单词 | blowhard |
例句 | This is the moment, Your Highness, that you might as well reveal our plan to all of the noble sneaks, eaves-droppers, braggarts, blowhards, and backstabbers who surround your throne. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z That blowhard thinks he's all that because he threw a Molotov cocktail once, back in the nineties in some kind of race riot. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I shoot Professor Ghering right between the eyes, just as I did Othello, then once more, because seeing a man so casually turned for some blowhard’s cause has put me in a fine temper. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z They could be humorous and humble when the moment called for it, but they were unfazed by blowhards and didn’t second-guess the power in their own points of view. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I don’t like this blowhard professor very much. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Once, sitting with them in a bar, she heard Curt talking to Brad, and Curt said “blowhard.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Mr. Owen’s portrayal of the poet as a self-destructive, macho blowhard fighting a losing battle with the bottle is one of the more compelling portraits of an alcoholic to be encountered in a recent film. Clive Owen and Juliette Binoche Star in ‘Words and Pictures’ 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The film trots out Henson’s most famous creations, including Gonzo, the Swedish Chef, Animal, Beaker and those balcony blowhards, Statler and Waldorf. Arts & Leisure: New Muppet (and Movie), Leading Franchise Into New Era 2011-11-16T16:00:12Z If there's any face palming to be done for his reliably blowhard tactics and ridiculous faux outrage, I'm right there. O'Reilly's gay comment: Defamatory or just dumb? 2010-06-04T16:30:00Z This is not a story about pious blowhards whose unbending conviction alienated their children forever. Religion ruined my childhood 2014-02-16T00:00:00Z Daily Show host Stewart took on conservative blowhard O'Reilly in a debate that mixed moments of humour with a bit of serious political stuff, and largely wiped the floor with him. Catch-up TV Guide: From The Rumble In The Air-Conditioned Auditorium to Portlandia 2012-10-12T23:05:30Z Trump has yet to take public notice of Dean’s slights, which have included “small man,” “blowhard clown,” “the greatest national security threat to the USA in decades.” John Dean experienced Watergate from inside. He’s watching Donald Trump closely. 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z But that doesn’t stop her from being a blowhard all the same, high on the courage of her own convictions. The Moral of These Stories? ‘You Are Not as Special as You Think’ 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z But Daisy has married the brutish Tom Buchanan, a chauvinist blowhard with a violent temper and a mistress on the side. ‘The Great Gatsby’ Review: Raising a Glass to an American Tragedy 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z In this corner is a blowhard businessman who rode to the nomination spouting the divisive rhetoric of a demagogue. Trump versus Clinton: Theater critic's advice for how two characters can connect with the debate audience 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z His is not a story of blowhard personalities, even if it is filled with C.E.O.’s and financial regulators who arguably control the future of global finance. Books of The Times: Roger Lowenstein Traces ?The End of Wall Street? 2010-03-31T22:53:00Z “And yet, many of these same men expect none of those characteristics from Trump, who is a vain, cowardly, lying, vulgar, jabbering blowhard,” he writes. Perspective | The weird masculinity of Donald Trump 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z He isn’t always the blowhard in need of comeuppance or a good talking-to. The Game Winner for Disney+? Slapping Down the Sports Clichés. 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z It was a sharp and spirited debate, with both candidates delivering some lacerating blows, but Mr. Ryan at times seemed disconcerted by the sheer blowhard intensity Mr. Biden brought to the night. The Tv Watch: Biden Takes off Gloves in Vice Presidential Debate 2012-10-12T05:09:03Z For those who don't know the story, Dostoevsky's first novel Poor Folk was passed before publication to a legendary critic/blowhard called Vissarion Belinsky who promptly declared that Dostoevsky was the heir to Gogol. Has any author's reputation fallen further or faster than Dostoevsky's? 2010-09-24T15:14:00Z And why do you only send emails to like-minded dinner guests to avoid politics, but not to the blowhard climate denier? How Do I Tell My Friend to Stop Paying for His Son’s Lifestyle? 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z In recent months, however, the perennially windswept blowhard has passed through the rubicon. Trump: You’re fired! 2012-11-07T20:54:00Z We could both laugh about O’Connor’s taking herself too seriously and see the value in it—and sympathize with the way the cigar-chomping blowhards of the world, as embodied by Hartman’s Sinatra, treated her. Jan Hooks (1957-2014): An Appreciation 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z He’s not a bad guy, but more of a fussbudgety blowhard who’s always trying too hard to be the big man, often through trivial means like scatting slang and being keeper of a reunion password. Review: In ‘The D Train,’ Jack Black and James Marsden in a Steamy Bromance 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z It was unclear what would happen to the beloved blowhard pundit Stephen Colbert on the final episode of “The Colbert Report.” Stephen Colbert cheats death, rides off into the night with Santa, Unicorn Abe Lincoln and Alex Trebek 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z With his unusual background – a career impersonating a conservative blowhard, alongside real-life politics that are at least center-left – Stephen Colbert sits in a fortuitous place in the landscape of late night. Bill Clinton backhands Bernie Sanders: Progressives are more than “hacked off” 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z It’s funny how the same mouthy blowhards who complain about welfare are so often the very ones who’d heartlessly condemn American families to abject poverty with additional children they can’t afford to care for. Bill O’Reilly speaks for the babies 2013-02-05T16:09:00Z It's full of blowhard guff about how scary standup is to do, and what a tough crowd Scousers are. Show Me the Funny ? and the unfunny 2011-07-18T13:38:39Z But he still offers a lesson in exactly how not to deal with a dangerous blowhard. Don’t be like Billy Bush: The way men allow each other to talk about women matters 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Tender bars have blowhards who need to tell you about all the cool stuff they plan to do, and drunks who delight in telling you how drunk you are. ‘The Tender Bar’: A Tale of Drinking That Ducks Alcoholism 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The faux blowhard Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central blows harder, except that Matthews is not staging a ruse. How Fox News created a new culture of idiots 2012-10-28T12:00:00Z But loyalists to the second President Bush regard him as a publicity-seeking blowhard — “pompous, self-centered, egotistical,” wrote Karl Rove, the former Bush political strategist, who was spared indictment in the leak inquiry. Red Carpet Spy 2010-09-24T19:40:00Z Unlike Stephen Colbert’s know-it-all blowhard on “The Colbert Report,” Mr. Friedlander doesn’t preen or ramp up the bombast. Critic’s Notebook: Judah Friedlander’s Stand-up Comedy 2012-09-05T22:20:35Z The dozens of images feature first breaking news alerts, then pass to collaged images of slain children, then blowhard pundits, and at last President Obama at the White House, wiping away a tear. Review: ‘Donald Blumberg Photographs,’ Observing America on the Streets and From the Sofa 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Jack Crabb was based on a fictional character, the blowhard Kit Carson in William Saroyan’s play “The Time of Your Life.” Correction: Obit-Thomas Berger story 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Of course, they made sure the blowhard mogul was seated beside the lissome ingénue. Saving the Endangered Dinner Party 2012-11-28T23:49:55Z The title character of George Kelly’s 1924 play “The Show-Off” is a boasting buffoon named Aubrey Piper — a vain, dissembling blowhard with an obvious toupee and galloping delusions of grandeur. Review: A ‘Show-Off’ Who Doesn’t Know When to Shut Up 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z She airily describes him as a “total blowhard” who was nonetheless great in bed. Television Review: NBC’s ‘Camp’ Is as Much About the Grown-Ups as the Kids 2013-07-09T21:26:32Z He may be no more than a blowhard and buffoon, but Trump has proven to be no joke. Is Donald Trump "crazy?" Wrong question 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Dorothy Gale’s canine friend Toto knew what we all sometimes need to be reminded of: Right behind the big, scary bully there’s often a single, self-aggrandizing blowhard. One Million Moms overreaches again 2012-07-25T17:05:00Z In the film, Ben Stiller's mentally challenged Simple Jack and Robert Downey Jr.'s blackface Kirk Lazarus indulged in offensively broad caricatures to poke fun at the idea of the blowhard actor. Etan Cohen, director of 'Get Hard,' is used to confounding expectations 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z And while Colbert’s conservative blowhard character may revere Bill O’Reilly — and serves as a model for political punditry — the admiration is not reciprocated. Stephen Colbert vs. Bill O’Reilly: 36 clips that define their relationship 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z He may be a blowhard, but his sheer kinetic youthfulness is irresistible. Review: ‘Henry IV,’ Donmar Warehouse’s All-Female Version 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z He was a narcissist, a megalomaniac, a racist war-mongering blowhard suffering from what one Twitter commentator called part of the "white saviour industrial complex". Jason Russell: Kony2012 and the fight for truth 2013-03-03T00:05:34Z None of them provide an epiphanic psychological insight into Trump — he’s the same self-absorbed blowhard, albeit a bit sharper and quicker. Review | ‘Howard Stern Comes Again’ gives a glimpse of a kinder, gentler shock jock 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z The album’s more-significant surprise, though, was Church’s slow, steady, magnificent transition from blowhard to balladeer. Are you listening to country music? Or just gossiping about it? 