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(Click for frequent words.) 52 foolhardy 50 foolish 50 futile 49 crapshoot 48 wishful thinking 48 quixotic 47 unwinnable 47 temperamentally unsuited 46 thankless task 46 hopeless 46 unwise 46 fools errand 45 presumptuous 45 wrongheaded 45 pointless 45 intellectually dishonest 45 hopelessly naïve 45 impossible 45 inexact science 45 far fetched 45 wishful 44 sheer folly 44 pure folly 44 copout 44 folly 44 bass ackwards 44 absurd 44 unwinnable war 44 Wishful thinking 44 utter foolishness 44 HUME Well 44 neo Keynesian 43 cockeyed optimists 43 hubristic 43 counterproductive 43 snipe hunt 43 un winnable 43 chimerical 43 CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER SYNDICATED COLUMNIST 43 lesser evilism 43 constitutionally incapable 43 practical impossibility 43 dangerously naive 43 Carteresque 42 Sisyphean task 42 ludicrous 42 monumentally stupid 42 Sisyphean 42 constitutionally powerless 42 farfetched 42 implausible 42 risky proposition 42 broad generalization 42 hornswoggle 42 politically infeasible 42 dicey proposition 42 laughable 42 counterintuitive 42 Strangelovian 41 armchair GMs 41 preposterous 41 reductio ad absurdum 41 counterfactuals 41 oversimplification 41 misguided 41 short sighted 41 sucker bet 41 overused cliché 41 foreordained 41 nigh impossible 41 fool hardy 41 Hayekian 41 bin Ladenism 41 colossal misjudgment 40 wrong 40 cynic 40 quixotic quest 40 wronger 40 stupid 40 damned fool 40 congenitally incapable 40 plausible 40 incompetent boob 40 irredeemably evil 40 tad presumptuous 40 counterproductively 40 unrealistic 40 Reaganesque 40 fuzzy math 40 misunderestimated 40 shortsighted 40 rational thinkers 40 Drive Bys 40 counter intuitive 40 rosy scenario 40 daunting task 40 triumphalists 40 windmill tilting 40 mathematical impossibility 40 underhanded tactic 40 unbiased observer 40 intellectualising 40 AMERICAblog Joe Sudbay 40 Pollyannaish 40 intellectually vapid 40 Pascal Wager 40 pure unadulterated evil 40 disingenuous 39 inconceivable 39 RUSH ARCHIVE 39 Norman Ornstein congressional 39 delusional 39 Chaos istan 39 intellectually indefensible 39 hopelessly naive 39 dicey 39 admittedly imperfect 39 determinist 39 morally obtuse 39 Darwinian evolutionary 39 Laughing. 39 simpleminded 39 idiotic 39 disingenious 39 deathwish 39 divining rod 39 Pollyanna ish 39 idiot savants 39 euphemize 39 impractical 39 Republicants 39 unwinable 39 asinine 39 half assed 39 illogical 39 rational 39 Quaadman 39 supremely ironic 39 tautological 39 unrewarding 39 Bush derangement syndrome 39 pathetically inept 39 Theodore Lowi 39 fundamentally unserious 39 O'REILLY OK 39 RUSH Yeah 39 wisest 39 self fulfilling prophesy 39 Busheviks 39 decidedly uphill climb 39 Jeffersonian democracy 39 defeatist 39 remarkably prescient 39 naive 39 postracial 39 TOOBIN 39 uncheckable 39 MARK SHIELDS 39 idiocracy 39 fatuous 39 prescient 39 metaphysical certitude 39 axiomatic 39 idealistically 39 arduous task 39 D oes 39 politically untenable 39 Wilsonianism 39 neo Wilsonian 38 DAN THOMASSON 38 naiive 38 insane 38 TOM OLIPHANT 38 blatantly dishonest 38 subjective 38 KRAUTHAMMER 38 politically inexpedient 38 illusive 38 mavericky 38 Mr. DIONNE 38 fruitless endeavor 38 bumper sticker slogan 38 ridiculous 38 trickledown economics 38 wishfully thinking 38 apt description 38 bitter clingers 38 Panglossian 38 strawman argument 38 morally defensible 38 Obamans 38 cliché 38 ADMIRAL ALLEN Well 38 dispassionate observer 38 conceivable 38 Sisyphus 38 gross