Tag Archives: Mark Halperin

Mark Halperin Continues to Fail Up

My Thursday column: I don’t care how much fun it was to read the harrowing tales of various Sarah Palin meltdowns in Mark Halperin’s Game Change, there’s just something intellectually violent about Halperin basically owning the printed record of the … Continue reading

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Halperin ‘Doubles Down’ with Sequel to ‘Game Change’

The title of the new Halperin book about the election contains the most annoying, hackish and over-used political colloquialism of 2012. Total shocker coming from a hackish and over-used nothing like Halperin: Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, who wrote the … Continue reading

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Worst Person in the World

Here’s a news flash. The worst thing you’ll read all morning comes to us from Mark Halperin. He evaluated the candidates with scholastic letter grades and the same pasty, sweaty-palmed douchery he’s famous for. First, he called it the “Hofstra … Continue reading

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Idiot Quote of the Day

After reading a lot of tweets, listening to some talk radio, and watching some cable TV, I can say that this Romney/birther moment is representative of the whole, horrible campaign cycle we are in. The level of vitriol and personal … Continue reading

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Jake Tapper Drinks the Halperin Kool-Aid

This is crazy wrong. Jake Tapper — you know, another member of the liberal media, appeared on Laura Ingraham’s show and said this: “I have said before… [that I] thought the media helped tip the scales. I didn’t think the … Continue reading

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Mark Halperin is Always Wrong

My Monday column is an extended take-down of Mark Halperin’s latest burst of hackery. When we do the list of names that occupy the rogues gallery of political villains, Mark Halperin’s name doesn’t often make the cut. It’s chiefly because … Continue reading

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Game Changer or Whatever It's Called

The HBO movie based on Mark Halperin’s unsourced, index-free book about the 2008 election has a new trailer. I’ll probably watch it, but I probably won’t like it for several reasons. 1) It’s based on a Mark Halperin book. 2) … Continue reading

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Romney is Still Saying Stupid Stuff.

The more “safe” and “electable” Mitt Romney dropped another whopper on us yesterday, this time casually proclaiming that “a lot of us agree” with Rush Limbaugh. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney had some kind words for the influential conservative talk … Continue reading

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Mark Halperin is Always Wrong

Alex Pareene via Sullivan: Halperin is so dedicated to being wrong about everything that, upon his return to the airwaves, he actually made a point of mentioning that, had he been on TV during his suspension, he would’ve been wrong … Continue reading

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Doof Quote of the Day

“I’m too new to do justice in 140, but there is blame to go around. Trying to tag the Rs with ALL the blame is thus pretty t-t-m.” Mark Halperin on Twitter Mark Halperin never disappoints. We all knew he’d … Continue reading

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