Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

I demand an audit of all ballots from Texas and Illinois in the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon race. Forensic evidence should prove that a significant percentage have vodka stains and originated in the Soviet Union. And I intend to hold my breath until my non-negotiable demands are accepted. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@CecereCarl I'd say more on the subject but it is time for me to water my orchids. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@Profepps Absolutely. The Lew Archer novels stand up much better as literature, but I thought that for those just wanting a detective story, instead of a murky family drama, Rex Stout was the guy. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

They are period pieces. But glorious period pieces. Read some Rex Stout and his glorious orchard-raising, agoraphobic detective Nero Wolfe. And never forget his leg man Archie Goodwin. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@JillDLawrence @JohnRobertAnde3 Ah, Bonwit Teller. That said, the LIRR I believe still comes into dingy Penn Station. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@StuPolitics I think it is safe to conclude that blood is thicker (much thicker) than basic journalistic ethics. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

I saw the initials “EV” and I immediately assumed you were talking about Electoral Votes. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Do you think MLB should put up a special flag on all games that are not no-hitters? They seem much rarer than no-nos this season. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@JohnCirilli1 Alas, I know nothing about him. Other than the sense that I would have seen something on Google in recent years if he were still writing. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@JohnCirilli1 No, different fellow. He adds his middle initial to his moniker. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

The Acela has been great on my trips. And Moynihan Train Hall in NY may be the best thing (other than vaccines) that has debuted in the last year. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

You are so right to point to Trey Grayson’s landslide primary defeat as pivotal. I covered that race. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

What should she drive? A Soviet-era used car? An East German Trabant? All members of Congress earn close to $200,000 a year. Are they not allowed to spend some of it? — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@powellnyt I may have to get my first shoeshine in a year. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

After a year of Zoom, I am discovering that people have feet. Who knew? — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

"The torch is passed to a new generation..." — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

How I would love to see a talking Senate filibuster as Republicans orate all night about why a January 6 Commission isn’t needed. It would be a great way to highlight the GOP’s preference for Trump over democracy. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

From this terrific piece: "Even if we were willing to ban 'Huckleberry Finn,' ...because [it] includes the N-word, what about modern literature, plays and movies that depict slavery or racial bigotry? Must they be sanitized of the language that exposes the brutality of racism." — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@SendStephen It's a headline. (Warning sentence fragment ahead) Not a doctoral dissertation. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@MartyDavis I'm in the fray on that fight too. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Kudos to NY Times for sticking with proper grammar in this non-colloquial headline: "America Is on a Road to a Better Economy. But Better for Whom?" It has been getting lonely on the barricades for "whom." https://t.co/mWwhlmt9cN — PolitiTweet.org

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@fmkaplan It's weird. Undecided is like Scott Brown. It goes from state to state doing well in the polls, but never winning. (Okay, Scott Brown once beat Martha Coakley, but otherwise the analogy works). — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Can we collectively agree that an 8-candidate field and the introduction of ranked-choice voting make all polls problematical, at best. And when you try to figure out a likely voter screen based on the 2013 primary or something else, you are in darts at a dartboard territory. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

An exceptionally good piece that I have now belatedly read. Kudos. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

RT @mattizcoop: Come join the @Monthle, the magazine that launched Pulitzer winners (Katherine Boo, Taylor Branch), magazine giants (Nichol… — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@MartinPengelly I guess I meant stress-free for amateurs. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Biden may go down in history as the president who restored the stress-free weekend. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

During the 2000 primaries, John McCain, responding to crackpot claims that he was brainwashed in Hanoi, would frequently make jokes about the Queen of Diamonds. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@ClydeHaberman That performance by Angela Lansbury frightened me again just by reading your tweet. And Frank Sinatra excelling in a pure acting role. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

It's an absolutely terrific book. And I don't even play poker. But Maria Konnikova did help me lift my online Solitaire record. — PolitiTweet.org