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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:00 AM

Criticisms, political pressure and Barack Obama

The president-elect's advisors respond to the firestorm created by Sunday's remarks on Guantanamo, illustrating the value of criticizing Obama when he deserves it.

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  • Tuesday, January 13, 2009 02:07 PM

    tl dr re:wobegonne

    @One of Glenn's Moms

    Yeah, that Holder piece was exactly the genteel, understanding, and forgiving GG we all know and love. Let's go to the transcript, shall we?--wobegonne

    Tl dr depends a lot on the introduction. I'll dive in and read long comment posts, and have done so time and again. But take a look at the introduction, the first paragraph of wobegonne's "essay".

    Like a shitty baseball pitcher who has fallen in love with his curve-ball -- no matter how many times the catcher has given him a signal for anything but -- he throws his lousy curve-ball. Which in wobegonnes case consists of his made up statement about "Glenn's Mom's". Whatever the fuck that is supposed to mean is a mystery to most all, I am sure.

    Then wobegonne just fills space with cliche after cliche for the remainder of the paragraph. Take a read. Tell me if you haven't heard/read every sentence in that paragraph a thousand times before.

    Frankly, it's horrible writing and so... "tl dr" is the result.

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