The Conor Friedersdorf Tar Baby . . .

. . . has done got Br'er Bill Quick all stickyfied. And thanks to Bill for sharing this chill wind from Montauk:

"I am an old hand at sailing, Mr. President, and I have learned that the winds do not always blow one's way," I said. "When you find yourself in the doldrums, I want you to know that all of us in the conservative intellectual movement will be there to blow you."
-- T. Coddington Van Voorhees VII

And as the boys at New England's finest boarding schools are wont to say, nobody blows like a Van Voohees.