Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Why Trump has trouble with older voters: "When you are in an age group prone to worrying about dying alone in a hospital or warned not to leave home except in emergencies, you tend to pay close attention to every statement from the White House." My column: https://t.co/DeRMGMaQSg — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

From my @rollcall column: "It is easy to imagine that in 2060, the name Trump will still be synonymous with blithering incompetence in the face of a pandemic. And 'Trumpism' instead of 'McCarthyism' would define fact-free vitriolic smear campaigns." https://t.co/DeRMGLTftG — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Best summary of Biden’s feelings about being VP that I have read. Read it to understand 2020 and to be skeptical about pressure campaigns on Biden. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@k8croy @paulgoldberger With "hexa-hexa-hexachlorophine." — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@paulgoldberger Bucky the Beaver was almost as big a figure in my life as Eddie Haskell. — PolitiTweet.org

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@AaronBlake Also, as others have pointed out, the doctor's letter does not say explicitly that Trump is taking the quack cure. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump is going with his gut (aka Deep Stomach) over the recommendations of the Deep State. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@RealCarolMiller I'm so sorry that you had to go through this, no symptoms or not. I realize it's been about 20 years, but warm greetings from New York where I am fine but starring in a TV show called, "Walter Held Hostage -- Day 58." — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

I spent some time in Indiana in 2008 and I recall that Obama invested in offices in Hamilton County and didn't write it off. Obama's narrowing the GOP margin in Hamilton County over the 2004 Kerry rout was about enough for him to win statewide. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump grew up hearing TV jingles in the late 1950s for Ipana toothpaste with "hexachlorophene," which was later taken off the market because it was toxic. I wonder if Trump is thinking Ipana and Bucky the Beaver every time he hawks his favorite quack cure: hydroxychloroquine. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jefftimmer How about Trump tweeting, "Obama totally dropped the ball on World War I. What a loser. The Kaiser was laughing at us. Never forget." (I can't bring myself to add Trump's all capitals and mangled syntax). — PolitiTweet.org

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@fairleyraney Good luck. I certainly have a low capacity right now to wallow in misery unrelated to the virus. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@blakehounshell And Matt Bai wrote a book about the whole Hart furor, "The Truth Is Out." The National Enquirer barely gets a walk-on. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

A sentence worthy of Bartlett's: "When facts are uncomfortable, people turn to motive." — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Being home-bound may be finally getting to me. I just found myself reliving in luxurious fantasy over-priced bad restaurant meals that I've had. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

I don't know Ronan Farrow. But I do know that the new piece about him by @benyt is a reminder that the NYTimes made a great hire to write about the media in the spirit of the late David Carr. https://t.co/CVVn8vpVqg — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@jacobwe I'm beaten. I will now retreat to a quiet corner and marvel. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

I hate the -gate suffix. But I can't resist Dog-Walk-Gate. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@JamesPindell @BresPolitico @realDonaldTrump @NBCSports @premierleague If only the Japanese leagues were open so I could make a joke about Trump playing for Nippan Ham Fighters. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@JamesPindell @BresPolitico @realDonaldTrump @NBCSports @premierleague My guess is that Trump wishes that he had taken his legendary baseball talent to Korea and starred in their league. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@thegarance It’s a fun life for us all on a beautiful home bound Sunday. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

You can read this for the shrewd analysis of Montana and the political artistry of Steve Bullock. Or you can read it because every sentence from Sarah Vowell is a polished gem. Or -- wild notion -- you can read it for both reasons. https://t.co/VsNghUbncl — PolitiTweet.org

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@tomwatson The new Yankee Stadium reminds me of over-sized government buildings in a country like Pakistan. The message is that you the visitor are small, but the state is big. It is a message of insecurity. And the Yankees have made fewer World Series trips since it opened than the Royals. — PolitiTweet.org

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@mpdillon Fiendish. But I am truly a worthy target of the Deep State conspiracy. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@Ed_Realist He certainly seems to be saying that concern over the virus is an anti-Trump hoax designed to prevent Trump from holding rallies. And that, once the election is over, Democrats will return everything to normal. — PolitiTweet.org

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Funny. I have very good Democratic connections and you would think that somebody would have whispered to me that the virus is just an anti-Trump host. And if it is a hoax, why am I stuck home on Saturday night? Democrats know I can keep a secret and this is ruining my summer. — PolitiTweet.org

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@AlexisGelber We watched it when it came out in late April. But all it took to lift my mood was Donna Murphy doing "Send In the Clowns" and that trio downing vodka stingers and everything else. — PolitiTweet.org

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Facing another home-bound Saturday night, I discovered what a lift to the spirits it can be to watch last month's birthday tribute to Stephen Sondheim again. For the uninitiated, start with the trio singing "The Ladies Who Lunch" at about the 2-hour mark. https://t.co/7EoRRzlA8F — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

"Only the little people pay taxes," said Leona Helmsley. "Only the little presidents obey laws" seems to the mantra of the Trump years. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@LarrySabato @JohnDediePolSci @justinamash Still my favorite family of Hungarian emigres. And, of course, I watch "Green Acres" nightly. — PolitiTweet.org