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@baseballcrank

Senior Writer . Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, New Yorker, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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Joined May 2009

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    Like Lincoln, Frederick Douglass was practical as well as principled. In 1856, he explained why he supported John C. Fremont & the Republicans even though they were not campaigning on the full abolition of slavery, rather than cast a third-party vote for anti-slavery purists.

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  2. There are, shall we say, some issues with bringing back the Marcoses.

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    13 hours ago

    I think about this tweet all the time.

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    Mar 18

    My wife and I's friend booked us a table at a restaurant called The Manhattan Project and I'M the bad guy for asking if it's a fusion restaurant? That's a 10/10 joke

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  5. We have sadly declined to zero members of Congress who have personally strangled a bear.

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  7. Yes. I don't agree with all of those people all the time - heck, I didn't agree with Reagan on everything - but they don't have the fundamental issues of character that have always been at the core of my critique of Trump.

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    4 hours ago

    I’ll never understand those who give up living and settle for mere existence.

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    It’s literally not ANY kind of deal. “Digital blackface” is not a thing. OTOH, the “friendly reminder” condescension smacks of the worst sort of gatekeeping privilege.

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    It is 1973. We are in a basement jazz bar off Bleecker Street. The main character (in their own head), a entitled sophomore two weeks into a course on Hegelian Dialectics and Mass Media, checks that everyone’s listening, takes a deep drag on a herbal cheroot, and drawls:

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  12. Is this the part where we pretend you're not affiliated with the "Principles First" 501(c)(4) organization despite the link to it in your own Twitter bio & your public identification as its founder?

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    I've heard this too. Some people want to bully others, & if you acculturate them to believe that bullying is fine so long as it's done in service of x-whether x is nationalism or patriotism or Godliness or white supremacy or social justice-they will use the pretext you gave them

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    5 hours ago

    "yes, a bag of oranges costs more but your children's kidneys are also bringing higher prices than ever"

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  15. Unfortunately, the candidate I voted for in 2016 - Evan McMullin - is every bit as embarrassing as Mandel, & for the same reasons.

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  16. Policy matters. It matters more with legislators. Ryan is wrong across the board on policy. Why willingly support someone who will vote for things that harm America & will resist needed oversight of the White House?

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  17. In either event, it's time for the people who want Ohio properly represented in the Senate to throw in behind Mike Gibbons.

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  18. Simple. Neither has any principles, but Mandel will follow the party wherever it goes; Vance is a loose cannon with big-government instincts domestically & worse on foreign policy. Mandel's a weathervane, Vance is a paper airplane. At least a weathervane is nailed to *something*

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  19. His operating system is still running on a plugin from Nextdoor Sacramento.

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    7 hours ago

    I think the reason Biden’s job approval is so low is that his job is President of the United States of America and that’s a job he’s not very good at. I’m available for political commentary for your TV shows. I cost one million dollars.

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    8 hours ago

    “No one is saying people should lose their jobs for expressing unpopular opinions.” “The editorial board’s contrary view requires their termination.” 😖🤦‍♂️

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