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Allen pulls the "medium is the message" author into the theater to deflate a pretentious blowhard. "You know nothing of my work": Five great self-aware cameos 2011-08-01T18:02:00Z The flap over O’Reilly, though, merely seemed to conform to his persona as “the argumentative blowhard who wears partisan criticism as a badge of courage.” Is the Stephanopoulos controversy like Bill O’Reilly’s or Brian Williams’s? 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z This blowhard pundit, modeled on Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, was too meta; to play along, you had to get the joke that he was dispensing a right-wing take on the news from a left-wing perspective. Stephen Colbert: A Great Talk-Show Host? No, the Greatest! 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z I have become – despite how many times your Facebook friends have suggested this makes me a blowhard – a member of the liberal educated elite. Game over, conservative friend 2012-11-17T00:30:00Z For Shepard, a self-professed “blowhard,” he’s also learned to be quiet sometimes. Dax Shepard’s ‘Armchair Expert’ enters new phase on Spotify 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Onstage or in his podcast, he comes off as the ultimate macho blowhard at the bar, but his greatest jokes are about the prison of masculinity. The Best New Comedy Specials to Stream Right Now 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Charlie was a crank and a blowhard and the most generous, loyal soul you could imagine. After the deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain: Suicide is a beast for survivors, too 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Its most annoying manifestation is the inclusion of invariably silent, winsome young women for the sole purpose of bestowing wide-eyed attention on the pronouncements of some middle-aged male blowhard. ‘The Owl’s Legacy’ Explores the Glory That Was Greece 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z The blowhard Southern judge — a character that would seem doomed for the rocks of cliche, yet which thrives in Brian Hemmingsen’s drawling comic turn — wants none of it. Forum Theatre’s ‘The Last Days of Judas Iscariot’ Not merely complacently sure of herself, like Bernhardi, she is, in Stevenson’s unflinching performance, a completely unsympathetic blowhard. Review: In ‘The Doctor,’ a Rare Case of Physician, Harm Thyself 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Stephen Colbert’s blowhard conservative persona was famously modeled after Fox News host Bill O’Reilly. Stephen Colbert’s greatest hits: Our favorite moments from 9 years of “The Colbert Report” 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z It’s true that the flag-planting isn’t dramatized, but the blowhards need not worry: “First Man” is worthy of enduring as a right-wing fetish object. “First Man,” Reviewed: Damien Chazelle’s Neil Armstrong Bio-Pic Is an Accidental Right-Wing Fetish Object 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z But Colbert, who rarely drops the satirical rightwing blowhard act in public, didn’t betray anything about his personal political leanings. James Franco to Stephen Colbert: Are you “going to go Democrat” on “The Late Show”? 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Segments like last night’s “Mr. Smith Goes to the State Legislature, Then Later Possibly Washington,” on “The Colbert Report” remind me how invaluable the conservative blowhard Stephen Colbert is. Stephen Colbert mocks Colorado Republican for believing President Obama is possessed by a demon 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z But even this foil ultimately comes off like a caricature, a harmless, even lovable blowhard. In 'Cagney' the musical, Hollywood's tough guy tap dances 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z T. J. Miller, the excitable comic who played the feckless blowhard Erlich Bachman, last seen in a Tibetan opium den in Season 4, left the show, bashing colleagues in interviews on the way out. Mike Judge on ‘Silicon Valley,’ T.J. Miller’s Exit and How ‘Idiocracy’ Endures 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z Dumezweni's casting also caused an outcry which, along with every other case, should tell you something about what these blowhards have in common: most of them are adults or close enough to it. Racist attacks on a Black girl earning a supposedly "white" role isn't about canon but excellence 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z As you may recall, Donner is an intolerant blowhard, ashamed of his boy’s fancy nose. In Praise of Rudolph 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Guston’s Nixon is a babbling blowhard who suffers under the weight of his own ambition. Everything old is new again: Philip Guston’s cartoons of Dick Nixon on display at Hauser & Wirth gallery give cold comfort 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z I attempted the two-hour “Porgy and Bess Walking Tour” and abandoned it a blowhard half-hour in, but there are multiple and undoubtedly better guides. ‘Porgy and Bess,’ a Spoleto Festival USA Homecoming 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z They also discussed the rapper’s retirement plan before Eminem talked about his new boxing film Southpaw, as Colbert rekindled a form of his blowhard rightwing persona that made him such a hit on Comedy Central. Stephen Colbert makes surprise appearence as host on public access TV 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Banks is a wonderful character for Adams, who naturally projects sweetness and resilience; she’s bolder than her physicist partner, as well as the military blowhards directing the operations at all twelve sites. Watching “Arrival” After the Election 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z “The Colbert Show’s” entire shtick is based on the parody of the right-wing blowhard, and as such it’s consistently taken clever jabs as the issues of race in our country. No, we shouldn’t #CancelColbert 2014-03-28T14:14:00Z More than three decades on, it remains a masterful study of self-deluded blowhards convinced of their inherent majesty. American Vandal and our growing obsession with the mockumentary 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z But that arrogant blowhard has been one of the most consistently insightful, inventive and flat out hilarious characters to grace late night. “Stephen Colbert” is dead, long live Stephen Colbert! 2014-04-11T14:36:00Z The Fox News host, “whose cologne you can smell through the TV,” according to late-night comedian Stephen Colbert, has been a blowhard on the right-wing network for years. “Whatever happened to old-fashioned courtship?”: Stephen Colbert questions Eric Bolling’s text adventures 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z In “Golden Shield,” which opened Tuesday at the Manhattan Theater Club, a blowhard executive at a tech company comes up with a way to build a more effective firewall: decentralize it into multiple checkpoints. Review: ‘Golden Shield’ Is an Exercise In Miscommunication 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z A record-breaking long-distance swimmer, she’s got the lung capacity of a real blowhard. ‘Nyad’ Review: Neptune’s (Estranged) Daughter 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Watching it, even this pretty solid season premiere, feels like a chore, like humoring the dull blowhard at the dinner party just because he means well. “The Killing”: Who killed Rosie Larsen? We’ll finally learn 2012-06-14T15:25:00Z The ancient Chinese scholar Xunzi complained about an early version of what today we might call religious blowhards. What Is the Meaning of Sacred Texts? 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z You may think Stewart is a liberal wet blanket or O'Reilly a conservative blowhard, but together they make magic. Jon Stewart's greatest 'Daily Show' interviews 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z McMahon may be a blowhard and kind of an idiot, but he’s not a bad guy. Review: ‘War Machine’: Brad Pitt Has Met the Enemy. He Just Doesn’t Know It Yet. 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Colbert, after all, was famous for playing a character, a blowhard politico, on Comedy Central’s Colbert Report. Recap: Stephen Colbert's CBS 'Late Show' Debut 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z In his earlier novels, when he satirized the blowhards of our own times, Buckley’s purpose was clear: to expose greed, hypocrisy and stupidity. Finding the Funny in 17th-Century History 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z In fact, it makes sense that the shift to Biden from a bombastic and absurd blowhard like Trump would send comedy through an adjustment phase. Is political comedy dead now? 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Basically, millions of us experienced what it must be like to be a limo driver listening to a speaker conversation between two blowhard executives who really enjoyed their meeting. Trump’s NAFTA speaker phone call to Mexico: Reality TV posing as “breaking news” 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Colbert didn’t just shed his conservative blowhard pundit persona when he took over for Letterman—he also changed his comedy to fit in to the format. Republicans just don’t get Stephen Colbert: Why the Fox News-watching, climate-change denying crowd can’t understand complex satire 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z It begins with a teasing imitation of his father, a classic belligerent blowhard of an old-timer. Louie Anderson and the Compassion of America’s Eternal Kid 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z A brusque, arrogant blowhard, blind in one eye, he regales his fellow artists in a pub with grandiose recitations of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven.” Movie Review: ‘Summer in February,’ an Edwardian Romance 2014-01-16T23:32:39Z He popularized a rhetorical stance that makes people feel worried about caring too much about their values in public lest they get mocked as vain blowhards. From Stuff White People Like to #NotYourShield: How irony is killing activism 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z He seems suspicious of overconfident blowhards, which may be why he seemed reluctant to take too heavy a hand running the panel, and it’ll take time to work out that balance. Larry Wilmore's First Nightly Show: The Underdog As Top Dog 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Fellow obnoxious British blowhard Piers Morgan played this role when AGT launched, followed by the famously harsh Stern. Simon Cowell without the insults: what's the point? 