Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@lindsayballant It's a horrible thought. Camden Yards alone deserves to be a baseball shrine for decades to come. To take a baseball quote from another context, "Say it ain't so, John Angelos." — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@Kff02634162 @NormOrnstein Oscar Wilde's supposed final words on his death bed rank right up there: "This wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. Either it goes or I do." — PolitiTweet.org

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@NormOrnstein Kudos for repurposing that great Mary McCarthy quote about Lillian Hellman. The actual line: "Every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the.'” https://t.co/JxLxu9Yh0L — PolitiTweet.org

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I assume that by 8:30 tonight (30 minutes after the hearings begin) there will be polls that show that Republicans (shocker!) still support Trump. Which will then be used to claim that the investigation was a dud. — PolitiTweet.org

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@TonyDinSalemIL I think it is military operations rather than just the basing of troops. — PolitiTweet.org

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Sobering to read the White House's list under the War Powers Act detailing over a dozen countries on all continents other than Australia and Antarctica where the U.S. has active military operations. And who knows what the CIA is also doing covertly? https://t.co/qNmiF3nctm — PolitiTweet.org

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@MichaelMcGough3 Based on this, Biden is clearly senile and should be replaced under Article XXV of the Constitution. Then Kamala Harris should resign and new Speaker of the House Donald J. Trump would be the rightful president. (Do I really have to add that this sarcasm?) — PolitiTweet.org

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A smart @JillDLawrence defense of, yes, Manchin: "I’ve excoriated House Freedom Caucus Republicans who act as if the whole country is just like their districts... Well, America is not a giant-sized version of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s NYC district." https://t.co/S8wZmDIllW — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @rollcall: Ahead of the Jan. 6 hearings, @MrWalterShapiro writes that it is forgotten how slowly the Senate Watergate hearings began as… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lrozen: “Most voters who will be watching the hearings have not kept up with the piecemeal revelations of what the committee has discov… — PolitiTweet.org

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Me in @rollcall: "There is literally nothing in modern political history that compares to the Jan. 6 hearings. Never has a congressional committee spent months investigating what was, in effect, an attempted coup to overturn a valid election." https://t.co/ocNQDrzDJp — PolitiTweet.org

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@HotlineJosh @nationaljournal @axios Let me add my kazoo to the brass bands cheering. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

RT @RachelBitecofer: Gonna add, when the Bros of Election Twitter decided I was unworthy of their treehouse, @daveweigel was one of the few… — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@joe_sheehan @jasoncollette @RonShandler And I just looked it up -- Joe Dugan, later a Yankee third baseman, had the best season of his career for the 1920 A's. He had 2.8 hitting WAR per Baseball Reference. No other hitter was above 0.3. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PeterHamby: there are almost no reporters out there who can cover a primary day like tomorrow with the sweep, knowledge and sourcing th… — PolitiTweet.org

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@OsitaNwanevu I'm shaky on the telegraph as well. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@sullydish Scarily, very scarily, she was probably better than most Trump choices for the CIA would have been. And, make no mistake, I agree on the war criminal point. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JillDLawrence: Clear-eyed analysis of Biden’s bad approval ratings from @MrWalterShapiro. What is his fault, what is not, and what can… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ednoymer Yes, it’s global. But it still is the most serious problem affecting America. Especially since large chunks of the population are ignoring it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@classicguitarnj Absolutely. As tragic as gun violence is, nothing has affected America like Covid. And the virus keeps developing new hyper-infectious variants. Take Covid away and the entire mood of the country changes. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Profepps Oh, yeah. That one million. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

By the luck of random sampling, I have long been part of an online panel for Gallup. Yesterday I was asked, "What is America's greatest problem?" My answer: Covid. My reasoning: Even though we're bored with the pandemic, it colors everything and helps create the bleak mood. — PolitiTweet.org

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Me in @newrepublic: "Biden did what he could Thursday night to demonstrate that he is still relevant as more than the nation’s Mourner in Chief. But the sad truth is that any legislation requires 10 brave Senate Republicans." Good luck with that. https://t.co/3T9JkqsKKb — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @newrepublic: In his speech urging gun control last night, Biden walked a fine line between pushing meaningful legislation and not alien… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @OpinionToday: How Much Is President Biden to Blame for His Poor Approval Ratings? (@MrWalterShapiro) https://t.co/J559eRqYIK — PolitiTweet.org

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@IsaacDovere Well played. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

In the same vein, here is a column I wrote for @rollcall urging Fetterman to be honest about his health: https://t.co/1K35YYuPjT — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@l_vannoy @jonathanalter Glad to know that I have such a faithful non-reader. — PolitiTweet.org

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@bonhogue @jonathanalter That point is made in the article. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jonathanalter: Good overview of Biden’s woes by ⁦@MrWalterShapiro⁩ https://t.co/Uk7IsUam27 — PolitiTweet.org