tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post8908628632449089429..comments2024-03-16T02:16:54.082-07:00Comments on Vagabond Scholar: Richard Cohen and the Fabulous HairBatocchiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-32261183675692224232008-01-04T10:22:00.000-08:002008-01-04T10:22:00.000-08:00Don't you guys know the rules? It's okay if you'r...Don't you guys know the rules? It's okay if you're a war-mongering RepubliCohen!SomeNYGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12606421791206586736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-50890362650170521472008-01-03T19:05:00.000-08:002008-01-03T19:05:00.000-08:00Richard Cohen gets me going and not at all in a go...Richard Cohen gets me going and not at all in a good way.<BR/><BR/>His use of ought, as you pointed out means... ????<BR/><BR/>Anonymous has made a good point about the "bigger truths". <BR/><BR/>Great post!Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-8824966778571643822008-01-03T09:44:00.000-08:002008-01-03T09:44:00.000-08:00or smarter.(Truly smart people know how to spell.)...or smarter.<BR/><BR/>(Truly smart people know how to spell.)David Terrenoirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482864941636273068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-64069800165389731912008-01-03T09:43:00.000-08:002008-01-03T09:43:00.000-08:00I'm rarely moved to write letters of annoyance to ...I'm rarely moved to write letters of annoyance to columnists, but I did write to Cohen shortly after we discovered there were no WMDs.<BR/><BR/>Cohen made the case that no one could have suspected there were no WMDs because his regular dinner companions were all convinced they were there.<BR/><BR/>I suggested he eat with smerter people.David Terrenoirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482864941636273068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-302077810018971212008-01-03T09:22:00.000-08:002008-01-03T09:22:00.000-08:00I should add that it's pretty damn striking how mu...I should add that it's pretty damn striking how much the social dynamics of the punditocracy resemble high school (there are some great pieces on it). <BR/><BR/>The pundits always want to play kingmaker, and their judgment is unfailingly horrendous. Bush, not once, but <I>twice</I>?!? It's really rather appalling that for choosing someone for the most powerful job in the world, we have such Batocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-38541498587824344172008-01-03T09:17:00.000-08:002008-01-03T09:17:00.000-08:00Anonymous, that's a very good point. The larger t...Anonymous, that's a very good point. The larger truth just isn't as important as quibbles to him, on any of a number of issues, but all of them important. You've hit on a trend I wanted to explore in my longer post on him. Thanks! <BR/><BR/>I've always thought of Cohen as more of a dippy, shallow fellow than smug, which I associate more with the similar Joe Klein, but yeah, there is a Batocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14857092.post-78335182473551537362008-01-03T08:50:00.000-08:002008-01-03T08:50:00.000-08:00Let's not forget the elephant in the room regardin...Let's not forget the elephant in the room regarding this column. Cohen talks about "bigger truth" that makes being wrong about the Iraq war OK. Of course, his "bigger truth" is as false as any of the so called evidence for war.<BR/><BR/>But what astounds me is that he actually points out Obama's bigger truth (that black males are in a desperate situation in this country), then goes on to claim Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com