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z But what is clear is while the host no longer plays the ultra-conservative blowhard as he did on the popular Comedy Central show, “The Colbert Report,” he still favors booking guests outside traditional Hollywood circles. So Far, Colbert is Losing Late-Night Ratings War to Fallon 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Reprising his role as the blowhard studio executive Les Grossman from "Tropic Thunder," Cruise once again donned a fat suit and oversize prosthetic hands, then showed off some surprisingly nimble dance moves. MTV Movie Awards: Five memorable moments from years past 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z Not precisely a blowhard, not merely a camera hog, not entirely a slouch, Geraldo is a caricature of a late-twentieth-century news celebrity. The Reliable Volatility of Geraldo Rivera on Fox News 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Yet the chorus remains some version of, "He's just a conservative blowhard from Manhattan who's out of his element, and the sheen will eventually wear off." What can reverse late-night TV’s decline? 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z But skewering the blowhards wouldn’t be enough to make Shawn’s best plays great. From the Schlump With the Shiv, Two Plays Turned Podcasts 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Homer Simpson/ Ned Flanders, because nothing says “America” like a narcissistic, ignorant blowhard teamed with a religious zealot. Style Invitational: Explain a concept using only 1-syllable words 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z But there's a troubled sincerity to his demeanor, a streak of anguish that prevents him from coming across like a holier-than-thou blowhard. In the laudable 'The Christians,' characterizations are a saving grace 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z For many of us, however, the very definition of “family” is to occasionally share space with loudmouths, blowhards, racists or people you simply don’t like. Perspective | Ask Amy: Prospective parents worry about racist relatives 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z Dad is a blowhard with an instinctive ability to work on the boys' imaginations. 'Boy': a charming moonwalk through young New Zealander's life 2012-03-22T20:03:05Z When conservatives show up in contemporary plays, they are usually laughable blowhards, whining billionaires or troglodyte parents whose children scorn them. Review: In ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning,’ a Red-State Unicorn 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Stephen Colbert was not given to effusions of humility when he played a blowhard pundit on his Comedy Central series. Review: On ‘Late Show’ Premiere, Stephen Colbert Tries to Bring Big Back to Late Night 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z What defined each character was utter confidence, a blowhard belief that blinded their cluelessness. Dr. Steve Brule, Tim & Eric comic forces to be reckoned with 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z A. I’ve known Donald Trump for a long time and I always thought he was exactly what New York City needed to have: the big, blowhard billionaire. Letterman Has No Love for ‘Damaged’ Trump 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Before Hank was a blowhard without any redeeming qualities, and he was hard to root for. “Breaking Bad”: “He’s a pure psychopath” 2012-07-22T19:00:00Z I knew what a blowhard he was, how he was a liar and a fantasist. Jane Curtin Is Playing It Straight 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z Reagan had no respect for blowhards and egomanics, regardless of party. Column: Reagan gave Americans hope. Trump offers venom and lies 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z The Gilded Age called, Kathy and Mike: They want their blowhard bureaucrats back. Column: 130 years ago, a Los Angeles tamale vendor was robbed. How times haven't changed 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z After all, Twitter is a free speech zone for lying, right-wing blowhards. Ron DeSantis — like Elon Musk's Twitter — is really the second choice 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z “Skipper Dan the Sailing Man” was my attempt to stick a pin in a blowhard who often demanded others refer to him as Mr. Snyder. LOVERRO: Dan Snyder’s looney tunes reign over Commanders nears an end 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Hoping to bridge the cultural gap between his client and the D.C. jurors, McBride asked members of the panel to think of a cringey blowhard, loved but barely tolerated, in their families in cosmopolitan Washington. He kicked back in Pelosi’s office on Jan. 6. Now he has ‘regrets.’ 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Quick off the mark was right-wing blowhard Charlie Kirk, who tweeted, “This is a tragic and all too familiar sight right now: Athletes dropping suddenly.” Column: The Damar Hamlin injury provokes a wave of ignorant anti-vaccine propaganda 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z What we did not do back then, by the way, was storm into those bars, haul out the loudest blowhards and publicly shame them at the top of every homepage and cable show in America. Opinion | Kanye West, Elon Musk and the problem with public shaming 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Politics has sucked up too much attention for too long, and voters struck back this year by telling one particular blowhard to pipe down already. Opinion | Why voters so often steer government toward gridlock 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z A heck of a lot of talking heads in the media, both liberal and conservative, have proved to be plain old blowhards. Red wave turns out to be a trickle 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z "He's mostly running on the idea that she doesn't take this job seriously — that she is just there to throw bombs and be a blowhard and isn't really interested in governing," says Masket. "These people are no longer fringe": Midterms likely to confirm MAGA’s staying power 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z She dutifully stays late to oversee a poetry club meeting, but when one of the blowhard patrons behaves badly, her eyes turn pitch-black and she’s suddenly powerful enough to pummel him bloody. Review: Willfully impenetrable, 'Petrov's Flu' says it's complicated being Russian 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z “Defendants can use the argument, ‘This was just tough talk, we’re a group of blowhards who like to talk and make stuff up.’ Oath Keepers sedition trial could reveal new info about Jan. 6 plotting 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z The groups with blowhards were less neurally aligned than were those with mediators, the study found. How to Change Minds? A Study Makes the Case for Talking It Out. 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Many Soviets began taking advantage of the freer atmosphere to grouse that Gorbachev was nothing more than a baltun — a blowhard. Mikhail Gorbachev has died, Soviet Union's last leader helped end Cold War 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Well-intentioned bookish types are as susceptible to this line of thinking as populist blowhards, Wayne means to say; anybody who feels threatened likes to turn themselves into the hero of their own story. Review: Where did it all go wrong for Generation X? Teddy Wayne's new novel breaks it down 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z And so you get blowhards and sycophants, egoists and ignoramuses mixed in among those just striving to be dedicated public servants. Perspective | The Supreme Court: Unreachable, inaccessible and frightening 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Still, given the dominance of blowhards in this incipient century, Putin wasn’t the only one surprised to see the world changed by six short words. Opinion | Zelensky and the West have called Putin’s bluff. Let’s not waver now. 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z It seems to me that Carlson is just suiting up to play a character every night — the vitriolic blowhard he created in middle age when it became apparent that the market would reward it. Opinion | Tucker Carlson lectures on media weakness. That’s rich. 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Think of Trump as the blowhard who fanned the already growing flames, or perhaps more accurately — by provoking the fanatics — flamed the fans. How the age of Trump has changed fandom 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z It is tempting to dismiss this as the talk of posers and blowhards. Opinion | Trump supporters’ logic of political violence should alarm us all 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Cruz did not see it as nice, nor did various right-wing blowhards on Fox News and Newsmax who were livid about the bird’s message. Big Bird and the Big Baby 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z “You have to actively and continuously ignore the ubiquitous distractions, charlatans, and blowhards in order to stay true to your own values and goals,” Bartelt said. Millennial Money: The case for being boring with your money 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Instead of blowing off the blowhard, Republican Party leaders stood down and let him and his supporters suck the oxygen out of the recall movement to stoke their fire-and-brimstone strategy. Column: Give up your win-quick schemes, California Republicans 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z But if true, this wouldn’t be the first time fear of right-wing blowhards distorted Biden’s immigration policies. Opinion | Biden shouldn’t cave to the bigots on evacuating our Afghan allies 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z But some posers and blowhards have live ammunition at their disposal. Opinion | Trump supporters’ logic of political violence should alarm us all 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Bin Laden was a blowhard who never fought on the front lines. Perspective | Five myths about Osama bin Laden 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z There would be no “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” if he hadn’t parodied conservative blowhard Bill O’Reilly on Comedy Central, first on “The Daily Show” and then on “The Colbert Report.” What made 'The Daily Show' the most influential late-night comedy of the last 25 years 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z Bill Burr savaged CNN anchors this week as moronic, America-hating blowhards who secretly covet a second Trump presidency because he’s good for ratings. Comedian Bill Burr savages CNN as ‘un-American pieces of sh--’ 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z Variety's Owen Gleiberman also commended the US actor for giving "a surprisingly convincing performance as this blustery Slavic blowhard". Black Widow: Scarlett Johansson's 'rousing' Marvel film impresses most critics 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z These right-wing blowhards — most of whom have never served a day in uniform — now feel free to revile decorated combat veterans such as Milley. Opinion | Imagine if a Squad member called a general a stupid pig. Tucker Carlson just did. 