http://washingtonindependent.com/39385/leave-it-to-bill-kristol-to-make-a-bad-argument-even-worse National News in Context Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:40:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://washingtonindependent.com/39385/leave-it-to-bill-kristol-to-make-a-bad-argument-even-worse/comment-page-1#comment-36126 penalcolony Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:51:01 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=39385#comment-36126 I vote without reservation for "merely cynical." We're talking about someone who bullied his son into joining the military as a resume item for an eventual political career -- in which Kristol no doubt sees himself as the Svengali. All very Abrahamic of him, but let's hope the son doesn't lose his life on the altar of his father's deranged ambition. I vote without reservation for “merely cynical.” We're talking about someone who bullied his son into joining the military as a resume item for an eventual political career — in which Kristol no doubt sees himself as the Svengali. All very Abrahamic of him, but let's hope the son doesn't lose his life on the altar of his father's deranged ambition.

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/39385/leave-it-to-bill-kristol-to-make-a-bad-argument-even-worse/comment-page-1#comment-36127 Dan Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:04:11 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=39385#comment-36127 Another reason it's a poor argument: most of the memos were written in May 2005, not October 2001. Another reason it's a poor argument: most of the memos were written in May 2005, not October 2001.

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/39385/leave-it-to-bill-kristol-to-make-a-bad-argument-even-worse/comment-page-1#comment-27016 penalcolony Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:51:01 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=39385#comment-27016 I vote without reservation for "merely cynical." We're talking about someone who bullied his son into joining the military as a resume item for an eventual political career -- in which Kristol no doubt sees himself as the Svengali. All very Abrahamic of him, but let's hope the son doesn't lose his life on the altar of his father's deranged ambition. I vote without reservation for “merely cynical.” We're talking about someone who bullied his son into joining the military as a resume item for an eventual political career — in which Kristol no doubt sees himself as the Svengali. All very Abrahamic of him, but let's hope the son doesn't lose his life on the altar of his father's deranged ambition.

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/39385/leave-it-to-bill-kristol-to-make-a-bad-argument-even-worse/comment-page-1#comment-27007 Dan Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:04:11 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=39385#comment-27007 Another reason it's a poor argument: most of the memos were written in May 2005, not October 2001. Another reason it's a poor argument: most of the memos were written in May 2005, not October 2001.

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