Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@MarkLeibovich You figured out my secret strategy: I am really a Davos Man who purports to modestly deny it. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@martin_jurek I knew columnists and commentators whose major demand each time they changed jobs was a promise of a fully paid Davos sojourn. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@mattizcoop @jwharris @StraussCenter @kateweaverUT Maybe a major corporation, grateful to its lobbyist, decided that a particular tax loophole entitled Strauss to a bigger headstone. Maybe even a mausoleum. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jwharris @mattizcoop @StraussCenter @kateweaverUT What do you think happened? They got the dates wrong? Or, more likely, Strauss decided that, on reflection, he didn't want to go? — PolitiTweet.org

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I am proud to announce that I am not now nor have I ever been “a Davos Man.” — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@farhip London, I believe. The streetcar had a trans-Atlantic route. — PolitiTweet.org

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The idea of a casino atop Saks and its designer dresses would give new meaning to the phrase "taken to the cleaners." It might also compete with the possibility of church bingo at St. Patrick's across the street. — PolitiTweet.org

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@pattmlatimes That guess won the afternoon. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Four events in the news: 1). Biden's classified documents; 2). The Hunter Biden saga; 3). Major signs that inflation is abating with low unemployment; 4). Japan is militarizing in response to China. I would bet that #3 is by far the most important politically in 2024. — PolitiTweet.org

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This three-day weekend is a wonderful moment for me to remind the world that I (almost alone in journalism) do not have a podcast or a substack. So you don't have to feel perpetually guilty about falling behind in listening to or reading my words. Now, don't you feel better? — PolitiTweet.org

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Kellyanne Conway says that we have done "precious little to learn and understand what drives the 74 million fellow Americans who were Trump-Pence voters in 2020 and not in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021." You mean I read all those Western Pennsylvania diner stories for nothing? — PolitiTweet.org

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@atrain215 @ByChrisBrennan @BrennanCenter Dying to know when the Democrats stormed the Capitol or arranged for multiple fake slates of electors to be sent to the Senate. — PolitiTweet.org

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@juliadahl Florida has more great epidemiologists in every right-wing neighborhood than anywhere else on this planet. — PolitiTweet.org

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It's wonderful and surprising. See it before it closes. And did I mention it was the funniest thing I've seen all year? — PolitiTweet.org

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@tsegerblom @politico In an amazing coincidence, I ran into Ro Khanna in the lobby of the Centennial Hotel in Concord NH just before Election Day. — PolitiTweet.org

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Does it just take one member to introduce a resolution to vacate George Santos? — PolitiTweet.org

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@richgalen Santos slurred his words when he was talking to the genie. — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattizcoop @djrothkopf @monthly @robshapiro But what about Hunter's laptop? That's the biggest story since the Punic Wars. — PolitiTweet.org

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Be still my beating heart. — PolitiTweet.org

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

@heybonanos In an Elizabeth Strout novel, there is a major scene where her main character steals a single dress shoe and an earring out of spite. — PolitiTweet.org

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@CiderImp @tomwatson What in God’s name have I done to warrant this kind of attack? — PolitiTweet.org

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@tomwatson Afraid we New Yorkers disagree on this one. Also, Porter went all out for Warren in Iowa in 2020. Loyalty and gratitude count for something in politics. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ExGOPer @tomwatson Very good point. After Feinstein, I doubt there is much of a vote for the person who claims to be next in line. — PolitiTweet.org

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@tomwatson There will be over 5 million voters in the 2024 California Democratic primary. That takes national fund-raising and Katie Porter and her whiteboard can raise a hell of a lot. Doubt Barbara Lee can. But I am from NY as well. — PolitiTweet.org

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@tomwatson Curious what the evidence is for your assertion “most progressives see…” I suspect Katie Porter has a much higher name recognition than Barbara Lee. — PolitiTweet.org

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When George Santos told the genie out of the bottle that he wanted to be one of the most famous people in Congress, I am not sure that this was what he had in mind. — PolitiTweet.org

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@richgalen We were the Three Esses — Seinfeld, Shapiro and Santos. But Santos was the only Jew in the bunch. — PolitiTweet.org

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@edburmila @RottenInDenmark Problem with this argument is the initial government complaint against gas stoves was built around health and safety rather than climate change. — PolitiTweet.org

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I think we all should update our resumes to say that we worked with George Santos, no matter where or when we were employed. For example, I remember Santos with an office down the hall in the Carter White House. We also did standup together in New York. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DKarol She is probably the underdog in terms of raising money and money means so much in California. But, boy, is she good at making herself an interesting and distinctive candidate. — PolitiTweet.org