Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

It was, looking back, the best years of our lives. That period from the fall of the Berlin Wall to 9/11 when America ruled the world and the economy was mostly robust. But as I write in @newrepublic, we blew it with almost nothing to show for it. https://t.co/4OMpPcc4uY — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

RT @newrepublic: From the fall of the Berlin Wall to 9/11, we had relative peace and prosperity. It was an opportunity to salve some fester… — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@mcopelov I love this Herb Stein quote. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

It’s a wonderful moment for Yankee haters. The Bronx Bombers have now gone 16 straight innings without a hit. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jackshafer: New @politico: Memo to the New York Times: Enough with the Semafor Coverage https://t.co/ctxO3a6UTh — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

RT @newrepublic: The January 6 hearings, which will go on hiatus until mid-July, are in themselves a twenty-first century replay of the 197… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MrWalterShapiro: Me in @newrepublic: "It is an iron law of political scandal: Inevitably, there are echoes of Watergate. But at Thursda… — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Me in @newrepublic on today's hearing: "Watergate ended with an overwhelming majority—including most congressional Republicans—rejecting Nixon’s lies and his perversion of justice. As they said then, the system worked. Pray God, may history repeat itself." https://t.co/WYF8cArYAx — PolitiTweet.org

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@blastofovercast @newrepublic Yikes. Will be fixed immediately. Many thanks for catching it. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Me in @newrepublic: "It is an iron law of political scandal: Inevitably, there are echoes of Watergate. But at Thursday’s hearing of the January 6 committee, you could begin with the event that would have gone down in history as the Sunday Night Massacre." https://t.co/WYF8cArYAx — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@DrewSav And MASH was designed to be a hidden commentary on Vietnam. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

RT @mattizcoop: Haunting, must-read from @Profepps on the @January6thCmtem, the haunting testimony of Ruby Freeman, its echoes of lynching… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JillDLawrence: .@MrWalterShapiro on the #J6Hearings: Bowers, Raffensperger and Cheney all take the Constitution seriously rather than f… — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@RexChapman Danish Foreign Minister Birgette Nyborg from “Borgen.” — PolitiTweet.org

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@JamesFallows @davidfolkenflik But Rupert is such a young 91-year-old. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

By chance at the Truman Library, I found the invitation to the 1949 Inaugural Ball for Nancy Pelosi's father (the mayor of Baltimore) and his eight children. https://t.co/dVb3e8FbE7 — PolitiTweet.org

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@TweetTDG @_DrFrusci @newrepublic So you would undoubtedly call them members of the GOP Straphangers Caucus. — PolitiTweet.org

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@HayesPope @_DrFrusci @newrepublic Not Raffensperger who won his 2022 primary going away. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @_DrFrusci: The hope is that the full slate of the January 6 hearings helps convince the rational wing of the Republican Party that they… — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Me in @newrepublic: "Politics, especially when facing an authoritarian president, reveals character. Yet it is not as if you can psychoanalyze politicians from afar and decide who has integrity and who will truckle to Trump. But there are clues..." https://t.co/9Fd0X91XZs — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

RT @JillDLawrence: New column, on how a Bonnie-Raitt-Lucinda Williams concert crystallized my thoughts on age and why Biden - a good presid… — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

RT @patcaldwell: "Before Trump started lying about the outcome of the 2020 election, it would have taken the skills of Nostradamus to pictu… — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Me in @newrepublic on today's hearing: "Where do conservative political figures like Rusty Bowers and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger find their courage while the likes of Kevin McCarthy and Lindsey Graham become spineless Trump toadies?" https://t.co/9Fd0X91XZs — PolitiTweet.org

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I am eager to know what kill-the-enemy ads that Eric Greitens rejected because they were too inflammatory. I assume that the shoot-the-RINOs ad was the moderate option compared to the probable heads-on-a-pike version. https://t.co/y3NFqZN6cS — PolitiTweet.org

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Hotels these days make you beg for standard room cleaning services because, they always explain, of Covid. But despite the Covid threat, none of the staff wear masks. Makes you wonder if saving money just might have something to do with it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ClydeHaberman And we haven’t yet hit 20,000 leagues under the sea. — PolitiTweet.org

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I wonder what the legal liability of TV stations airing this horrible ad would be in the event of tragedy. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

No phrase signals buyer beware like that oft-repeated line during manias, “This time it’s different.” — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

RT @sarajust: What a lovely obituary, @ClydeHaberman - it so beautifully captures Mark Shields’ career and spirit. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JohnJHarwood: RIP Mark Shields. such a kind, funny, smart, wonderful human being — PolitiTweet.org