Just When You Think You Can't Utter It

In the midst of a very well reasoned argument against one of Sullivan's typical howlers Mark Schmitt commits one his very own self.

But here's a brilliant, serious, decent person, not flacking for anyone, and this is a strange blind spot, both on the philosophical point and the naive belief that George Bush would ever favor any kind of tax simplification.

Brilliant? Serious? (Not flacking? Errr..."Bell Curve" anyone?) ARE YOU EFFIN' KIDDING ME? Reading Sullivan's blog is an exercize in discovering someone's strikingly pedestrian thought process isn't limited to essay length babble they manage to get into print.