Comments on: UPDATED (2/23): NEW COLUMN: Rising Republican Rotters To Look Out For https://barelyablog.com/new-column-rising-republican-rotters-to-look-out-for/ by ilana mercer Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:05:42 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tom Kratman https://barelyablog.com/new-column-rising-republican-rotters-to-look-out-for/comment-page-1/#comment-26227 Sun, 14 Feb 2021 21:49:09 +0000 https://barelyablog.com/?p=150936#comment-26227 I knew her father in the Army. He was my battalion commander, when I was a lieutenant, in 81 and 82. He remains my moral guidepost in the sense that, whenever I had a moral dilemma, I simply asked myself, “What would James Emory Mace do?” And then did the opposite. This approach has never yet failed me, as he was, without doubt, the least principled, most self-serving, least honest, most corrupt officer I have ever met. I don’t believe I ever met an officer more deserving of court-martial than he was.

And the acorn doesn’t fall very far from the oak.

(Why am I not afraid of him suing me for libel? Because, in the first place, truth is a defense, and, in the second, I know a _lot_ more about him than this.)

]]> By: Darrell Freeman https://barelyablog.com/new-column-rising-republican-rotters-to-look-out-for/comment-page-1/#comment-26220 Sat, 13 Feb 2021 02:46:20 +0000 https://barelyablog.com/?p=150936#comment-26220 Terrific, on the mark as usual. Unfortunately, I must also add several members of the Arkansas delegation to Congress. Most of all our very own major disappointment, Tom Cotton. Thank you Ilana Mercer for a continuing voice of clarity in the daily insanity.

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