Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

I'm sure that book has another Scooter classic: Rizzuto explaining that the "WW" in almost every inning on his scorecard stood for "Wasn't Watching." — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

"May I introduce the next head of the CDC, Marjorie Taylor Greene." — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@Matoxman @barry Believe or not, the late 1980s were not an era rich in links. I am recalling this story from memory, but I remember it vividly. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MFBarna Doubt they saved rain-delay patter 35 years ago. — PolitiTweet.org

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@lisatozzi I remember hearing it on the radio with my jaw dropping. — PolitiTweet.org

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A Yankee rain delay story: In the late 1980s during a lengthy rain storm, Phil Rizzuto started to give his theory of exactly what causes AIDS. In the greatest Save since the invention of the stat, Bill White breaks in at the last minute to abruptly change the topic. — PolitiTweet.org

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@dceiver Did she have more nice things to say about that great peacemaker Bashir Assad? — PolitiTweet.org

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@Graniteprof I remember a guy named Mazeroski, but he isn’t a historic figure like Lollich. — PolitiTweet.org

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Given how much more Super PACs pay than candidates for the same ad time, do we know for sure that the GOP has a meaningful advantage with outside money? — PolitiTweet.org

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@powellnyt @joelmsiegel Would you want to leave Houston? I would. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JillDLawrence: .@MrWalterShapiro on the achievements and near-term political legacy of the #January6thCommittee: Most voters hold Trump… — PolitiTweet.org

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My favorite candidate quote of 2022: "The only thing that is preventing us from being Australia right now is our Second Amendment." Thank you Kari Lake for reminding us that Australia is like North Korea but with less freedom. — PolitiTweet.org

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After Rob Manfred expanded the playoffs and downgraded the regular season for TV cash, I am rooting for him to be rewarded with a ratings-killing Cleveland vs San Diego World Series. — PolitiTweet.org

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The Mariners-Astros game is disproving economist Herb Stein’s adage, “If something can’t go on forever, it won’t.” And I’m loving it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JonSeaton18 And if the Yankees and the Dodgers are eliminated along with the Braves and Mets, Manfred and the owners will probably use it as a justification to expand the playoffs to 16 teams. Yikes. — PolitiTweet.org

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If you’re watching the Mariner-Astro 0-0 game in the 12th, I hope you understand the folly of Manfred’s ghost runner in the regular season. — PolitiTweet.org

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If today’s Seattle-Houston game isn’t a killer argument to get rid of Manfred’s ghost rubber then recall the Cleveland-Tampa Bay 15 inning classic. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jenmercieca Infuriating since I had the same experience. There is no need to turn Wordle into a game of random guesses, all of which could be right. — PolitiTweet.org

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Everyone should read this terrific @ShaneGoldmacher piece. It provides the most persuasive reason why contributors should give directly to candidates rather than groups -- groups sometimes have to pay 10 times what candidates do for the same TV ad time. https://t.co/8dLNyxVGfD — PolitiTweet.org

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Am I missing something here: Doesn't egregious anti-Semitism trump loyalty? And since when do brand ambassadors get a doesn't-matter-what-they-say pass for mental disorders? So, of course, I am boycotting Balenciaga as my couturier of choice. https://t.co/Ju4WHGZD3w — PolitiTweet.org

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This seems like a perfect day to remind the world of my lasting public service in these trying times — I don’t have a podcast. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@ArtL7 @NormOrnstein @MarilynRMarks1 @JamesFallows I'd give it a D+. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@Obornee Why have 23 questions to which the candidates respond with rehearsed sound bites. Better to go longer on eight topics. — PolitiTweet.org

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@SHWeiss01 A surefire topic that would lead to a Nobel Prize in economics: Work out the precise numerical relationship between the decline in stock prices and nose biting. — PolitiTweet.org

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The Georgia debate is frustrating beyond belief. The time limits are ludicrously short. And the moderators eat up more time trying to enforce their rigid rules than they can possibly save by compliance. — PolitiTweet.org

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There is no worse statement from a debate monitor than the insistence, "We have to move on." Why? Generally, the moderator interjects herself or himself just at the moment that the debate is getting interesting. What's the rush? — PolitiTweet.org

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@StevenTDennis @HouseInSession Thanks for that public service announcement. I had been baffled. — PolitiTweet.org

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@colemanwb @newrepublic May I recommend that you learn an eight-letter word beginning with the letters "Ab......." — PolitiTweet.org

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@mcvasilic @newrepublic Sorry, but we disagree. I didn't write the headline, but i stand by it. It is obvious that repudiation at the polls is an effective tactic against Trump. We probably agree on 95 percent, so I'll stop here. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ConnieSchultz They’re playing a great game. And 74 years is a hell of a long time. — PolitiTweet.org