oversimplification 38 fallacious logic 38 oversimplifies 38 counterfactual 38 declinist 38 Numerati 38 irrelevant 38 rhetorical overkill 38 defies logic 38 hazarding 38 hopelessly idealistic 38 unwinnable quagmire 38 dumb 38 Bushian 38 MJ.com 38 naïvely 38 self fulfilling prophecy 38 Beckian 38 false equivalence 38 fundamentally dishonest 38 blithering idiot 38 abstract noun 38 purblind 38 jerkwad 38 unknowable 38 woefully misguided 38 Bi partisanship 38 pompous ass 38 plain dumb 38 utter lunacy 38 GIGOT 38 deflationists 38 BACHMANN Well 38 COIN counterinsurgency 38 ethically indefensible 38 TOOBIN Well 38 tedious 38 preordained 38 rigid ideologue 38 neolib 38 slower Kenitzer 38 Wilsonian idealism 38 ROVE Well 38 nanny staters 38 flawed 38 wild goose 38 Yada yada yada 38 self destructively 38 BushCheney 38 singularly inept 38 reich wing 38 SCHIEFFER Well 38 Cilizza 38 pompous self righteous 38 disengenuous 38 homo economicus 38 hyperpower 38 Historical analogies 38 un winnable war 38 eminently reasonable 38 cliche 38 insultingly stupid 37 hypocrit 37 CAVUTO Well 37 naïve 37 paleocons 37 Lame duck sessions 37 egghead 37 doable 37 manifestly unqualified 37 neigh sayers 37 undoable 37 stretching credulity 37 flat earther 37 non existent WMD 37 daunting 37 nonissues 37 hyperbolize 37 WOLFFE 37 historical analogies 37 Cloward Piven strategy 37 blathering idiot 37 deliberately obtuse 37 Islamo facism 37 Quixotic quest 37 gooderism 37 ungraspable 37 imbecilic 37 Krauthammer 37 farse 37 impossibility 37 neoclassical economists 37 Rumsfeldian 37 logically incoherent 37 Fred Hiatt 37 pretzel logic 37 non existent WMDs 37 Kool Aid drinker 37 palpably absurd 37 thankless job 37 unbelievability 37 sane 37 pork barrell 37 worthwhile 37 ingrained habit 37 patently ridiculous 37 cultural relativist 37 woolly minded 37 nonexistent WMDs 37 frail centenarian 37 nanny statism 37 slippery slope 37 plausable 37 Pyrrhic victory 37 constitutionalize 37 utterly oblivious 37 damned 37 global warmists 37 crackpot theory 37 easily dismissible 37 chancy proposition 37 tautology 37 ethically dubious 37 specious argument 37 domino theory 37 possessed WMD 37 ideologically impure 37 inept incompetent 37 hooey 37 imperfect 37 Pause. 37 absurb 37 dreadfully wrong 37 Martin Schram 37 stark raving mad 37 lamest 37 LIASSON 37 slender reed 37 armchair philosophers 37 sensical 37 Clintonism 37 surer bet 37 handwaving 37 gratuitously embarrassed 37 economically illiterate 37 sane rational 37 hopelessly corrupt 37 unscholarly 37 obstruct petty larceny 37 hyperpartisan 37 naieve 37 unconservative 37 churlish 37 ludicrious 37 easily refutable 37 HUGH WHITE Well 37 dittohead 37 DAVID KAY 37 dicier proposition 37 Clausewitzian 37 LIBERAL TRANSLATION 37 UNDER SECRETARY GROSSMAN 37 quixotic crusade 37 kinda fishy 37 blindly 37 maddening 37 Mr. WESSEL 37 Great Unraveling 37 advocated declassification 37 NICOLA ROXON Well 37 nebulous 37 Hofnung 37 oxy moron 37 simplistic 37 naively idealistic 37 ideological obsessions 37 inflationists 37 Obamabots 37 moral relativist 37 unfilmable 37 irrelevent 37 Bushies 37 oogedy boogedy 37 needlessly complicates 37 bland inoffensive 37 Neo Darwinists 37 foolishly 37 NORMAN FINKELSTEIN 37 patently absurd 37 Palinesque 37 superficially plausible 37 bounded rationality 37 trite 37 Viagra Sexual Dysfunction 37 BSing 37 eschaton 37 intellectually honest 37 nonsensical 37 E verybody 37 undateable 37 Mr. FALLOWS 37 Islamofacists 36 unfalsifiable 36 chancy 36 Blindly 36 Journalistic integrity 36 