This is William Kristol’s last column.

ding dong the witch is dead
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ding dong the wicked witch is dead

"I'm not a member of any organized political party. I'm a Democrat." -- Will Rogers

Yeah, I'm still trying to figure out what's more patriotic than wanting our government to, you know, abide by the Constitution, and, like, respect people's basic civil liberties, and, uh, maintain our status as a respected world leader, and stuff like that.

The intelligence of the NYT just went up several points.

Btu then there' still Friedman and Brooks to drag it down.

"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice."

Such a piece of work.

Kristol was a wunderkind. A card-carrying mensch. Graduated Harvard in three years, got a PhD, worked for Daniel Moynihan.

Worked for Dan Quayle, whom he proclaimed a future president, quarterbacked killing off healthcare during the Clinton administration, "discovered" Sarah Palin, whom he proclaimed his "dreamboat" and a future president.

Beat the drum for the Neocon agenda -- all war, all the time for somebody else's children.

Glad he's been laid off at the Times.

he shore did talk purty.

I never believed that Kristol, all the Kagans, and others were looking out for this country's interests as much as they were looking out for Israel's.

I never believed that Kristol, all the Kagans, and others were looking out for this country's interests as much as they were looking out for Israel's.

And hoping to go down in history as the post-Cold War era's "Wise Men."

People are abandoning this paper in droves because of perceived left-wing sentiment and this doesn't help. Ding dong this witch is driving

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but "It's alive, it's alive!!"

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Life really is unfair.