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z "But for a pompous blowhard like you, I’m sure it’s great." New York City Mayor de Blasio mocked for tweet on 'bright' future of Big Apple amid city's crime wave 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z “Our gobs of gossip were repugnantly real. Today’s blowhard bloggers and their tattle texts? Pussyfooting punks all.” James Ellroy talks titillating new tabloid Tinseltown thriller 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z In the ancient world, Roman senators like Cato the Younger were notorious blowhards who thrived on delivering long speeches to prove their stamina and talent at oratory. Column: What's the matter with Kyrsten Sinema? 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z He’s a bossfight, a blowhard who treats each encounter like an overproduced wrestling match. Hades almost starred its worst character 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z “We don’t have a lot of this blowhard kind of attitude. We’re not attacking people so much.” Give Biden a Chance? On Covid Aid, Some Trump Voters Just Might 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z You do, and, well, a third of them just might vote for a blowhard like Donald J. Trump. Column: This Mexican nerd's guide to coronavirus lockdown reading 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z “It was a beautiful reunion. Seeing him back in prime time was like taking a time machine back to 2004 when he was just a blowhard reality TV host and nothing more.” 'NBC sucks': Jimmy Kimmel roasts the Trump town hall 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Though in this case, our comedian president has done more than amuse us with his faux-macho blowhard bluster. Trump's macho bravado is an embarrassment. Yet it puts us all in danger | Francine Prose 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z If Trump was a rabid blowhard, Pence would be calm and respectful. Pence’s politeness masks a ruthless ideology 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z After a year, the blowhard mogul fired the military intellectual – by tweet. HR McMaster on serving Trump: 'If you're not on the pitch, you're going to get your ass kicked' 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z That show transformed Mr. Trump from a local blowhard into a national figure, and laid the groundwork for his presidential campaign. Jeff Zucker Helped Create Donald Trump. That Show May Be Ending. 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z He’s a meddler, a blowhard and a hothead. Review: Pete Davidson bares his soul in 'The King of Staten Island,' but his co-stars truly rule 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z "And yet, many of these same men expect none of those characteristics from Trump, who is a vain, cowardly, lying, vulgar, jabbering blowhard." Trump burned as "the least masculine" president in modern times by Naval War College professor 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z But the presidency is now just a daily talk show, hosted by a self-centered blowhard worried only about his poll numbers. Opinion | The government that works vs. the man in the White House 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z “While right-wing blowhards may infuriate Democrats,” Kristof concludes, “they sometimes pose the greatest danger to their own true believers.” The Coronavirus and Right-Wing Postmodernism 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z The implication: While right-wing blowhards may infuriate Democrats, they sometimes pose the greatest danger to their own true believers. Opinion | Beware the Deadly Contagion Spread by Blowhards 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z I still wonder how such a smart and gracious woman was defeated by a boorish blowhard. Reader feedback on 'Hillary' doc, Plácido's 'hugs' and LACMA, LACMA, LACMA 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Anyone who skips listening to this racist blowhard snuffling his way through a Stephen Miller-penned paean to himself is likely to extend their lifespan many times the length of the speech. State of the Union: Trump trolls the libs and defiles his office; Pelosi upstages him 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z “There’s Mitt Romney threatening to vote with Democrats again to trot out spotlight seeking blowhards who will trash President Trump on the witness stand,” a narrator says in the ad. Club for Growth launches TV ad attacking Romney on impeachment 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Time also listed the whistleblower who triggered the impeachment investigation as one of its Guardians of the Year, too, but unlike unscrupulous Republicans and conservative TV blowhards didn’t attempt to name that person. Trump impeachment: House prepares for crucial vote amid whistleblower row – live 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z In the book "The Last Republicans," the 41st president said of Trump, "I don't like him," before famously calling him a "blowhard." George H.W. Bush's grandson launches congressional bid in Texas 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Trump, by contrast, is invincibly ignorant because he prefers to get his military advice from Fox News blowhards rather than from the eminently qualified professionals who report to him. Opinion | Trump is the most anti-military president we’ve had — and he doesn’t even know it 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z But remember, blowhard uncles don’t like to admit mistakes, so don’t hit them upside the head with dogma — just gently point them in the right direction. We can’t afford to banish politics from the Thanksgiving table 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Don Johnson, playing her husband Richard, is a blowhard conservative completely unaware of his frequent hypocrisies. Knives Out is a great mystery that fumbles its big finish 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z But a far bigger threat to the “brand” of Christianity comes, I think, from religious blowhards who have entangled faith with bigotry, sexism, homophobia and xenophobia. Opinion | We’re Less and Less a Christian Nation, and I Blame Some Blowhards 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z After lying about being a stuntman, a blowhard gets the chance to prove himself to a movie studio. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z In real life, Frank Sheeran was a thug and a blowhard, and it’s likely that his confessions, as related to Brandt, were inflated with hot air. Remembrance of Kills Past in “The Irishman” 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Profanity and coarse sexual language are continuous, mostly delivered by a blowhard, maniacal children’s media celebrity. What to watch with your kids: ‘Jojo Rabbit,’ ‘Nancy Drew’ and more 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z "The whistleblower is someone who does not have firsthand knowledge of what happened," Conway said at the time, calling the individual "more blowhard than whistleblower." Trump blasts report that Conway or Mnuchin might replace Mulvaney: 'Fake News!' 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z To aim for modesty and humility and cooperation rather than blowhard arrogance. Opinion | Enough Leaning In. Let’s Tell Men to Lean Out. 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z As we’ve discussed, the result is a president who responds to deeply intricate challenges like he’s the blowhard at the end of the bar who’s convinced he knows the solution to every problem. The most dangerous word in Donald Trump's vocabulary: 'Easy' 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z For this task, most recently, we chose a compulsively dishonest blowhard who thinks that white supremacists are very fine people, and that nuclear bombs will stop hurricanes. How do we recover from the surreal nightmare of this presidency? It will take some work 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z Yet there is always a good-looking, relatively well-balanced woman who seems to find him attractive and who, most important to the long arc, can see through the boorish blowhard to the lost boy beneath. The misunderstood humor of Danny McBride 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z It felt a little presumptuous, and this was the first time Ive started to come off as a bit of blowhard. Here are Jony Ive’s most important — and indulgent — Apple product videos 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Cowards who let discourse run into the sewer because it wouldn’t be Minnesota Nice to ask a keyboard warrior or blowhard relative to support their wild claims with facts. Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Nothing, absolutely nothing, is more important than getting that mean-spirited, embarrassingly gauche, wishy-washy blowhard out of the White House. Opinion | All these wannabe Democratic nominees are wasting everybody’s time 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z In fact, the headline for my piece was "We must take Donald Trump seriously: Yes, he's a right-wing blowhard. But he's rich & famous, and his kooky ideas fit snugly in the Tea Party mainstream." Four years ago this week: Trump's escalator ride and the Charleston shooting. It's not a coincidence 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z In one section of a Portal-themed demo called Aperture Hand Labs, you have to demonstrate a firm handshake with a blowhard executive robot. The Valve Index might have the most fun VR controllers I’ve ever tried 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z Carusone went on to claim that his old blog was intended to underscore “just how gross and horrible right-wing blowhards are.” Media Matters boss blames being bullied as a kid, satire and 'right-wing blowhards' for his past hateful comments 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z In his memoir, Koch called Trump a “blowhard.” Perspective | Here’s something Trump can build, right here in D.C. 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z “He’s a man of substance, not just the blowhard cliches.” Opinion | What does Pete Buttigieg bring to the table? Experience — really. 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z He had the potential to reach a far bigger audience as a right-wing blowhard than most professional politicians. Four years ago this week: Trump's escalator ride and the Charleston shooting. It's not a coincidence 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z There was no need to insert the “blowhard” reference. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: George H.W. Bush’s death, D.C.’s drug problem and a memorable Yale moment 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z The late President Bush called Trump a “blowhard.” A nation’s farewell for George H.W. Bush 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z In Mark K. Updegrove’s book “The Last Republicans,” published last year, the elder Bush called Trump a “blowhard.” Presidents club assembles for Bush funeral, Trump an outlier 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z In a recent book, Bush called Trump “a blowhard”. Monday US briefing: ‘The last generation that can stop climate change’ 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z There is little love lost between the leading Republican families: in a book published last year, George HW Bush called Trump “a blowhard … driven by a certain ego”. Air Force One flies George HW Bush back to Washington 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z “I don’t know much about him, but I know he’s a blowhard,” Bush added. Trump praises George H.W. Bush and his legacy, putting aside past feud with family 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z The elder Bush called Trump a “blowhard” and voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016. From Bush to Clinton, a grace note for the ages 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Winning on social media, the home of bots, blowhards and trolls? Who’s Winning the Social Media Midterms? 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z So there I was, having a chat with Jaguar Land Rover Classic Works director Tim Hannig, when he was accosted by this old blowhard in aviator sunglasses. 1968 Jaguar E-Type Zero: Revamping the Vintage Roadster as an Electric Car 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Throughout the Bush years, progressives kept up their morale by blogging about the latest sketch in which Stewart cut some Fox News blowhard or another down to size. How a disastrous change in perspective disempowered the left and let the right rise | Jeff Sparrow 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z Seasoned politicians and backroom operators, the putative “adults in the room,” had spent years ridiculing the blowhard with the bad hair banging on the door and demanding red-carpet treatment. Trump’s new (non-Democratic) normal 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z He is merely a noxious, venal, and ineffectual blowhard, who has assembled a team of associates who are themselves, with few exceptions, noxious, venal, or ineffectual. After Trump: The Donald in the rearview mirror 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Many people in the public and media thought it was just some sort of blowhard TV-personality rhetoric he was using. Concentration camps in America? Author Andrea Pitzer reminds us they already exist 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z An attempted reconciliation between a dying blowhard and his estranged son faces daunting challenges, given the patriarch’s propensity to repeat tall tales about the romantic quests of his youth. The 99 Seat Beat: 'Big Fish' at the Chance in Anaheim, free Shakespeare in Griffith Park 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Although he clearly identifies with Bloom the Jewish outsider, Joyce acknowledges that Bloom is a bit of a bore, a blowhard know-it-all. Bloomsday Tribute to James Joyce, Greatest Mind-Scientist Ever 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z Why are the traditional parties of the left in the western world being defeated in so many places by outrageous blowhards of the right? Forget Trump – populism is the cure, not the disease 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z He takes a few shots at President Trump, talk radio “blowhards” and House backbenchers. John McCain Isn’t Ready to Wave a White Flag Just Yet 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Bush Sr revealed last year that he voted for Hillary in 2016 rather than back the official Republican nominee whom he’d dismissed as a “blowhard”. Why are the Bushes, Clintons, Obamas and Melania smiling so broadly at a funeral? 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z He was, is and always will be a bully, liar and blowhard. Lance Armstrong Settles Federal Fraud Case for $5 Million 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Around the same time, Mark K. Updegrove’s book, “The Last Republicans,” was published, in which the elder Bush called Trump a “blowhard” and George W. Bush wondered if he would be the last Republican president. Trump will skip Barbara Bush funeral, sending first lady 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z His blowhard commentary on how much our “great” veterans deserve is as honest as he is. Veterans Affairs Secretary Is Latest to Go as Trump Shakes Up Cabinet 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Indeed, Trump continues to respond to deeply intricate challenges like he’s the blowhard at the end of the bar who’s convinced he knows the solution to every problem. The two most dangerous words in Trump's vocabulary: 'It's easy' 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Is there time for someone to challenge this corrupt blowhard in the primary? In Spite of Executive Order, Cuomo Takes Campaign Money From State Appointees 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z Peterson is not just another troll, narcissist or blowhard whose arguments are fatally compromised by bad faith, petulance, intellectual laziness and blatant bigotry. How dangerous is Jordan B Peterson, the rightwing professor who 'hit a hornets' nest'? 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z First, Trump is a blowhard and a bully. Opinion | Trump has plenty of bark. His predecessors had more bite. 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z On the other hand, Trump is unabashed liar, a blowhard and a self serving carnival barker. Trump, in Davos, Mends Split With Britain and Widens One With Palestinians 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z As bigwigs in the Trump campaign, you helped a manifestly unfit blowhard get elected president. Opinion | The man-child in the White House reels wildly out of control 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z It’s entirely another thing for Trump, another notoriously undisciplined blowhard, to respond in kind. Trump’s outburst against Bannon removes any shred of presidential decorum | Richard Wolffe 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z He's 12 yrs old, in a middle aged body, and his hero is a 72 yr old blowhard with dyed hair and a Yuge gut. How Far Will Sean Hannity Go? 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, excoriated Trump in her own tweet: “If we need an alarmist blowhard, we’ll call.” Trump's spread of British far-right group's anti-Muslim videos draws condemnation in U.S. and abroad 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Were it not for our reverence for money, Mr. Trump would be easily recognized as the simple-minded, vulgar, bigoted blowhard he is. Opinion | Can My Children Be Friends With White People? 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z She was doomed by her corrupt, blowhard boss, who Trump used during his campaign and then threw away like a soiled paper towel. Opinion | Trump’s Totally Terrible Time 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z But I am grateful that he's zipping his lips on the blowhard talk for once. No War Threats From Trump, Who Tells Koreans ‘It Will All Work Out’ 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Former President George Bush considers him a “blowhard,” only interested in feeding his own ego. Both Bush Presidents Worry Trump Is Blowing Up the G.O.P. 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z I suspect, save for Snyder, a blowhard like Jones doesn’t endear loyalty. Jerry Jones isn’t going anywhere 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Bush the elder, 93, was blunt, even crass, calling the president of the United States — a fellow Republican — a “blowhard.” George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush bash Donald Trump 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Bush, the 41st U.S. president, called Mr. Trump a “blowhard,” according to Mark Updegrove’s “The Last Republicans,” excerpts of which were viewed by The Wall Street Journal. Bushes Criticize Donald Trump in New Book 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z The 41st president was more direct than the 43rd, however, saying in a new book that the 45th president is a “blowhard” who is “driven by a certain ego”. George HW Bush calls Trump a 'blowhard' in book The Last Republicans 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z It was at that same dinner, five years earlier, that Stephen Colbert, playing the rightwing blowhard of The Colbert Report, famously said “reality has a well-known liberal bias”. Why can't rightwing comics break into US late-night TV? 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z Further reflection revealed connections between those concepts and a complex taxonomy of other terms—being down, game, chill, wack, a blowhard, braggart, killjoy, and others—which I systematically detail in the book. How to Be Awesome 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Could Sater be just a blowhard who exaggerated his influence with the Russian president? Opinion | The bad news about ‘this Russia thing’ keeps pouring in for Trump 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z But beyond citing blowhards whose views are championed on far-right websites like Breitbart.com, Gingrich is fundamentally twisting what a DOJ investigation does. Newt Gingrich plays Goebbels for Trump in insane attack on justice department and Mueller 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z It is counting on Trump proving to be the blowhard that, until now, he has appeared to be. The Observer view on Donald Trump’s unfitness for office | Observer editorial 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Mr Clarke says he never heard the term "blowhard" being used. Has al-Muhajiroun been underestimated? - BBC News 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z This tawdry episode provides additional evidence that our representative democracy is being subverted and replace by competitive authoritarianism--as if the election of a narcissistic, bullying, buffoonish blowhard of a president were not enough. Tired of ‘Winning’? You Should Be 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z He cites Johnny Come Lately, about a blowhard American soldier. Steve Earle: 'My wife left me for a