nonideological 36 chickenshit 36 deluding ourselves 36 enviro wackos 36 triangulator 36 Ayn Randian 36 Shmuel Bar 36 Swift Boaters 36 fool 36 KONDRACKE Well 36 prognosticators 36 technological singularity 36 borderline treasonous 36 unwinnable wars 36 Counterintuitive 36 unambivalent 36 stumbling bumbling 36 fallacy 36 exceptionalists 36 apt analogy 36 unfundable 36 utter folly 36 stretched credulity 36 cynical 36 wishy washy 36 meaningless 36 cynically manipulative 36 Just askin 36 fallacious 36 unfeasible 36 counter productive 36 unduly pessimistic 36 pessimist 36 Birtherism 36 eminently plausible 36 preferable 36 doomsday prophets 36 navel gazer 36 bupkes 36 crackpot 36 intellectually lazy 36 holy grail 36 immature brats 36 painful Salcer 36 utopian dreams 36 ahistorical 36 Beltway insiders 36 pure guesswork 36 hardheaded realism 36 poppycock 36 politically advantageous 36 gravely mistaken 36 empiricists 36 fucking retarded 36 arrant nonsense 36 warhawk 36 overly simplistic 36 M aybe 36 wrongheadedness 36 eternal pessimist 36 ideological preconceptions 36 iffy proposition 36 self deluding 36 KRISTOL 36 originalist 36 defies imagination 36 deviously clever 36 contrarianism 36 horsesh * t 36 MARK SHIELDS Well 36 willfully obtuse 36 Pollyannish 36 Neglecting nemawashi 36 nasty brutish 36 silly 36 morally dubious 36 messianic militarist 36 Rubinomics 36 wearisome 36 PELLEY 36 defensible 36 Katulis 36 longshot 36 breathtakingly cynical 36 fickle beast 36 unelectable 36 gobbledy gook 36 terminally naive 36 common sensical 36 difficult 36 ignorant bigot 36 birdbrains 36 impolitic 36 Compassionate conservatism 36 Obamacrats 36 brainer 36 horribly misguided 36 overambitious 36 Joementum 36 dunderheads 36 softheaded 36 Mr Micawber 36 myopic 36 birther nonsense 36 flip floppers 36 BILL KRISTOL 36 hyperbolizing 36 nonexpert 36 overoptimism 36 neocons 36 fallacious assumption 36 veritable minefield 36 sheer madness 36 naively 36 DUSTIN DOPIRAK 36 notoriously inexact 36 RUDIN Well 36 arrogant unilateralism 36 Obamacans 36 lamebrain 36 Barry Jaruzelski 36 hopelessly inept 36 prognosticating 36 utterly ridiculous 36 gratuitous swipe 36 Jack Handey 36 nitwit 36 utterly exasperating 36 misbegotten 36 unAmerican 36 Pollyannas 36 pure hogwash 36 sadly misinformed 36 fruitless 36 oxymoron 36 defies conventional wisdom 36 thoughtcrime 36 reductionistic 36 galactically 36 idée fixe 36 RUSH Okay 36 truthy 36 I'ma realist 36 hopeless optimist 36 methodolgy 36 BILL MOYERS 36 Bushite 36 unilateral disarmament 36 devilishly difficult 36 dishonest 36 prognostication 36 Brendan Nyhan 36 imprecise 36 crazy 36 Gadaon 36 selfish greedy 36 wing nutcases 36 earth shattering revelation 36 theocon 36 hellish firewise 36 weasel wording 36 terraforming Mars 36 AGW proponents 36 plain stupidity 36 neo crazies 36 illusory 36 appallingly arrogant 36 maddeningly elusive 36 hopeless idealist 36 imperial hubris 36 incapable 36 accomplishable 36 uni dimensional 36 Gabrielle Pulce 36 cakewalk 36 nstead 36 patently dishonest 36 librul 36 virtually impossible 36 obtuse 36 Mormonism cult 36 colossal miscalculation 36 imperitive 36 perilous 36 bollix 36 sounds counterintuitive 36 deluding myself 36 I'ma problem solver 36 travesty Lemieux 36 psychoanalyzing 36 falsifiable 36 mind numbingly stupid 36 neoconservativism 36 chump change 36 non sequitor 36 hairbrained 36 GERGEN 36 hypotheticals 36 CORNYN Well 36 Trumanesque 36 shrewd observer 36 Conventional Wisdom 36 Straussians 36 unattainable 36 fantastic Boix 36 rational discourse 