This is weird
In a post tracing the origin of the phrase "criminalization of politics," Kevin Drum writes:
We read Political Animal all the time. Maybe that explains this. And it's not the first time, although we're too lazy to dig through our vast archive for another instance.
At any rate, it's a phrase with a fine conservative pedigree, so I think we can expect to hear a lot more of it. What's more, since it was the stated reason for George Bush Sr. to pardon his pals in the Iran-Contra affair, who knows? Maybe George Bush Jr. will follow family tradition and use it as an excuse to pardon his pals in the Valerie Plame affair, whoever they might turn out to be. Stay tuned.
We read Political Animal all the time. Maybe that explains this. And it's not the first time, although we're too lazy to dig through our vast archive for another instance.
posted by the spook @ 3:42 PM
2 Comments:
At 1:30 PM,
mikevotes said…
Did you see the daily show play with this phrase last week, I think?
It was in relation to Tom Delay, and I think we should use it in response everytime someone utters the "criminalization of politics" line.
"Couldn't we better describe your position, Mr. Pundit, as the politicization of crime?"
At 1:59 PM,
mikevotes said…
Unrelated to topic.
I've been coming to your blog for about three weeks, and you often source stuff I haven't seen elsewhere, which got me to wondering about where you source.
If you've got a few off-the-beaten-path sites you visit, if you'd take a minute and drop a few of them in the comments section of this post on my blog, I would appreciate it.
http://bornatthecrestoftheempire.blogspot.com/2005/11/just-wondering-about-other-sites-and.html
Just trying to braoden the reading list a little. Thanks
Feel free to delete this comment as it's not on topic.
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