via all the news and highlight what real yummy and nutritious, you...Have to be able to have guts and a healthy heart and stomach...*

Magnanimous Despair alone

Could show me so divine a thing...

Thanks for doing the hardest harvesting for us.

It's fat doughnut day. You sure tempt us to overeat with the various items you displayed. Marriage is similar to going out to a lousy grease spoon cafeteria. You look around too Late. After you got or your plate what wee thing we wanted. Then, you see what other's got on their plate...you think...Hey, wished I got that. letter preview? whats dat? My apologies. I mispelled my e-mail.

Where's War Room? Tim? Anyone?

He's been there for years. Unfortunately.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/03/AR2005090301005.html

David S. Broder
Sunday, September 4, 2005

Because the commander in chief is also the communicator in chief, when a crisis emerges the nation's eyes turn to him as to no other official. We cannot yet calculate the political fallout from Hurricane Katrina and its devastating human and economic consequences, but one thing seems certain: It makes the previous signs of political weakness for Bush, measured in record-low job approval ratings, instantly irrelevant and opens new opportunities for him to regain his standing with the public.
-- David S. Broder, Sunday, September 4, 2005

http://letters.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/02/20/various_matters/permalink/8c0a4eb31c1ee21950cf25c36d748cdc.html

"Wes" writes :
Bush Will Make A Political Comeback
If he attacks Iran. Not an invasion, but some kind of air strikes. I don't know what's taking them so long.
-- Wes, Tuesday, February 20, 2007 8:41:28 AM

Is "Wes" actually David Broder?

Gary Kamiya:

One of the consequences of living under a dreadful president like Bush is that you start magically thinking that getting rid of him will solve everything.

While Kamiya makes many worthwhile points, I think he exaggerates how we perceive Bush “the person” rather than what he stands for – his anti-democratic policies and the authoritarian nature of his cult-like followers. Sadly, those ideas and people will still be around after Bush has left the scene.

I don’t know anyone who thinks that getting rid of Bush will solve everything. Rather, it’s the first step in reclaiming our democratic traditions and we still will have much work to do. We still will have a predominately dysfunctional media, and I believe that to a large extent that will be true of our political discourse as well.

The same think-tanks that enabled and promoted Bush’s disastrous policies will still be around and they’ll still have plenty of money. And the smear-machine isn’t going anywhere, although as we start to return to a reality-based world, it will be much less effective.

It’s also possible that someone attempting advance Cheney’s perverse view of our Constitution and the role of the U.S. in the world may actually have a more effective spokesperson. Dangerous times are still ahead, and it’s not yet time to shed the political passions Bush inspired.

This wasn’t about hating Bush “the person.” Bush Derangement Syndrome is a creation of those who want to stifle debate, rather than a real phenomenon – like so much of the world created by Bush supporters, it’s a cartoon image of their opponents and it is not to be taken seriously.

In short, it may be a while before we have to worry about learning to work with “gray, not black and white.”

Getting rid of Bush is just the start of that process. And I look forward to the day when we can have real debates and “nuance” once again becomes a possibility.