MICKEY KAUS ON JOURNOLIST: “Everybody has private notes, sources, or conversations. That doesn’t mean a secret conversation among ‘hundreds’ of influential Democratic writers doesn’t potentially create problems. Groupthink might be one of them. … Hey, and another might be the fostering of an us-vs-them mentality! Maybe even a weakness for smug rationalization.”

And faux-macho “shut the fuck up!” outbursts.