36 grossly uninformed 36 chicken entrails 36 damnable lie 36 hyperbole 36 empiricist 36 russet colored rings 36 overanalyse 36 extricating ourselves 36 pinheaded 36 inherently flawed 36 moneyed elites 35 hideously embarrassing 35 deposing Saddam Hussein 35 Misunderstood Masterpiece 35 certifiably insane 35 Rationally speaking 35 utterly incapable 35 philosopher kings 35 clashing civilizations 35 interviewer George Stephanopoulos 35 LIASSON Well 35 Burkean 35 contentless 35 wonkery 35 boulder uphill 35 Ady Gil miscalculated Inwood 35 arrogant self righteous 35 PARKVILLE Mo. AP 35 presumptious 35 gut instinct 35 partisan hacks 35 competent debater 35 lame 35 DALE McFEATTERS 35 imperial overstretch 35 herding cats 35 warmakers 35 idealist 35 realist 35 deadbeat debtors 35 survivability Ben Iesau 35 arduous 35 Keynesian economists 35 STOSSEL 35 hasty generalization 35 Clintonite 35 sophistries 35 Brad DeLong 35 enviro wacko 35 directionally correct 35 futility 35 ad hominen 35 Irrational exuberance 35 Les Gelb 35 pigheaded 35 incrementalism 35 meretricious 35 Useful Idiot 35 democraps 35 BLOG BITS 35 angsting Do 35 paraphrase 35 deposing Saddam 35 chimera 35 fundamentally flawed 35 dicking around 35 MATALIN 35 unduly alarmist 35 tempting 35 Hobbesian 35 foregone conclusion 35 oh gee 35 absolute certitude 35 Leo Ribuffo history 35 simplistic notions 35 woefully incompetent 35 Poorly formated references 35 unreasonable 35 politically expedient 35 sweeping generalization 35 Doctor Strangelove 35 overly ambitious 35 polite euphemism 35 bean counting 35 RedRat Well 35 Lame ducks 35 exhausting 35 lyin eyes 35 postpartisan 35 blue skying 35 #'Yankees 35 voodoo economics 35 dolt 35 arguers 35 unmitigated disaster 35 FRUM 35 legalistically 35 porkbarrel spending 35 nonracial basis 35 woefully unqualified 35 Sean Wilentz 35 Socialism communism 35 commonsensical 35 Devilstower 35 Vegas oddsmaker 35 Kissingerian 35 bass ackward 35 metanarrative 35 utterly meaningless 35 innkeeper Chirag Patel 35 ignorant fools 35 Jacob Hornberger 35 INSKEEP Okay 35 defeatists 35 wacko 35 Repuglicans 35 Statists 35 truth squadding 35 cockeyed optimist 35 overthinks 35 Obamites 35 logistical impossibility 35 lunatic 35 Zionist crusaders 35 disserving 35 Sister Souljah moments 35 irrational 35 Luttwak 35 Neo con 35 unelected bureaucrat 35 congenitally unable 35 FINEMAN 35 Expediency asks 35 elusive 35 tad disingenuous 35 nondemocratic 35 formidable debater 35 manifestly untrue 35 Generalizing 35 SCOTT HORTON 35 neocon ideology 35 kabuki dance 35 global weirding 35 fait accompli 35 mind bogglingly dense 35 useless 35 ditherers 35 unmitigated catastrophe 35 unachievable 35 SECRETARY GATES Well 35 Rhetorically 35 Neoconservatives 35 Pete Wehner 35 prognosticate 35 gibbering idiot 35 globaloney 35 hackneyed phrase 35 ideologically rigid 35 delude themselves 35 joyless 35 Neo cons 35 knee jerk reactionary 35 ethically repugnant 35 hyperbolic discounting 35 evitable 35 Stalinistic 35 lousy 35 N obody 35 grotesquely irresponsible 35 woefully uninformed 35 Von Clausewitz 35 tiresome 35 treasonously 35 dauntingly complex 35 tinfoil hat wearing 35 Palinism 35 JUAN COLE Well 35 negativists 35 booga booga 35 awfully presumptuous 35 gimme gimme gimme 35 eyed optimist 35 GIULIANI Well 35 virtual impossibility 35 David Essing 35 muddle 35 hypocritcal 35 pipedream 35 hopeless quagmire 35 neo imperial 35 scientifically flawed 35 Julian Zelizer congressional 35 trickery deceit 35 warbloggers 35 Democraps 35 Muravchik 35 