younger, skinnier, less talented singer' 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z “Frankly, I think it’s why Trump couldn’t be more ill-suited to be president, because he’s a blowhard.” Will Warriors Visit the White House? First, They Have to Be Invited 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Frankly, I think it’s why Trump couldn’t be more ill-suited to be president, because he’s a blowhard. After all that talk of boycotts, championship teams aren’t avoiding Trump’s White House 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z No one is looking for an obnoxious bully who doubles as a brash blowhard. Lonzo Ball’s dad says the shoes cost $495 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z Then, at Cannes a year ago, she premiered a complete film — an up-close, lionizing portrait of Assange, occasionally depicting the WikiLeaks founder as a blowhard but ultimately presenting him as a maverick hero. With Laura Poitras' re-cut 'Risk,' a director controversially changes her mind about Julian Assange 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z After Jones revealed what he’d been through, former Red Sox pitcher and current toxic blowhard Curt Schilling questioned whether the episode actually happened. Column: Time to take a look in the mirror after ugly week 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Now that they are in bed with every league, they are just promotional blowhards. A Struggling ESPN Lays Off Many On-Air Personalities 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z On “The Colbert Report,” Colbert created a persona—a Bill O’Reilly-inspired blowhard—that evolved into a surprisingly flexible instrument. Wanting More from Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Take the case of the hapless Andrew Bowen, a grasping Republican foreign policy blowhard who should be entering a bumper job market. A weak and paranoid president leads rapidly to a weak and paranoid government 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The worry is that it’s some blowhard talking loud to grab your attention, or whose success was a one-time wonder, and not a consistent show of skill. March Madness strategy for your portfolio 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z And if you would, nonetheless, hold a sale in the name of the blowhard who appears to be the brains of this operation — but is not — the Haggler would be greatly amused. Unhappy Customers Make Him Happy, and Rich 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z In an interview before the Super Bowl in early February, Trump was confronted by Fox blowhard Bill O’Reilly. Killer, kleptocrat, genius, spy: the many myths of Vladimir Putin 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z First, that Donald Trump is a blowhard but not a Benito: the scary things he says are mostly just smoke in the room. Trying (and Failing) Not to Fear So Much About Trump 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z “In some respect, even though he’s a blowhard, I think Trump is a victim in some ways,” he said. Conservative Talk Radio Stands by Trump Despite Turmoil 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Mr Trump’s speech was by turns bitter, blowhard and banal. The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s inauguration: a declaration of political war | Editorial 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z But despair it does: “If you believe him / You watch a monster grow,” Gray begins, insisting “until the penny drops / No hallelujah will be sung” for the “blowhard on a wall”. Arcade Fire, Gorillaz, Fiona Apple and more – this week's anti-Trump songs reviewed 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z We will on a daily basis see what we native New Yorkers have witnessed for decades, a blowhard of little accomplishment try to bamboozle his consumers into believing he's brilliant. With Choice of Trade Negotiator, Trump Prepares to Confront Mexico and China 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z They are both bullying blowhards and neither deserves to be... By Rejecting George Steinbrenner, the Hall of Fame Slights a Brash Transformer 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z It is hard to imagine anyone more different from the cerebral, discreet “no drama” Obama, 55, than the blowhard, rabble-rousing 70-year-old Trump, who pushed the notion that the president was actually born in Kenya. 'Putting lipstick on a pig': experts on why Obama is lending Trump a hand 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Rather, said one, “He is the same kind of blustering, bluffing, blowhard as he was during the campaign.” Donald Trump Personally Blasts the Press 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z I grudgingly voted for Ms. Clinton, simply because I knew what a big blowhard the president-elect really is, from working on one or two of his projects. When Work Loses Its Dignity 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z “He is a creation of us - of our industry - otherwise he just would have been known as a big, New York blowhard to New Yorkers.” In this US election year, celebrities take their gloves off 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z They are both bullying blowhards and neither deserves to be rewarded for their despicable behavior. By Rejecting George Steinbrenner, the Hall of Fame Slights a Brash Transformer 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z “He is a creation of us — of our industry — otherwise he just would have been known as a big, New York blowhard to New Yorkers.” In this US election year, celebrities take their gloves off 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z It’s up to the politicians not just to be blowhards about the deal or threaten to axe it. Why did AT&T and Time Warner unveil merger mid-election? Panic, perhaps 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z When voters were asked to sum up the candidates in one word, Trump received descriptions like “improved,” “struggled,” “blowhard,” “inadequate,” “passionate,” “P. T. Barnum” and “rude.” Frank Luntz discovered the third presidential debate made people dislike both candidates 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Better the quiet accomplished professional who understands law enforcement and the constitution than a preening blowhard. Official Apologizes for Police Role in Mistrust by Minorities 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z As his proposals become clearer and his talking points repeat themselves, it becomes necessary to evaluate the Republican blowhard and identify precisely why President Trump is not in America’s interests. A geopolitical argument for Hill: Just because America can afford a President Trump doesn’t mean it should 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z You start with nothing, the archetypal vendetta-obsessed underdog looking to knock the biggest blowhard off his throne. Review: 'Mafia 3' Squanders One of the Year's Best Stories on Stale Gameplay 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z “He focused on things that mattered and on getting stuff done. He didn’t have a lot of patience for political blowhards who make speeches and don’t do much.” Activists dispute Bryant’s claim that he’s an environmentalist 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z All you GOP blowhards trashing Trump, I say, grow a pair and fight the real danger to our future, Hillary Clinton. Spineless establishment Republicans care more about their jobs than the future of America 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z Whatever the outcome of the trial, the governor’s image as a bully and blowhard is more firmly fixed than ever. Chris Christie is more tarnished than ever 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z For many voters, the “Trump factor”—i.e. the possibility of a thin-skinned narcissistic blowhard and shyster taking over the nuclear codes—looms larger than the “time for a change” factor. Can Donald Trump Learn from Mike Pence? 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z I'm 61 years old & frankly tired of continuous blowhard & in my opinion empty patriotism that is rampant. Megan Rapinoe’s Protest Leads to Division on and Off the Pitch 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Some of the characters are outsized and silly — Lynch basically reprises her hateful Glee coach, Willard plays his usual dim, hilarious blowhard, and Coolidge is as garishly game as ever. With Mascots, Christopher Guest trades in raucous humor for bland sincerity 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Excuse me, but if that bilious billionaire blowhard is a populist, then I’m a contender in his Miss Universe contest. Cleaning up after pundits: Dear media elites, No, Trump is not a populist 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z But the Saints made a massive upgrade to their defense – they fired coordinator Rob Ryan and shipped him to Buffalo to join fellow blowhard sibling Rex Ryan. This season’s NFL team of destiny is one that’s suffered a cruel fate over and over 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z At the Monessen lunch, even some of his supporters said he was a blowhard. For Trump, Pennsylvania Is a Crucial Battleground 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z Were he alive today, Mark Twain at his most scathing would be hard-pressed to do justice to The Donald’s blowhard pomposity. Sixty years and nothing to show: The slow decay of American politics since Eisenhower, Stevenson 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z Fans of “The Colbert Report” were ecstatic over the return of “Stephen Colbert,” the blowhard pundit, last week on CBS’ “The Late Show.” Stephen Colbert defies corporate lawyers by reviving his alter ego again (sort of) 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Writing at the time in private journals, he described Trump as "hateful … a one-dimensional blowhard" and told The New Yorker he disguised Trump's obsessions with money and attention. Behind ‘The Art of the Deal’: Trump’s Ghostwriter Calls Candidate a ‘Sociopath’ 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z A good part of this was attributable to the relative silence of the usual suspects, the partisans, the politicians, the professional protesters, the talk-radio blowhards. After Baton Rouge, Minneapolis and Dallas, Signs of Passionate Sanity 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z By turns chatty, angry, pompous and silly, Fiore is the lovable blowhard Argentinian uncle American football TV has been waiting for. Why Fox Sports, not ESPN, is winning America's summer of soccer 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z His subsequent tweets did little to detract from his image as a vacuous, preening blowhard who confuses tough-guy verbiage for actual policy. Failing the Orlando Rorschach Test 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Nicole: So as they count down to the big launch, and Richard prepares to press down on the most important click of his life, the biggest blowhard in the house is the quietest. 