"With less than one in four West Virginia voters saying they are more likely to support Sen. Manchin because of his vote to confirm [Kavanaugh] it appears his eleventh hour decision did not have the impact…" https://t.co/qEkKsGQNRw Huh? If sways 1 in 4 that's HUGE in close race
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 21, 2018
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TORQUING THE NEWS:: The linked piece says Trump was asked if he found it "credible," not if he *believed* it. Think there is a difference between those two.
Who writes these @nytopinion tweets?. https://t.co/hP6NEF82aD
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 21, 2018
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"Hey Senator Warren: Where’s Bern?" https://t.co/4ubzTQtdx0 Warren looks v-foolish. But am sick of pieces written in this taunting, ball-hiding Twitchy style. Tell it straight & you have chance of really embarrassing her (by convincing some on her side).
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 21, 2018
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"Hey Senator Warren: Where’s Bern?" https://t.co/4ubzTQtdx0 Warren looks v-foolish. But am sick of pieces written in this taunting, ball-hiding Twitchy style. Tell it straight & you have chance of really embarrassing her (by convincing some on her side).
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 21, 2018
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"The official said Trump is annoyed by a sense that he was blindsided and by what he sees as Kushner’s misjudgment. Kushner has in recent days been sidelined from the Khashoggi case, which many in the administration see as beneficial." https://t.co/SKMrKyEQ3X
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 21, 2018
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Can't we reasonably think that 1) MbS can be replaced by someone else less reckless, 2) Whoever that is will be more hesitant to kill critics of the regime? Neither of these requires the fall of the House of Saud https://t.co/iK7KDR5Or3
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 21, 2018
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Never bring a bone saw to a fist fight.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 19, 2018
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"The crown prince and his aides had initially thought the crisis would pass … Must have been talking to Jared. https://t.co/tZ9AcS2oKG
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 19, 2018
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'DAD, I CRASHED THE KINGDOM': “The king started asking aides and MbS about it. MbS had to tell him and asked him to intervene when Khashoggi’s case became a global crisis," https://t.co/tZ9AcS2oKG
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 19, 2018
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For most of my adult life, one party or another (echoed by pundits) has talked about keeping mid-term elections local. It never works. Always nationalized over one issue or another. @RonBrownstein has the numbers. https://t.co/p2USEcBDQN
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 19, 2018
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So Trump has the option of NOT standing by MBS? Tell me more about this option … https://t.co/DsvVrMZjrV
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 19, 2018
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Actually both versions say the same thing: Jared thinks it will blow over. (The same way Comey firing would be no problem!) . https://t.co/IeN0bpSoq0
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 19, 2018
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What do I know, but "we don't want to do business with MBS" seems like a simpler more efective solution than delaying rich Saudis visas.** Plus, if we're going to "indict anyone involved in Khashoggi’s murder" … well?
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** and bankrupt Rodeo Drive? https://t.co/cJPQaV2yQq— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 19, 2018
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Hollywood and MBS: "Now they are all finding, as the spotlight finally turns their way, that it’s easier, in Hollywood parlance, to get into bed with a monster than to get out."//The Ankler https://t.co/SlTE6xXcR8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 19, 2018
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STILL ON? "Saudi Arabia to host Disney and Marvel shows"?//The Ankler: https://t.co/SlTE6xXcR8 "The Saudis, of course, being investors in Disney, that’s only natural…."
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 19, 2018
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On whether the Herald was right to bust Hart even without the "challenge.": It was clear years before that the rules were changing & reporters maybe weren't going to let pols get away with a Teddy Kennedy lifestyle. See https://t.co/LTi3nL2Gv5 Hart got caught in the transition.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 18, 2018
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He saved America from "comprehensive immigration reform" (at least according to PBS https://t.co/UAFjRw8GwL) I'm sure many donors, lobbyists, "more immigration" GOP politicians were annoyed by that. https://t.co/EQRiqYFsUW
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 18, 2018
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"Textured" is the new "artisanal."
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 18, 2018
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Pretty spectacular mistake https://t.co/YZWH5UDiWQ When does CNN ever make "mistakes" in @realDonaldTrump's favor? They do not seem to be random events. https://t.co/Rm8Eyp5686
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 18, 2018
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Pretty spectacular mistake https://t.co/YZWH5UDiWQ When does CNN ever make "mistakes" in @realDonaldTrump's favor? They do not seem to be random events. https://t.co/Rm8Eyp5686
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 18, 2018
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“If you want to live when you come back to Arabia, shut up…" https://t.co/CW4iF2L6dV
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 18, 2018
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If all of MBS's initiatives are turning into debacles, as you persuasively note, why isn't replacing him both an appropriate sanction & a way to achieve a better alliance? Is he the only potential leader in SA? https://t.co/egO9NyXADh
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 18, 2018
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Will Sessions' tightening of the "credible fear" standard for asylum be enough to thwart the caravan? (Last caravan largely got in.) https://t.co/DOYQ4tZpaY Why not be creative –eg. require Central American asylum-seekers to apply in Mexico City and wait it out there?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 18, 2018
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To torture us with his nobility https://t.co/MAKkT4hU2z
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 18, 2018
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Grim! https://t.co/hzjQxfCRyj
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 18, 2018
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