Snark of the Day: Ross Douthat

Ross Douthat at The Atlantic

Here is some free advice for liberals who don’t care much for Jonah Goldberg or his (bestselling) new volume: Either confine yourself to dismissive snark, of the sort perfected by my colleague Matt, or buckle

We saw something very clever in the last week of this campaign coming out of Iowa, going into New Hampshire, we saw a sensitivity factor. Something that Mrs. Clinton has not been able to do with voters that she tried

An unprecedented eight years of on-the-job training in the White House? Ahem… Gloria? Can you say anything about the feminist issues entailed in a woman running for the presidency on her husband’s accomplishments? If not, you’re speaking as a Clinton

I strongly disagree with the Fox All-Star panel.  “They all” did not do well tonight.  Huckabee demonstrated why he should not be the GOP nominee.  He lost.  He did badly.  He was rambling at times.  He was dissembling at times. 

Although [Mike] Huckabee and [John] Edwards profess to loathe and vow to change Washington’s culture, each would aggravate its toxicity. Each overflows with and wallows in the pugnacity of the self-righteous who discern contemptible motives behind all disagreements with them,

“Iowa plays an important role, but look, fewer people participated in the two caucuses than the number of people who vote in Witchita, Kansas. Fewer people participated in the caucuses than vote in Dakota County, Minnesota, and I’ll bet most

The media lost Fallujah, and had it not been for the determination of the Bush administration, they would have lost the entirety of Iraq to al-Qaeda terrorists as well. 

Ed Morrissey, Captain’s Quarters.

 “We have a number of candidates who are well-intentioned but don’t understand Pakistan,” …”One of the leading candidates — God love her.”

Joe Biden, speaking of Mrs. Clinton.

Hat Tip:  Byran, Hot Air.

Sen. Clinton, a candidate for the leadership of the free world, apparently doesn’t know the first thing about the country referred to by some as “the most dangerous place on earth”

 Thomas Houlahan, Middle East Times.

Hat Tip, John 

Captain Ed, Captain’s Quarters, weighs in one left’s hysteria over the New York Times’ hiring of Bill Kristol:

I have to admit that I find the controversy refreshing. It’s good to see the progressives admit that a half of

I have directly observed how more and more Iraqis have grown to hate al Qaeda as much as Americans do. Al Qaeda has lost all credibility there, both from a religious standpoint as well as strategically

Michael Yon.

[Ron] Paul blames Lincoln for the Civil War rather than blaming the South for starting a war to preserve slavery. Does he love liberty? Or does he merely loathe the federal government?

James Taranto:  Opinion Journal.

Addendum: (Bit)

Heh…

Ann Althouse, who we quote around here far too seldom, has today’s SOTD, where she’s speaking of Hillary Clinton’s new campaign ad:

 “Isn’t this like when you get presents from family members and you know they charged it on your

OK, I gotta hand this one to Captain Ed. Ed wins our “Snark of the Day” award.

Simply put, Ayman and Osama need some publicity. They need to get more recruits for their murderous enterprises, volunteers stupid enough to

I forget what today’s Hillary campaign theme is today, but whatever it is, her Christmas ad surely isn’t advancing it:

The ad shows her wrapping presents to give to the voters. Problem is the presents are all federal programs which