'Silicon Valley' episode recap: the sad ballad of Erlich Bachman 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z The “bad guys” don’t usually carry the day on reality shows, but there certainly have been times when a pompous blowhard has managed to emerge victorious. Donald Trump is following all the rules for a reality TV villain 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z The Patriot Movement leader does not present as a crazed gun nut, nor as a blowhard white supremacist. The rise of militias: Patriot candidates are now getting elected in Oregon 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Denial: that it could ever be possible, that such a blowhard could win their party’s nomination. This is why Donald Trump has been invincible — and why he might not be invincible much longer 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Absent some terrorist attack... or some FBI action on the Clinton email scandal... or some outrageous act of reasonableness by Trump himself, the blowhard is going to lose. Why must the Trump alternative be self-satisfied, complacent Democrats? | Thomas Frank 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z How un-informed do you have to be to select this blowhard. What I Got Wrong About Donald Trump 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Trump’s campaign encouraged this conclusion by leaking in advance that it would contain few specifics, and media correctly primed to think of Trump as an ignorant blowhard covered it as such. Donald Trump gives voice to the GOP's Vladimir Putin wing 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Not only does he face a number of new competitors in the realm of political humor, but without the buffer provided by his blowhard character, Colbert has sometimes seemed muted and uncertain of his voice. Can Stephen Colbert get his 'Late Night' groove back? 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z “In Las Vegas, a quintessential company town, it’s the blowhard billionaires and their political toadies who are worth punching,” he wrote in the letter. Journalist resigns after being barred from writing about Las Vegas newspaper’s right-wing billionaire owner Sheldon Adelson 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z In Las Vegas, a quintessential company town, it’s the blowhard billionaires and their political toadies who are worth punching. Columnist quits over ban on writing about billionaire Sheldon Adelson 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z His daughters tried to soften their dad’s image as a sexist blowhard. Keeping up with the Trumps: what we learned from CNN's bizarre family affair 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Lincoln’s exceptionalism gospel was as vehement as that of any blowhard politician in 2016, but several essential qualities in the Lincoln version are worth pointing out. American exceptionalism: the great game and the noble way 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z The blowhard tycoon was trounced there on April 5th, losing to Ted Cruz, his last serious rival, by a 13-point margin. Donald downed? 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Along the way, the blowhard billionaire and the shut-the-government-down senator seemed to be doing everything in their power to reinforce the revulsion at their respective candidacies. Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z "What was Charles Foster Kane? He was a big media blowhard," says Alter. Presidential contenders make cautious movie picks - BBC News 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z He was needier than she, a bit of a blowhard, and seldom let a conversation stray too far from his own accomplishments. Mrs. Knopf, Invisible Tastemaker 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Responding to PPP poll results released Thursday revealing net negative favorability ratings for all but one primary candidate, blowhard radio host Rush Limbaugh came to the conclusion that “everybody sucks.” Rush Limbaugh makes history by being right for first time: While sizing up GOP candidates, declares “everybody sucks” 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z “He seemed kind of lovable in the old days, in a blowhard way.” ‘The Simpsons’ predicted a Trump presidency 16 years ago tomorrow. The writer explains why. 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z It was early Wednesday and weary TV pundits were afflicted with Trumpanasia, a self-inflicted rhetorical doom brought on by severe melancholia, induced by a blowhard Republican politician. The Rise of Trump and the Fall of Dignity 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z That was the authentic voice of Trump: the bully, the blowhard, the retweeter of Mussolini quotes. Super Tuesday Results: The Trump Nightmare Continues 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z "These scripts I would read just emphasized the slapstick. It was like they were imagining this Alan Partridge sitcom," Edwards said, referring to Coogan's trademark blowhard TV character. Eddie the Eagle, the ordinary-guy Olympian, returns to the conversation 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Imagine being at this dinner with friends, and there is one blowhard yammering on about himself all evening. Why a Little Boredom Could Be Good for Your Relationship 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z "He's a blowhard. He's stuck on his ego. He thinks he can buy everything," says Ken Johnson, 80, retired and living in Rochester. They Say They Want a Revolution 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z He's as offputting as any unrepentant blowhard, but many of his monologues contain kernels of truth. The party's over: Madoff, Billions, and a sober new wave of financial dramas 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z He had been crossed off almost all their lists, as too big a blowhard, too politically inexperienced, too ideologically untrustworthy. Marco Rubio and Bernie Sanders were the real winners in Iowa 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Credit Miller's breakout role as the blowhard Erlich Bachman on HBO's "Silicon Valley," the owner of a tech incubator — his suburban tract house — that serves as headquarters for a fledgling startup. Critics Choice Awards host T.J. Miller sees comedy as 'a great way to contribute to mankind' 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z The candidates may loathe positioning themselves in relation to “blowhards” as Bush described it, or “reality TV stars,” as Christie put it, but the Republicans they’re courting understand the message and the stakes. The intense GOP contest to be 'not insane' in New Hampshire 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Donald Trump, the billionaire blowhard and front runner for the Republican presidential nomination, demands the media’s constant attention. Anonymous vs. Donald Trump: the internet's id takes on its ego 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z He said Trump’s plan was an example of “blowhards out there just saying stuff” rather than proposing realistic plans. Jeb Bush denounces Trump, but won’t say if he’ll support him 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z You can’t come off as a mere blowhard when you’re denigrating your opponents—there has to be a twinkle of self-awareness that the audience can pick up on. UFC Star Conor McGregor Says He’s Lost His Mind 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z But as good as Top Gear was, and as good as his Amazon show may end up being, Clarkson is also an unhinged, racist blowhard who doesn’t deserve a television program or our admiration. Why is Amazon using a racist bully to promote Prime Air? 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z “It’s not about the blowhards out there just saying stuff, that’s not a program, that’s not a plan,” Bush told voters at a law firm here on Tuesday while condemning Trump’s proposed Muslim ban. The intense GOP contest to be 'not insane' in New Hampshire 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z In the process, a lot of red-white-and-blue blowhards prove that they – not the liberals whom they often deride – aren't really willing to sacrifice for freedom. Small City, Big Example 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Seems a smaller risk for the $1-6 million many coaches receive than the risk of mining coal 1000 feet underground for $80 K. Not feeling a lot of sympathy for overpaid blowhards. Vocal Strain Poses Long-Term Risks for Coaches. Anyone Have a Lozenge? 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z “The Donald” would say, “We like him because he’s a blowhard,” and we would accept it because we would understand it. What did George Will say? 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Leave it to blowhard presidential contender Donald Trump to deliver one of the most vile responses to yesterday’s horrific terror attacks in Paris, which killed 129 people and injured hundreds more. Donald Trump’s callous response to Paris terror attack: Victims should have been armed 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z There’s an amusing squabble afoot between blowhard Bill O’Reilly and conservative columnist George Will. The real reason George Will is fuming at Bill O’Reilly: The Fox Newser told the truth about Ronald Reagan 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z So if you thought Rush was just a self-serving blowhard, a man choking the airwaves with his vapid and offensive commentary, well, you’re wrong. Rush Limbaugh gave us Fox News and the Tea Party: How his conservative media revolution wrecked Washington for good 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Some cancer researchers view him as a “blowhard” with a “deep streak of P. T. Barnum showmanship,” as Forbes put it. If Cancer Becomes Biden’s Cause, a Bold but Polarizing Doctor Is on Call 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z And what they want, it seems, are politically inept blowhards. The GOP establishment’s impotent panic: Why they can’t make Donald Trump & Ben Carson go away 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z He was a familiar television personality and blowhard, about whom the majority of Republicans harbored critical opinions. 2016: Where Do Things Stand? 