mindless automatons 35 exaggeration 35 credulousness 35 Spiliotes 35 cinch 35 Auntie Pinko 35 willful delusion 35 colossally stupid 35 Neoconservative 35 clichÈ 35 Koschut 35 kool aid drinkers 35 inherently subjective 35 http:/www.NewsAndOpinion.com 35 Keynesian stimulus 35 misunderestimating 35 Herculean task 35 Iraqization 35 pure conjecture 35 Dante Dimille volunteer 35 overused phrases 35 trilemma 35 cor rect 35 JIM ROGERS 35 conspiracist 35 unreasoned 35 non sequitur 35 conventional wisdom 35 Dumbya 35 plausibly 35 self interestedly 35 econocrats 35 neo Keynesians 35 flim flammery 35 messianic mantle 35 Herculean feat 35 Kiwi gossip mags 35 Punditry 35 yoga buzzkill 35 Malthusians 35 utopian fantasies 35 chickenhawk 35 paleo conservative 35 anathema 35 VRWC 35 tautologies 35 mealymouthed 35 unscientific 35 unmitigated arrogance 35 dubious 35 Orwell Big Brother 35 artful dodging 35 neo cons 35 mythical utopia most 35 oxymoronic 35 Disingenuous 35 mathematical wizardry 35 irrevelant 35 Douglas Muzzio 35 unwisdom 35 BIANCULLI 35 syllogism 35 Burton Malkiel 35 gets overrided 35 harebrained idea 35 delusory 35 donald trump 35 totalistic 35 spectacularly unsuccessful 35 Obamaesque 35 NORMAN ORNSTEIN 35 fallacious argument 35 HUCKABEE Well 35 everything'sa 35 haphazard 35 prevaricator 35 conservative ideologue 35 Islamicized 35 dumb hick 35 straighforward 35 establishmentarian 35 risky 35 Whit Ayres GOP 35 inexact 35 cockamamie theory 35 Objectivist philosophy 35 Bushspeak 35 Implausible 35 wholly uninterested 35 problem scientifically Aliseda 35 loosey goosey era 34 woefully misplaced 34 idiocy 34 KONDRACKE 34 McFeatters 34 repugs 34 RUMSFELD Well 34 horse puckey 34 dilettante 34 Gregg Easterbrook 34 unfaith 34 pig headedness 34 tad hyperbolic 34 MICHAEL BESCHLOSS 34 nothingism 34 raving maniac 34 award delegates proportionally 34 hopeless dreamer 34 nonrational 34 Anthropogenic Global Warming 34 BREITBART 34 fools 34 pioneer LaLanne 34 stubborn mule 34 mindless drones 34 overly optimistic 34 boils down 34 pr stunt 34 assinine 34 paraphrase Shakespeare 34 glib 34 GLENN GREENWALD 34 grossly oversimplified 34 breeds complacency 34 deliberate disinformation 34 un provable 34 Rugged individualism 34 cogent argument 34 coercive diplomacy 34 fiendishly clever 34 diabolically clever 34 stretches credulity 34 memorizing formulas 34 colossal blunder 34 boring 34 Orwellian dystopia 34 Neoclassical economics 34 Ritscher martyr driven 34 utopians 34 nostrum 34 intellectual superiority 34 childish immature 34 historian Barbara Tuchman 34 ethically bankrupt 34 inexorable march toward 34 craven 34 counterstrategy 34 morally justifiable 34 intellectually bankrupt 34 perpetrate hoax 34 Mittster 34 JESSICA CROSS 34 oversimplistic 34 psychoanalyze 34 ANYone 34 Matt Yglesias 34 quagmire 34 stubbornly clings 34 Friedmanites 34 counterinsurgency theorist 34 mind numbingly boring 34 blinkered 34 faithless electors 34 BERTON 34 ideological overreach 34 dishonorable 34 sounds trite 34 Wishy washy 34 Incrementalism 34 defies credulity 34 diplomatic spadework 34 incompetently executed 34 delude yourself 34 borderline delusional 34 ideological blinkers 34 perniciousness 34 DAVID BROOKS 34 Utopian vision 34 pell mell rush 34 amazing Wearden 34 downright terrifying 34 Francis Fukayama 34 strategery 34 delusionary 34 costless 34 Cooperstown Confidential 34 deludes himself 34 fatalists 34 permabulls 34 disinterested observer 34 mixing metaphors 34 WILLIAM KRISTOL 34 shocked SHOCKED 34 specious 34 Daniel Henninger