Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@Profepps Sign me up. I still have the boards and my old APBA cards somewhere in the closet. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

My hatred of Manfred Ball grows with each passing hour. More teams in the playoffs than not. Ghost runner on second in the 10th inning. Why not just eliminate the games entirely and just have a season-long home-run derby? — PolitiTweet.org

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@JamesWetzler9 Terrible ad, though. — PolitiTweet.org

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Also, the testimonials in the ad seem about as spontaneous as Dear Leader endorsements on North Korean television. I don't know if "Richie" Neal deserves to win his primary, but I do know that he needs a better media consultant. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @HeerJeet: This is one of New York's great museums, so this is heartbreaking. https://t.co/vGDutF9QLI — PolitiTweet.org

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@ChloDubs Absolutely. The Biden chapters stand up even after nearly three decades. Biden even said at Richard Ben Cramer’s memorial service that the book captured him both positively and negatively, “warts and all.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Texas today in two headlines: "'We're desperate.' North Texas hospital seek plasma donations." And its companion headline: "A group of Texas bars plan to open illegally this Saturday." https://t.co/R30xbeABJD — PolitiTweet.org

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The @IrishRep is amazing in doing these plays. We saw "Molly Sweeney" by Brian Friel a few weeks ago. It had all the emotional immediacy of being in the theater, unlike a taped production. It helps to have plays with alternating monologues. — PolitiTweet.org

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Worth pointing out that Joe Lieberman, who for all his hawkish views supports abortion rights, spoke on behalf of McCain at the 2008 GOP convention. That’s what you get when you run a big-tent campaign. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidKusnet: For anyone who 1) says kids will recover from Covid-19; and 2) Compares Covid-19 with flu pandemics: My father survived 19… — PolitiTweet.org

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@jamespmanley Pro-active arrests are for thought crimes. — PolitiTweet.org

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I already sense Trump’s new aura of gravitas. — PolitiTweet.org

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@rschles Thanks. I was seconds away from being covered by a sheet. — PolitiTweet.org

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Eagerly waiting for "And that's when Donald J. Trump became presidential." — PolitiTweet.org

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@SenatorZero @mjhousiaux12 That may be the worst slogan ever. Runner-up for worst was in 1936: "Let’s make it a Landon-slide." — PolitiTweet.org

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@SenatorZero Now I understand why presidential candidates no longer wear chaps. — PolitiTweet.org

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@SenatorZero I had suppressed this moment. — PolitiTweet.org

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Before Mike Dukakis was born, Calvin Coolidge in 1927 set the lasting standard for the worst presidential headgear moment -- donning an Indian headdress: https://t.co/FAaXfbFMem — PolitiTweet.org

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When Atlanta Brave All-Star first baseman Freddie Freeman got a 104.5 fever with the virus, he prayed to God, "Please don't take me." That's why a public service campaign is needed to tell young people the risks of Covid-19. From my @rollcall column: https://t.co/xJdCGCJ7Hz — PolitiTweet.org

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I am sure that there have been private frowns during the morning in front of bathroom mirrors. And probably a few top Republicans have vented to their spouses. One or two courageous ones probably even have made funny faces during phone calls, but never on Zoom. — PolitiTweet.org

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Presented with no comment since saying anything would ruin it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@lmlauramarsh You mean I'd do 1/10th of a Scaramucci. — PolitiTweet.org

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The subject line of the latest Trump fund-raising email: "Become an advisor to the President." I know that Trump is churning through Cabinets officers and White House aides, but asking me to join his staff is getting a little desperate. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is the part that I never understand. Why, with Trump down 10-15% in the polls, does anybody with standard prosper-in-Washington ambitions think that it is a wise career move to cater to Trump's worst instincts. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JoyceCarolOates: are you serious? Agatha Christie? no, no--pure James Elroy. purely American, conspiracy, unspeakable filth & worse, c… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @newrepublic: On the latest episode of “The Politics of Everything,” @moiraweigel talks right-wing media history, and @MrWalterShapiro d… — PolitiTweet.org

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@hiltzikm You could be right. I found it informative. — PolitiTweet.org

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I am not in Portland, nor am I an expert on what is happening there. But I think this editorial in the Portland Oregonian deserves a serious reading: https://t.co/OCY5jDzQ7h — PolitiTweet.org

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John Mitchell was indicted in March 1974 on crimes relating to the Watergate coverup. Worth stressing that this was five months before Nixon resigned, although Mitchell wasn't convicted until Ford was president. — PolitiTweet.org

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@NormOrnstein @JRubinBlogger @ProjectLincoln @sarahcpr Or simply asked, "When counting down by sevens, what comes after 93?" — PolitiTweet.org