Andrew Sullivan nails Mark Halperin on his latest Obama hit piece

[NJmaverick]

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/03/washington-bullshit-watch.html

Washington Bullshit Watch
08 MAR 2010 10:49 AM

No one does it better than Mark Halperin. Every single thing he cites in his latest brain-dead critique is, I believe, tangibly false, and the moronic attempt to grab some pageviews by a counter-intuitive and utterly dumb analogy - Obama is like Bush, guys! Aren't I clever? - is Beltway hackery at its worst.

This administration has resolutely pursued policy before politics on the economy, the wars, and health insurance reform; has some real cabinet stars - Duncan, Gates and Geithner come immediately to mind - who have actually done the right thing rather than the politically expedient thing; and the president remains a completely different brand in the public mind than the Congress.

Halperinism really is part of what's deeply wrong about Washington. Obama really is the only thing that's still right.

[lazarus]

1. wait, what?

Duncan and Geithner are "cabinet stars"? I've actually been moderately satisfied with Gates, but the other two are abject failures.

[LisaM]

6. Exactly

Anyway who gives high ratings to Arne Duncan is suspect.

[Captain Hilts]

2. Halperin is a tool, but so's Sullivan. nt

[Cali_Democrat]

10. Halperin is even more of a tool

A true mediawhore.

[donco6]

3. We're supposed to be surprised Sullivan likes Arne Duncan, Gates and Geithner?

Pfft.

[depakid]

4. Policy before politics?

:rofl:

That would be the very LAST description I'd use for this administration.

[Cha]

5. Thanks Andrew..only the real lazyasses..

like halperin have to resort to pulling that meme outta their ass.

[HughMoran]

7. Haven't his lazy lied-filled hit-pieces been a big hit on DU?

I seem to remember this idiots name from a couple months ago.

[Arkana]

8. Gates has done a decent job, but I have a hard time praising Arne Duncan.

That hire by Obama, to me, just smacked of cronyism.

[BeyondGeography]

9. Torched

Very nice. And you know Halperin will hear about it.