tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post1356302418175161539..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Read Stuff, You ShouldJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-21888471665401371342012-03-26T19:14:29.239-05:002012-03-26T19:14:29.239-05:00I posted the above after I had just begun reading ...I posted the above after I had just begun reading the Serwer piece. (The 'gasoline on a fire' was my own words. I didn't know Michelle Malkin had used similar language. It's one of those occasions that seems to call for the cliche. Trying to be original seems over-cute.)<br /><br />Now that I've read the whole thing, I think it's pathetic even for Serwer. It's all straw men. There's no engagement with the real issue.David Tomlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-6747097626940559542012-03-26T19:04:42.443-05:002012-03-26T19:04:42.443-05:00I absolutely think Obama was pouring gasoline on a...I absolutely think Obama was pouring gasoline on a fire with his 'look like' comment.<br /><br />Some people might call it a dog whistle.David Tomlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-2056619152147420582012-03-26T15:07:44.771-05:002012-03-26T15:07:44.771-05:00Obama is helping no one by claiming to empathize w...Obama is helping no one by claiming to empathize with a boy because of skin color.<br /><br />articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-03-26/news/os-trayvon-martin-zimmerman-account-20120326_1_marijuana-report-press-conference-gated-community <br /><br />RTWTbackyardfoundrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-80262550084641698532012-03-26T08:49:35.596-05:002012-03-26T08:49:35.596-05:00That's a great Lithwick column. Very astute to...That's a great Lithwick column. Very astute to look foremost at conservative legal elites' issue agenda over the past generation, which has never included interstate commerce matters as a focus or priority, and thus it would be unlikely for them to expend significant amounts of institutional and political capital on it, relative to other dearer issues.PFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00263515090451316188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-45883239042151451012012-03-26T08:23:13.175-05:002012-03-26T08:23:13.175-05:00Court talk reminds me way late of something last w...Court talk reminds me way late of something last week that might have mattered: the Supreme Court declared that defendants have a right to competent representation even before and outside of trials. Really, since ~97% of cases don't go to trial, it's astonishing that there were no protections before now. Here's hoping the Innocence Project & co. are all over this.<br /><br />Or maybe it doesn't matter after all, now that "Law & Order"'s off the air.the classicisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08691196845661570282noreply@blogger.com