Blogs Posts on "Dumb Things Said By Smart People"

Health Care Bill More Dangerous Than Terrorism? by Donklephant on Nov 3, 2009Ahh, I “love” the political critters in the House. Why? Just watch… Here’s the thing, the reason these folks can get away with nonsense like this is because congressional districts have been so gerrymandered as to be almost...

John Derbyshire Claims America Would Be Better Off If Women Couldn’t Vote by Donklephant on Sep 30, 2009First things first….obviously most conservatives don’t believe this. However, Ann Coulter has said something very similar. The audio… And here’s a partial transcript… DERBYSHIRE: Among the hopes that I do not realistic...

Come On Dave…Really? by Donklephant on Jun 10, 2009Not exactly Letterman’s finest moment… Yeah, I know it’s just a joke, but it turns out it was a fairly tasteless one when you consider the daughter Palin brought to the game was 14 year old Willow. I doubt if he’ll apologize...

Steele: Obama Elected Because He Was Black by Donklephant on May 22, 2009

Quote Of The Day - Secession by Donklephant on Apr 15, 2009“Texas is a unique place. When we came into the union in 1845, one of the issues was that we would be able to leave if we decided to do that.” - Texas Governor Rick Perry hinting at secession at a Tea Party rally today And here’s th...

Jindal Admits Story Was Incorrect by Donklephant on Feb 27, 2009Earlier today I posted about Jindal’s suspect Hurricane Katrina story and now his handlers are revising the record. First, the clip… And now, the truth from Politico: The spokeswoman, Melissa Sellers, said the story Jindal told in hi

Quote Of The Day - Richard Perle Redux by Donklephant on Feb 20, 2009“There is no such thing as a neoconservative foreign policy.” - Richard Pearle talking to a gathering sponsored by National Interest magazine. WTF?! Dana Milbank digs through this nonsense… So what about the 1996 report he co

The Republican “Insurgency” by Donklephant on Feb 5, 2009Republican Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas sure said a mouthful yesterday… “Insurgency, we understand perhaps a little bit more because of the Taliban,” Sessions said during a meeting yesterday with Hotline editors. “An

“Because We Said So” by Donklephant on Dec 22, 2008At his new Culture11 digs, John Schwenkler points to a Washington Post article about the impending February 10 National Bankruptcy Day, about which I have written prolifically in recent days. One of the few saving graces with respect to this legislat...