37th President of the United States. Messages from the President unsigned, others from Ronald Ziegler. FAQ: https://t.co/FMmHghHVFZ
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Nov 6 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
We'll discuss more about how and why it occurred. It isn't clear yet, and it won't be for some time. But the main points are these. First men, especially young men, turned out in a way that is almost unprecedented.
These are largely people that in terms of lifestyle and so forth pollsters will never reach. I and others did not count them out but we severely underestimated their drive to get to the polls.
Oct 31 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
We’ve been light on politics here for two reasons: we’ve never sweated every change in the wind, which I think people appreciate. And I think the baseball playoffs afforded people a much-needed rest. But that’s over. It’s time now to look down the barrel and focus.
As you know, we keep up the work in the background, no matter what. So here are some things to guide your thinking into next week. I’m not going to argue about them. If I’m wrong I’ll say so, as I have in the past. But this is as I see it.
Oct 21 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The Mets have nothing to be ashamed of. The season is by any measure a success. Lots of people, including me, and with good reason, saw them early in the season as beyond hope. The credit is Mendoza's, and it's further proof of how in baseball nobody knows anything.
That said, I wouldn't stand pat. I've long said the Mets need to move on from Alonso and McNeil, and I stand by that. You can't rely on Igelsias being that hot again, and I wouldn't rest on the starters all coming together at once either. They need bullpen help.
Oct 13 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
We haven't been to the forefront on politics in the past few days. This is for several reasons, mainly that to do so would be, you know, to follow the rabbit at the dog track. We've never engaged in that, and those of you stick around appreciate it, I think.
Nevertheless I'd like to make a few general statements.
Oct 2 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Vance won, for what it’s worth. He was calm, respectful, reasonable. He treated Walz as a decent man with whom he happens to disagree. He lied through his teeth. But it doesn’t matter.
Everyone who cared to watch this has already formed an opinion of Vance. If you like him or hate him, you see through what he did. In the short term it helps Trump only in that it keeps Vance off the news for saying something stupid.
Aug 6 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
Walz is a strong choice. He’s going to get them a hearing in rooms they wouldn’t get into otherwise.
The logic for Walz is similar to what led General Eisenhower to choose me: the moderate, or perceived moderate, on top, with the strong rank-and-file man underneath.
Jul 4 • 10 tweets • 1 min read
Labour are projected to win the Cities of London and Westminster on an 11% majority. The seas boiled, the skies fell, etc.
Labour are projected to take Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Boris Johnson's old seat, with a 12.3% majority.
Nov 13, 2023 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
I want to discuss Netanyahu. Normally this would be a column but I think everyone needs to hear it.
It can’t be underestimated how much Netanyahu has lost everybody. I mean everybody. Even Israel Hayom — Sheldon Adelson’s paper — says he should lick Hamas and get out.
Oct 25, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
This damn fool Johnson has a chance.
Johnson is the most conservative speaker in a hundred years. He is also the most inexperienced. He is eight years in the House and has never been in leadership of any sort.
Jul 16, 2023 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
We'll do this in one place for future reference. It began in 1980. The Phanatic accompanied players to Japan on a barnstorming trip. There were boxes of balls in the clubhouse to be signed. The Phanatic signed on the sweet spot. Lasorda was furious.
In retaliation he forced the Phanatic to sign several hundred baseballs, which is so small thing when you've only got four fingers.
Jun 2, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
On Lou Gehrig Day I can add nothing to the appreciation of him as a player or a man. But I will say something about his relationship with Ruth, which is frequently misunderstood.
Gehrig and Ruth came from similar backgrounds. They came from dirt. The difference in Gehrig's case was his mother, who was strict. He loved her very much. She kept him in line. But he understood Ruth's youth, and vice versa.
Apr 4, 2023 • 9 tweets • 1 min read
Taking into account the Indictment, the Statement of Facts, Bragg’s statement, and statements in court, here is our view of the case as we know it.
As we predicted, Trump’s attorneys told the press their defense will be that the state cannot an alleged federal crime. They have a limited point.
Mar 29, 2023 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
PERSONAL MESSAGE:
Dear Friends: Service has been light because I’m involved in managing my grandmother’s estate & how it affects my mother, who is incapacitated. This is complicated by her primary caregiver & medical power of attorney suddenly becoming ill.
I long ago pressed my family to include me in legal plans for her care. I was promised it would happen. It did not. Now as she prepares to enter (hopefully temporary) nursing care, I must ensure I can act for her and that her assets are protected.
Mar 23, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
I say this not to criticize our friend here but point out that we use the word genius very carefully. I define it as extraordinary intellectual power, creative power that is or seems unique. Berra had it. Uecker has it.
As the story details, Uecker once plausibly outlined the full season of a sitcom mid-game, based purely on the fact that they sell rooftop seats outside Wrigley. When a player came into the game, Uecker would incorporate him into the show. Some very rich people can't do that.
The Committee is majority Tory, remember. It includes Sir Bernard Jenkin, who is as far to the right as you can go on Brexit without being Farage. Yet he would love nothing more than to put Johnson on a slow boat to India.
Frum is busy drawing a line between Trump and John Edwards. That's a waste of time. It was a long time ago, and quite a lot of that jury surely voted for Edwards. Trump won't get a sympathetic jury in New York City.
Mar 17, 2023 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
Virtually every Irish I've known gets mean when he drinks. It's sort of a natural trait. Particularly the real Irish.
President Nixon is resting. - RZ
Dec 26, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
There has been a lot of "how dare he mention the poor when he is rich." This misses the point. All I see is a fellow champing at the bit to tell the people who created this crisis what he thinks of them and where to put it. But he can't, quite.
It's a bit of a cruel joke. Charles is incapable of playing polo and drinking all day. It makes him sick. His life's work has largely been using his power to stand up for the weak. But there are severe constitutional restrictions on his ability to do that.
Dec 13, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
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As he put it, “You can go to a White Sox game and want to kick Reinsdorf into the green Chicago River.”
Nov 9, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
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I returned to say everyone who laughed at us about Fetterman can go to hell.
Nov 8, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Watch New Hampshire early. Bolduc is a clown. I think Hassan will win, but the better he does, that will tell you how the wind blows nationally.
In Pennsylvania I think Fetterman and Shapiro win, but this is pure popularity and I don't think it's a national barometer. I think Kelly survives in Arizona, and Cortez Masto by a hair's breadth. Laxalt peaked at the wrong time, I think.
