Thursday, March 31, 2011

My favorite AEI Scholar


9 comments:

TJE said...

Stormin Norman was once DC's most ubiquitous talking head. He seems to have entered the twilight of career.

Julia G said...

He's my favorite too, Patrick!

PL said...
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PL said...

It must be so ANNOYING that someone from the AEI has enough integrity and intelligence to point out every ridiculous and idiotic thing conservatives do, say, or suggest.

Also, I couldn't help but note the complete absence of any attempt to refute any of his specific charges. Just some dig that he used to appear everywhere (using the word ubiquitous, a word which George Will and other conservatives have reinforced as having a negative connotation by applying it to Obama constantly). But Norm has now apparently declined in quality?

I suspect the problem for conservatives about his career is that he is still too ubiquitous for their taste- always letting his big mouth run. Silly Norm, doesn't he know that groups like AEI have a responsibility to the conservative movement to maintain party and messaging discipline?

Two cheers for Ornstein- a moderate who points out idiocy and hypocrisy everywhere. Is it really his fault that it's mostly concentrated among conservatives?

TJE said...

Norman Ornstein is a great American.

TJE said...

1. Should Mr. McGahn enforce parts of a law that SCOTUS declared unconstitutional?

2. Donald Trump is an idiot-- is that news?

3. Was it a slow news day at The Hill. Does BBA have an chance of becoming law?

TJE said...

PS. I was way ahead of Mr. Ornstein. I'm the one who suggested that Mr. Trump be sentenced to life on a desert island with Joy Behar.

Julia G said...

Hayward's response:
http://blog.american.com/?p=29288

TJE said...

Steve Hayward is a great American-- and his wife is a panelist at AHI Colloquium.