Comments on: The more links you post, the harder it is to keep them all straight. http://www.popehat.com/2007/11/27/the-more-links-you-post-the-harder-it-is-to-keep-them-all-straight/ A Group Complaint about Law, Liberty, and Leisure Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:39:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David http://www.popehat.com/2007/11/27/the-more-links-you-post-the-harder-it-is-to-keep-them-all-straight/comment-page-1/#comment-357 David Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:46:55 +0000 http://www.newpopehat.dreamhosters.com/2007/11/27/the-more-links-you-post-the-harder-it-is-to-keep-them-all-straight/#comment-357 I'm a bit puzzled. The proposition in play is that Instapundit didn't connect Ijaz as Democratic moneyman (so described in the Instapundit-linked source, Captain's Quarters) to Ijaz as critic of Clinton's Usamalacrity. The puzzle is this: Captain's Quarters links to Ijaz's article in CSMonitor, where Ijaz himself refers to the Sudan/Clinton matter. So in what sense is that detail hidden or forgotten, requiring research and a link to a 2002 WaPo article? Captain's Quarters can hardly be accused of obscuring this detail by linking to an article where Ijaz emphasizes this detail. I'm a bit puzzled. The proposition in play is that Instapundit didn't connect Ijaz as Democratic moneyman (so described in the Instapundit-linked source, Captain's Quarters) to Ijaz as critic of Clinton's Usamalacrity.

The puzzle is this: Captain's Quarters links to Ijaz's article in CSMonitor, where Ijaz himself refers to the Sudan/Clinton matter. So in what sense is that detail hidden or forgotten, requiring research and a link to a 2002 WaPo article?

Captain's Quarters can hardly be accused of obscuring this detail by linking to an article where Ijaz emphasizes this detail.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.popehat.com/2007/11/27/the-more-links-you-post-the-harder-it-is-to-keep-them-all-straight/comment-page-1/#comment-352 Patrick Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:36:58 +0000 http://www.newpopehat.dreamhosters.com/2007/11/27/the-more-links-you-post-the-harder-it-is-to-keep-them-all-straight/#comment-352 Oh I'm utterly suspicious of the alleged statement, because Romney's a frickin' genius, far too smart, and too controlled, to say something so stupid. I also suspect, for obvious reasons you've pointed out, that he does understand what it means to be judged on the basis of belonging to an unpopular religion. He could have become a Mormon for Jesus ages ago. As to Instapundit, I'm mildly astonished that he didn't make the connection and left it with such a paltry blurb. Ijaz reminds me in some ways of Chalabi before the war, always popping up at the oddest times and with the oddest people. But he's a Chalabi for the left, so I'm surprised Reynolds didn't go for it, Oh I'm utterly suspicious of the alleged statement, because Romney's a frickin' genius, far too smart, and too controlled, to say something so stupid. I also suspect, for obvious reasons you've pointed out, that he does understand what it means to be judged on the basis of belonging to an unpopular religion. He could have become a Mormon for Jesus ages ago.

As to Instapundit, I'm mildly astonished that he didn't make the connection and left it with such a paltry blurb. Ijaz reminds me in some ways of Chalabi before the war, always popping up at the oddest times and with the oddest people. But he's a Chalabi for the left, so I'm surprised Reynolds didn't go for it,

]]> By: Ken http://www.popehat.com/2007/11/27/the-more-links-you-post-the-harder-it-is-to-keep-them-all-straight/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Ken Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:29:01 +0000 http://www.newpopehat.dreamhosters.com/2007/11/27/the-more-links-you-post-the-harder-it-is-to-keep-them-all-straight/#comment-351 Glenn Reynolds has mastered the art of maintaining plausible deniability through the miracle of minimal added content. No doubt he'd say that there is no contradiction here because all he did was link to the article, and that his banal link-statement cannot be taken as an endorsement. As to the substance, I'm suspicious of Ijaz's description of Romney's statement because (1) Ijaz was the only witness and (2) it contradicts Romney's earlier perfectly sensible statements that he wouldn't pick cabinet members based on group identity. I carry no water for Romney, and I suppose it could have been a brain fart on his part, but I'd like to see it sourced better. Glenn Reynolds has mastered the art of maintaining plausible deniability through the miracle of minimal added content. No doubt he'd say that there is no contradiction here because all he did was link to the article, and that his banal link-statement cannot be taken as an endorsement.

As to the substance, I'm suspicious of Ijaz's description of Romney's statement because (1) Ijaz was the only witness and (2) it contradicts Romney's earlier perfectly sensible statements that he wouldn't pick cabinet members based on group identity. I carry no water for Romney, and I suppose it could have been a brain fart on his part, but I'd like to see it sourced better.

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