Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Before there were snow tires, I have a seasonal memory of my father struggling to put chains on the car. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Since everything else about George Santos's life seems make up, maybe the next plot twist will be when Santos announces that he is not really a Republican. — PolitiTweet.org

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My dirty little secret: I am captivated by every single detail of the George Santos story. And the NY Times keep obliging: https://t.co/8C3WgGOnLH — PolitiTweet.org

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Nah. It will be President Williamson. My tarot card reader told me. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ElisaSDavis I would happily sing the praises to the skies of someone who gave me out-of-the-ordinary service or who works for a small company or store. But rating Amazon on the quality of my order of Gillette razor blades? — PolitiTweet.org

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I have had it. I just got my 13th request of the day for feedback from a corporate entity. I'm tired of rating Uber drivers, the doctor I visited, the quality of the Amazon package of razor blades that I just received. My new consumer reaction to all queries is "no comment." — PolitiTweet.org

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Absolutely moving bit from Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony about her mental turnabout about telling the committee the full truth, "If I’m going to pass the mirror test for the rest of my life, I need to try to fix some of this.” https://t.co/HJn9ilCSgZ — PolitiTweet.org

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A crash course in aging athletes: Mike Moustakas and Eric Hosmer, two of the biggest stars on the World Series-winning 2015 KC Royals, were both released by their current teams today. https://t.co/ejmfvaRmHF — PolitiTweet.org

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So glad to discover that senators like Grassley and Rubio can now reveal themselves as deal-making moderates now that they have been reelected. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mattizcoop: Charlie Peters, Washington Monthly Founder and Mentor to Leading Journalists, Turns 96 | My tribute in the Washington @Mont… — PolitiTweet.org

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@julianorobertrj Please take your inappropriate rage elsewhere. Good night. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@julianorobertrj My original point was about the public claims made about Thieu and other South Vietnamese leaders. I am not trying to justify the Vietnam War or our support for Thieu. — PolitiTweet.org

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@julianorobertrj Read any Lyndon Johnson speech from 1964 or 1965. — PolitiTweet.org

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Since the Cold War began, Americans have been seeing virtues in foreign allies where none exist. I am thinking of the romanization of 1950s South Korea, South Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. But finally in Zelensky and Ukraine we have allies worthy of our support. — PolitiTweet.org

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@cwarshaw I figured as much since you wanted a 21st century analog. Sometimes I get a little scared realizing how much of the American history I know, I absorbed through the Landmark books. — PolitiTweet.org

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@cwarshaw How well I remember the Landmark Books. I looked at some of them about 15 years ago -- and realized that many of them had a decidedly liberal point of view. — PolitiTweet.org

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I think we are close to the moment when Trump will be heard shouting at Mar-a-Lago, "I am big. It's the presidency that got small." — PolitiTweet.org

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The last three tweets I read, all from respected reporters, had three different spellings of the name of the Ukrainian president. Maybe in the New Year American news organizations can agree on one universal spelling for Zelensky. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @HelenKennedy: Just for nostalgia’s sake, Biden should press Zelensky for some dirt on Don Jr. https://t.co/NevsT8PY3j — PolitiTweet.org

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@HelenKennedy That one wins the afternoon and maybe the evening. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jpitney Examples from GOP politics: Lamar! was a White House aide; Dole and Bush were RNC chairman; Kasich visited White House as 17-year-old (forget precise details) and the list goes on. Hillary, of course, worked on Nixon impeachment. — PolitiTweet.org

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Iron Law of Politics for decades: There’s always a Nixon connection somewhere. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JumboJimboo @BeschlossDC I am pretty sure that Reagan's first ambassador to France, Evan Galbraith, who was an aviation executive, set it up and endowed it in honor of Lindbergh. — PolitiTweet.org

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@BeschlossDC Worth noting that there is still a bedroom named and decorated in honor of Lindbergh at the US Ambassdor's residence in Paris. — PolitiTweet.org

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A powerful @JillDLawrence appreciation of Liz Cheney, a principled political leader without a party. As Jill reminds us, Cheney is too far right for the Democrats and too right on Trump for most Republicans. https://t.co/PRzEiHyirE — PolitiTweet.org

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@NormOrnstein Nothing like phrases like "credible reports on the Internet" to really give Bizarro Land conspiracy theories the ring of authenticity and unchallenged accuracy. — PolitiTweet.org

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The Wall Street Journal missed some of the better ones in the Stanford lexicon. As in, never use the word "submit" because, according to Stanford, "the term can imply that others have power over you." And "hick" unfairly stigmatizes people from rural places. — PolitiTweet.org

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@dianegreco I wrote about her campaign. She got a tougher district because of redistricting, but it was not impossible. Unlike Murphy and Kinzinger, she ran and lost by a 52-48% margin. — PolitiTweet.org

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@HelenKennedy That’s what I did. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Scariest words on TV: “Let’s bring in our panel.” — PolitiTweet.org