Is it just me, or does this opening from Josh Marshall’s Atlantic Monthly piece tell you everything you need to know about the kind of boutique liberalism practiced by Dockers-and-appletini Beltway bohemians:
In early February I sat in a Starbucks in downtown Washington with Dan Feldman, who is helping to organize Senator John Kerry’s foreign-policy team. We discussed Kerry’s vision of America’s role in the world, and the people who might play important roles in his Administration if he is elected President, touching on everything from the crucial issue of Iraq and the simmering crises in North Korea and Iran to NATO and the proper balance between international alliances and the brute force necessary to secure American interests abroad
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Is it me or does that second sentence just suck (especially since it’s written by a “professional” writer)
What, don’t they have Starbucks in Denver? Wait, I’m SURE they do, because Scott Elarton nearly threw a hot Toffee Nut Latte in my face when I said “Man, the only thing higher than these prices is your fucking ERA, gascan!”
A guy that size should throw harder than 88, that’s for damn sure. Stupid overrated oaf.
(I reserve the right to edit this post should Elarton start pitching like a man).
Well, if you had bothered to read the rest of the article you would have found out they all had anal sex with Wonkette. Or something with somebody… it was difficult to tell exactly what.
I saw JMM on some C-Span ‘debate’ and when he referred to Iraq as ‘this disastrous war’ I swore I would read another word of his..
think about it , if Iraq is a ‘disaster’ what word would a Russian or German use to describe WWII ?
any writer who uses words so poorly should look into another line of work..
Josh: “So, what did you think of Kerry’s tie the other day?”
Dan: “It goes well with his suit.”
Josh: “He’s a very handsome man, that Kerry.”
Dan: “Yes. And a war hero, to boot.”
Josh: “So you’re saying Kerry’s a veteran?”
Dan: “Yeah.”
Josh: “No way.”
Dan: “Yeah, way.”
Josh (Gazing moonily into the fake fireplace) “If I was only twenty years older.”
Dan: “Don’t you mean, twenty years older… and a woman?”
Josh: “Yeah.”
Josh: “ooh, are those scones…?”
Jeff,
Stop, man. You had me at ”Dockers-and-appletini Beltway bohemians.”
Great blog.
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And the best they could come up with was everyone from Clinton’s team, Sandy Berger, Dick Holbrooke, Jamie Rubin, et. al. The very same guys who dropped the ball on bin Laden and al Qaeda, and refused to investigate WTC I as state sponsored, but rather prosecute as a crime.
What I want to know is, did Josh and Dan have time to finish their Grande’s, because it must have been an extremely short conversation considering who Kamp Kerry has settled on. Does Marshall describe the aesthetics of the interior decor and the diversity of the serving staff at StarSchmucks, because otherwise there isn’t enough material for a magazine length article
Oh, and I forgot, the same wonderful Clinton team that brought us an unenforceable, unverifiable disarmament agreement with North Korea–that North Korea violated before the ink was dry on their signature.
And the same wonderful Clinton team that bombed the s**t out of Serbia and Kosovo, because Serbia violated how many UN resolutions? and threatened the US’s national security intersts how exactly? And how many years is it after the initial foray into Bosnia, Serbia, and Kosovo, that will still have boots on the ground? (Hint: The dayton Peace Accord was signed December 14, 1995.)
The theory must be that these are the folks who got us into the mess, so they’ll get us out.
You can’t make this stuff up.
Hey, me too! I want to know when all the ass-fucking got started! If they didn’t end up in Georgetown with a couple of hot bi-chicks around 1am then the article can only be just another incredibly lame tale of self-important wonks rhetorically jacking each other off…oh, wait. Never mind.
Cuz, its not like I actually would read that shit.
Somehow, the squirrel has become wedged in my brain..
Q. “Are you saying I’m not sophisticated.?”
A. “I’m saying you’re fucking stupid.”
Small is tall! So it shall be.
A. “I’m saying you’re fucking stupid.”
David Warren says that …all men of goodwill have reason to be happy about what has been accomplished in Iraq. I wondered if Josh is a man of good will – so I sent the link and asked. You can too.
Wait, you mean there actually is a place called Starbucks ? Where a small (excuse me, tall) coffee is $5 ?? I reckon that’s just more proof that you can sell those city folk just about anything if you give it a nice, trendy name and obscenely overcharge them.
So, when someone calls Kerry “a tall drink of water”, does that really mean he’s a small, wet drunk ?