“The 2008 uprising of Birchers, hippies, and raw-milk enthusiasts that fueled Ron Paul’s quixotic bid for the White House was looking for a leader, and Sanford seemed to fit the bill. Now he’ll instead spend his days doing who knows what—he’ll write a book or play golf or maybe smoke a bowl while cradled in the arms of some dark-eyed South American siren. Which, when you think about it, doesn’t sound that bad.” ~ Reihan Salam
Erik Kain
Erik writes about video games at Forbes and politics at Mother Jones. He's the contributor of The League though he hasn't written much here lately. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter.
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on Open Mic for the week of 12/23/2024As far as I can tell, he's wrong here. It's not that the US doesn't produce lots of highly-skilled t…
on Open Mic for the week of 12/23/2024Heh I think whatever old school lecturing there is has become so inconsequential and overshadowed by…
on Open Mic for the week of 12/23/2024At least on the Right, there is still plenty of old school white lecturing of black people even if i… on Open Mic for the week of 12/23/2024White people lecturing black people? In 2024? I need some of what you're smoking. Not that Vivek is…
on Open Mic for the week of 12/23/2024Vivek seems to have lectured white people like white people lecturer black people and they did not l… on Open Mic for the week of 12/23/2024You have a monomania about this conspiracy boy.
on Joe Biden Agrees that Some People *DO* Deserve the Death PenaltyThe aftermath of 'Israel's war' _was_ ethnic cleansing. There is literally no way other to describe… on Joe Biden Agrees that Some People *DO* Deserve the Death PenaltyNormally we’d have some sort of peace agreement after the war ends which includes national borders.… on Joe Biden Agrees that Some People *DO* Deserve the Death PenaltyNot signing the treaty means they weren’t bound by it. To the best of my knowledge we’ve passed no l…
on Joe Biden Agrees that Some People *DO* Deserve the Death PenaltyWrite down אמת on some clay. Then remove the aleph.
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Four sons who despise you and refuse to have any contact with you for the rest of your life, though – that could be some pretty huge suckage.Report
Is that what they’ve said?
Dang. Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind.
You’d think that, eventually, *SOMEBODY* in power would notice the whole “there are downsides to fooling around” thing.
(Aside: One comment I read today that made me laugh and laugh was “you’d think Republicans would be thrilled that their politicians are back to being caught cheating with their mistresses.”)Report