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Drum’s Rim Shot … It’s Good!

The Washington Monthly’s Kevin Drum predicted last Friday that either the National Review or The Weekly Standard would headline their Obama coverage “The Innocent Abroad.” And...
July 25, 2008

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The Washington Monthly’s Kevin Drum predicted last Friday that either the National Review or The Weekly Standard would headline their Obama coverage “The Innocent Abroad.”

And what’s the headline on ex-National Review and Weekly Standard staffer David Brooks’s column today?

“Playing Innocent Abroad”

Close enough for me. Well done, Kevin.

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Clint Hendler is the managing editor of Mother Jones, and a former deputy editor of CJR.