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2016 Postmortem

bluestateguy

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1. Ezra Pound is an inexperienced kid who has no business at a national newspaper

Reply to geek tragedy (Original post)

Fri Dec 7, 2012, 08:57 PM

Dec 2012

He pulls all that crap out of his ass with BS anonymous sources.

He ought to be doing the transportation beat for the Wichita Eagle, not musing Georgetown Cocktail Party rumors in the Washington Post.

And yes I call him Ezra Pound.

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Reminder on fiscal cliff: pundits like Ezra Klein pull stuff out of their rear end for a living [View all] geek tragedy Dec 2012 OP

Ezra Pound is an inexperienced kid who has no business at a national newspaper bluestateguy Dec 2012 #1

'here’s what they think will happen' is what he said. elleng Dec 2012 #2

Lots of smart people in Washington--they very rarely agree on anything. nt geek tragedy Dec 2012 #5

Just as a matter of curiosity, how do you know who he's quoting? enlightenment Dec 2012 #3

Notice that he cited the White House thinking on Medicare age--that's geek tragedy Dec 2012 #4

Ezra's "smart folks in Washington" are only smart enough rocktivity Dec 2012 #6

and doing very well, among other things discussing real numbers, elleng Dec 2012 #7

That said, I think he's right democrattotheend Dec 2012 #8

We shall see what happens.. in the mean time Cha Dec 2012 #9

Don't know if you've seen this, geek?.. Cha Dec 2012 #10