He's nice enough not to want to be associated with a nasty remark but not nice enough not to make it. Lacking the courage of one's nastiness does not make one nice.
A gaffe is a politician inadvertently telling an inconvenient truth. - Michael Kinsley
A gaffe is a politician inadvertently telling an inconvenient truth.
- Michael Kinsley
The definition of a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth. - Michael Kinsley
The definition of a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.
One answer is that the towns elected officials thought that the project served a public purpose and that the various subsidies and favors were worth … - Michael Kinsley
One answer is that the towns elected officials thought that the project served a public purpose and that the various subsidies and favors were worth …
What could be more absurd than the idea that genuine anti-Christian prejudice is a major force in American politics. - Michael Kinsley
What could be more absurd than the idea that genuine anti-Christian prejudice is a major force in American politics.
The takings clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals. - Michael Kinsley
The takings clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals.
Anything that keeps a politician humble is healthy for democracy. - Michael Kinsley
Anything that keeps a politician humble is healthy for democracy.
I have a saying: the scandal isn't what's illegal, the scandal is what's legal. - Michael Kinsley
I have a saying: the scandal isn't what's illegal, the scandal is what's legal.
Is there any other democracy where the voters are as spoiled as they are in the United States? Especially, of course, in certain states, such as Iowa… - Michael Kinsley
Is there any other democracy where the voters are as spoiled as they are in the United States? Especially, of course, in certain states, such as Iowa…
If hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue, piousness is virtue paying tribute to itself. - Michael Kinsley
If hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue, piousness is virtue paying tribute to itself.
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