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Worst Prediction of the Year
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
Foreign Policy picks the ten worst predictions of the last year. Here's the winner: "If [Hillary Clinton] gets a race against John Edwards and Barack
Obama, she's going to be the nominee. Gore is the only threat to her,
then... Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary Clinton in a single
Democratic primary. I'll predict that right now." -- William Kristol, Fox News Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006
Year-end lists
Political Animal —
... asserted "calculati[ng]" Clinton knew "what she was communicating by her dress" * Matthews: "Who would win a street fight ... Rudy Giuliani or President Ahmadinejad" * Brooks thinks Obama wouldn't seem to "fit[] in naturally" at an Applebee's salad bar -- maybe because Applebee's doesn't have them * Cokie Roberts on Obama's vacation: "I know his grandmother lives in Hawaii and I know Hawaii is a state," but it looks "foreign, exotic" I also enjoyed Foreign Policy's list of the 10 worst predictions of the year. Some of my favorites included: * Bill Kristol: "Barack Obama is ...
Wrong Again, Bill
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
Foreign Policy magazine has identified the ten worst predictions of the year. William Kristol, who seems to get it wrong more often than right, tops the list with this doozy: “If [Hillary Clinton] gets a race against John Edwards and Barack Obama, she’s going to be the nominee. ... Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary ...
Krazy Kristol tops 2008 worst list
The Reaction —
By Michael J.W. Stickings Foreign Policy has published its list of "The 10 Worst Predictions for 2008." Topping the list: Krazy Bill Kristol, with this doozy: If [Hillary Clinton] gets a race against John Edwards and Barack Obama, she's going to be the nominee. Gore is the only threat to her, then... Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary Clinton in a single Democratic primary. I'll predict that right now. He predicted that "right now" on Fox New Sunday on December 17, 2006 -- and, ...
Wrong Again, Bill
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
Foreign Policy magazine has identified the 10 worst predictions of the year. William Kristol, who seems to get it wrong more often than right, tops the list with this doozy: “If [Hillary Clinton] gets a race against John Edwards and Barack Obama, she’s going to be the nominee. ... Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary ...
Wrong Way Bill
Newshoggers.com —
... Now I really think that the stupidist man who gets people to listen to him is Dick Morris but about the only people still listening to him are the middle midgets who watch the Sean Hannity Show on FOX. Next on my list is the moron responsible for the above 2003 quote, Willaim Kristol who gets lots of time on FOX and white space at the New York Times. The man is always wrong - he has been wrong about everything. I was happy to seen that he was number one on theForeign Policy magazine's 10 worst predictions for 2008. ...
Ooops! William "Always Wrong" Kristol Tops List Of 10 Worst Predictions For 2008
Crooks and Liars —
What have I said, over and over? Bill Kristol is NEVER right. And even Foreign Policy Magazine agrees with me, as they list the worst predictions of 2008 and who else but our favorite war-mongering chickenhawk neocon, William "The Bloody" Kristol.
“If [Hillary Clinton] gets a race against John Edwards and Barack Obama, she’s going to be the nominee. Gore is the only threat to her, then. … Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary Clinton in a single Democratic primary. I’ll predict that right now.” —William Kristol, Fox News Sunday, Dec. 17, 2006
Weekly Standard editor and New York Times columnist ...
Making Political Predictions Is Easy. Getting Them Right, Not So Much
Politics Daily —
Filed under: Featured Stories, Primaries, 2008 President, Gaffes, Humor, Media, PredictionsPolitical pundit and newspaper editorialist are plum jobs. You get to spew opinions and make predictions and hardly anyone ever calls you on it if you're wrong. Until now. Foreign Policy is out with a well-researched year-ender called "The 10 Worst Predictions for 2008." The winner (ie. loser) is Sarah Palin's boyfriend, William Kristol of the Times and the Weekly Standard: "If [Hillary Clinton] gets a race ...
Ten Worst Predictions of 2008
Agitprop: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Propaganda —
It’s that time again - the 10 worst predictions of 2008. You’ll never guess who took the gold:
“If [Hillary Clinton] gets a race against John Edwards and Barack Obama, she’s going to be the nominee. Gore is the only threat to her, then. … Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary ...
An Assortment of Links
Hit & Run —
* Foreign Policy picks the worst predictions of the year. * Bill Kauffman visits a secessionist conference. * Various animators remix the Bush Shoe Incident. This one's my favorite. * Is maritime piracy increasing or decreasing? * The apes revolt. * Finally, apropos of nothing, I'd just like to to quote a little rant about Ken Burns I found in a comment thread last night: [L]ike a lot of people I was fortunate that The Civil War was the first Ken Burns film I saw. The elegiac air of nostalgic rue (to take a phrase a writer for ...
"The 10 Worst Predictions for 2008"
Daimnation! —
William Kristol tops the list for a wildly premature prediction that Hillary Clinton would be the Democratic nominee, but I think Jim "Mad Money" Cramer (who finished second) is more deserving of that dubious honor:
Peter writes: Should I be worried about Bear Stearns in terms of liquidity and get my money out of there? No! No! No! Bear Stearns is fine! Do not take your money out.
Bear Stearns is not in trouble. I mean, if anything theyre more likely to be taken over. Dont move your money from Bear! Thats just being silly! Dont be silly! Jim Cramer, responding to a viewers e-mail on CNBCs Mad Money, March ...
The 10 Worst Predictions?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
FP has a list. The Dish's Von Hoffmann award nominees are better. Vote now!
Kristol’s Year up?
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
Greg Mitchell at Editor & Publisher asks: Bill Kristol’s Year Up at ‘NYT’: Will He Get Axed?
Kristol was on a one-year contract and that year is up, so it is the NYT’s move at this point, as one would expect that Kristol would want to stay if the chance to do so exists. There was time when I thought that Kristol was vaguely interesting (this would have been when he was a panelist on This Week with Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts, it has been a while), but have found him to be rather cartoonish in his analysis for some time now. Still, it struck me as good for the NYT to add another ...
Bill Kristol imparts his advice to fellow Republicans on health care: 'Go for the Kill'
Crooks and Liars —
I know this broke the other day, but I needed to hit it. William the Bloody Kristol passed on his wisdom for the American people and tells his Republican allies to hurt American families.
With Obamacare on the ropes, there will be a temptation for opponents to let up on their criticism, and to try to appear constructive, or at least responsible. There will be a tendency to want to let the Democrats' plans sink of their own weight, to emphasize that the critics have been pushing sound reform ideas all along and suggest it's not too late for a bipartisan compromise over the next couple of weeks or months. ...
