[Stultis]

I would say that Mark Shields is an expert on "acute dumbness," but (excepting a notable tendency to small spirited spitefulness) I'm not sure he can extend himself far enough beyond trite and predictable "conventional wisdom" to reach any extreme, even that of extreme stupidity.

He's so predictable, and so utterly incapable of original thought, that PBS could probably just air Shields footage from the 1980's, dub in the newer proper nouns, and no one would know the difference.

[skeeter]

I would say that Mark Shields is an expert on "acute dumbness," but (excepting a notable tendency to small spirited spitefulness) I'm not sure he can extend himself far enough beyond trite and predictable "conventional wisdom" to reach any extreme, even that of extreme stupidity.

He's the socialist Fred Barnes with a mean streak.

[driftless2]

Some years ago Shields praised some Republican for not being a hater, you know, a hater like all the other Republicans. He’s a bigtime schmuck.