Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

I thought I could survive anything during a pandemic. A Charmin shortage. Trump. House arrest. But finally I acknowledge that we are witnessing the collapse of civilization in the form of the boom in boxed wine. The end is nigh. https://t.co/f0juQVbcIf — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@mattizcoop Don't forget that great ad firm from the 1960s, "Sterling Cooper" and later "Sterling Cooper Draper." — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@NormOrnstein And when they go on the road, the headlines could read, "Coopers Fly the Coop." — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@mattizcoop Maybe you should do a book about the full range of Coopers from Sarah to Amy. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

RT @daveweigel: Also, "the founding fathers were traitors" doesn't make sense, unless Duckworth was using the interview to come out as a ro… — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Wait until Trump goes after everyone who speaks Esperanto. Then the gloves will be really off. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Is it too early to boost Sarah Cooper for a Nobel Prize? Or the Heisman Trophy? — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

This is the most depressing thing (other than COVID-19 updates) that I'm likely to read this week. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

But how do you get headlines with carefully reasoned analyses of the crime data? It's so much more satisfying to mouth off with glib explanations. Also, the frustrations of being limited by the pandemic may play a role in the crime spike. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

We spent decades trying to decipher why crime in NYC plunged so dramatically during the 1990s. That's why facile explanations of the current uptick -- in the middle of a pandemic -- are likely to be misleading or flat-out wrong. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

“White House officials hope that Americans will grow numb to the effects of nuclear war.” Imagine if the Kennedy administration offered this hopeful bit of spin during the Cuban Missile Crisis. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@aedwardslevy That one made my morning. Though too many more of these in one sitting -- and I might have to arrange an intervention. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@Mr___Cleveland Okay, we all have bad years that we would rather erase from the history books. But Cy Young won 240 games for the Spiders in the 1890s. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@kurteichenwald @Graniteprof Appreciate it. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@Graniteprof Where do you get hand sanitizer? NH must be a special place. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

If Cincinnati could change its name in 1953 from the "Reds" to the "Redlegs" because of the McCarthyite Red Scare, then certainly the "Indians" can go the way of Chief Wahoo. Bring back the Cleveland Spiders. https://t.co/asSZIs0yWr — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@MontaigneGhost I hope you're right. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@theMitziLinn A tad more famous perhaps. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@theMitziLinn A small amount of votes that would have otherwise gone to Biden could make a difference in a close election. Think Jill Stein in 2016. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@bettercount_us I'm assuming that if the forces pushing West forward are serious in trying to cut into Biden's vote total, then Kanye would be on the ballot in states like Arizona where the deadline is early September. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@DomAcconcia I know I was pushing the reality of Nero's artistic talent to make the joke work. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

At least, fiddling required Nero to display some artistic talent. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Difference is that is that Kanye West could flip a state or two by grabbing 1% of the vote. Williamson achieved her well-earned oblivion with similar primary vote totals. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

For those who wonder what's possible with the Kanye spoiler campaign presumably designed to syphon off Biden votes, here's the best list of filing deadlines for independent candidates: https://t.co/IBdIXkPPvL — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@laura_lrnzo Bad taste but funny. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@MichaelSalfino Depends on the state. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@RTMannJr Totally unfair to the four presidents you named to be lumped with Trump. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

I'm sure Kanye has a great ground game. Seriously, announcing you're running for president and arranging to have people do the grunt work of acquiring petition signatures in the middle of a pandemic are two very different tasks. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@dceiver Confederal statues are ever so popular with swing voters in the Philadelphia suburbs and the Detroit suburbs. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@ChrisBuryNews For the right to oppose George Wallace in the general election. — PolitiTweet.org