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z In character as a buffoonish blowhard, he testified before Congress, formed his own super PAC and even ran for president — twice. As Stephen Colbert debuts on 'Late Show,' late-night TV wars heat up 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Every week, political blowhards appear on the network news shows to spout their very predictable talking points. The modern news conference is a scripted farce: Why Jorge Ramos’ badgering of Donald Trump was a necessary corrective 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Regarding billionaire real estate developer Donald Trump, 58 said "arrogant," 38 said "blowhard," 35 said "idiot," 34 said "businessman," and another 34 said "clown." Poll Finds Americans Negative on Presidential Field 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z When voters were asked to name the first word that comes to mind when they think of Mr. Trump, the top 10 answers were “arrogant,” “blowhard,” “idiot,” “businessman,” “clown,” “honest,” “ego,” “money,” “outspoken” and “crazy.” Donald Trump extends lead to 16 points in 2016 GOP race: national poll 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z The 51-year-old performer became a fan favorite originally on “The Daily Show” by adopting an ironic persona as an egotistical conservative blowhard. Stephen Colbert 'prays' Donald Trump stays in the 2016 race 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z As Goldthwait repeatedly returns to footage of a recent performance by Crimmins, in which he’s introduced as a great entertainer, all we see are the aimless rants of a self-righteous blowhard. Review: ‘Call Me Lucky’ tells the story of comedian Barry Crimmins 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z About the worst that you hear said about him is that he is a blowhard who occasionally blurts out embarrassing things. Will Joe Biden Decide to Run for President? 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z In the editorial, which was published on Tuesday, the newspaper called Trump a “feckless blowhard” who was “unfit to hold office”. Trump denied press credentials to Iowa newspaper after editorial, paper says 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z In the editorial, published Tuesday, the newspaper called Trump a “feckless blowhard” who is “unfit to hold office.” Trump campaign bans Iowa newspaper from event 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z In the editorial, published Tuesday, the newspaper called Trump a "feckless blowhard" who is "unfit to hold office." Trump campaign bans Iowa newspaper from event after critical editorial 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z The editorial branded him “‘the distraction with traction’ — a feckless blowhard who can generate headlines, name recognition and polling numbers not by provoking thought, but by provoking outrage.” Donald Trump dismisses ‘sophomoric’ Des Moines Register editorial 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z It would be easy to dismiss Trump as just a bleating blowhard thirsting for headlines – and to be sure, he is – except for what happened next. Down in the Nativist Muck 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z To them, Trump wasn’t a blowhard or a borderline racist. 'This country's bankrupt': supporters keep Donald Trump in business 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z For you breastfeeding blowhards, this isn’t about breastfeeding at all. "Daddy, Stop Talking!" Excerpt 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z They are not back-in-my-day blowhards, carping about how much tougher the competition was back then. As Kentucky closes in on unbeaten season, the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers would be happy to welcome them to club 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z The result is that shrewd teams attack post defenders from the outset with the strategy of discovering whether or not the referees are… blowhards. How to Fix NCAA College Basketball 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z After listing every blowhard, self-aggrandizing position that each and every speaker will take, Cruz added: “But when have you stood up and fought?” LIVE FROM CPAC: Ted Cruz’s highly dubious ’16 pitch: I’m a fighter, not a talker 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z In the manner of barroom blowhards, the authors seem to assume that no substantiation is necessary. Why The Real Basket Case Is Not Japan But A Place Closer To Home 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z The problem is that their heroism is often overshadowed by sanctimonious blowhards. The importance of resisting bigotry 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z But Fox contributor and known blowhard Keith Ablow was also on the couch, so there was also the stuff he said. Fox News’ Keith Ablow says shushing a woman is just “playful and warm” 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Get past all the blowhard stuff, and he can make an offense better. Jay Cutler working with Charlie Weis? Sign me up 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z But everything I've seen so far, from Lynch's blowhard comments, to back turning at solemn funerals, to putting the public safety at risk through slow downs, has lost me as a supporter. President of New York Police Union Will Face Election Challenge 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z What does Seabrook have to say about this, he is another union blowhard. Agency Report Finds Criminal Histories and Gang Ties Among Rikers Officers 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z He’s replacing a man who famously portrayed a cable blowhard on “The Colbert Report,” but Wilmore plans to be himself. Wilmore taking his own path as Colbert replacement 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Stephen Colbert plays a pompous, conservative blowhard character for the last time on the finale of the Emmy Award-winning “The Colbert Report” tonight. Latest News: U.S.-Cuba, Putin on Russia, Stephen Colbert 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Colbert’s blowhard persona had been a mainstay of The Daily Show, but many worried that, given a whole half-hour to anchor, the character would grow tiresome. Here's What Critics Said About The Colbert Report When It Premiered 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z “He’s the farthest thing from a show-off or a blowhard,” Zambri said. Chris Como’s Quiet Study of the Golf Swing Leads to Tiger Woods’s Side 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z Only seven weeks are left for one of television’s most original comic characters: the blowhard conservative commentator created by Stephen Colbert. Colbert Announces End Date for ‘Report’ and His Blowhard Persona 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z In life, blowhards and bullies will inevitably rise up and do their thing. Mars Hill: Cautionary Tales From The Enron Of American Churches 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Consider the blowhards, the exaggerators, the one’s who are going to “tell it like it is” but don’t. Steve Jobs, Larry Page And Rush Limbaugh Walk Into A Bar: A Look At The Future of Truth 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z That will mean the end of the self-satisfied blowhard whose lamebrain pronouncements, decoded for their ironic intent, have served as some of TV’s shrewdest analysis of current events. Got a beef with television? Why not sue somebody? 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Jack Crabb was based on a fictional character, the blowhard Kit Carson in William Saroyan's play The Time of Your Life. Thomas Berger, author of Little Big Man, dies aged 89 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Some blowhard manager walked into the conference room and said “Who called this meeting? I don’t see anybody here at a level to authorize a meeting!” Nine HR Policies That Drive Good People Away 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z There were plenty of blowhards, bigots and boors, not to mention people who really shouldn’t be wearing madras. The Kardashians Killed the Hamptons “Just one word….plastics,” the blowhard whispered with boozy confidence. High-End Wireless Speakers for Air Guitar Stars Of course, this type of policy threatens the wealth of the top one percent — including Colbert’s rightwing blowhard persona. Stephen Colbert stands with “Iron Man” Tony Stark against economist Thomas Piketty 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z What happens when you cross a parody of a blowhard right-wing talk-show host with a radical French economist who seeks a fight against global inequality? Stephen Colbert on Thomas Piketty 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z In short, men seem much more willing to be blowhards than women are — during dinner parties, at the office, on anonymous phone surveys and in the nation’s fine op-ed pages. Learning to swagger With more than 5,000 delegates in Beijing, the implication is: They’re all blowhards, but at least they blew away the smog. Sinosphere Blog: Blowing Away the Smog in Beijing, Politically Speaking 2014-03-06T08:09:56Z In her short tenure on the national scene, she has elicited an almost Pavlovian response from anti-woman blowhards. Wendy Davis, Misogyny Magnet 2013-10-03T17:32:48Z Simms, in particular, has turned into the kind of traditionalist blowhard who will berate you for not punting on fourth down, even if you're 6 points down with less than a minute to play. Review: 'Madden NFL 25' takes a victory lap 2013-09-04T13:19:47Z The network plans to lure viewers who tune in early or those who tire of the blowhards on pregame shows. On American TVs, English Soccer Scores on Empty Net 2013-08-19T19:15:29Z To be honest and blunt, I think Charlie Weis is a boorish blowhard who will have a stunning lack of success at Kansas and move on, blaming the school on his way out the door. Charlie Weis is indeed a guru of passing — the buck 2013-07-26T12:50:00Z So we treated him just as you would any blowhard, by ignoring him, and if that didn’t work, by poking fun. At War Blog: A Problematic Genre, the ‘Kill Memoir’ 2013-07-16T13:01:01Z Probably no more of a grandstanding blowhard than any other politician but significantly less well informed than many others. Amazon's Alleged German Tax Dodging Isn't Tax Dodging 2013-07-13T16:33:00Z Listen with neutral reaction. Painful as it is, the single most important way to effect behavioral change in a blowhard is to maintain a completely neutral response while they're talking. 5 Ways to Deal With an Employee Who Talks Too Much 2013-06-06T12:21:31Z It will view him less as the reformer who enfranchised Venezuela’s poor, and more as the blowhard who presided over food shortages, the world’s highest inflation rate and South America’s worst violent crime rate. Death Arrives for El Comandante: Venezuela's Hugo Chávez Dies at 58 2013-03-05T22:35:26Z And finally, on a less happy note, I’m afraid that the biggest blowhards will continue to roll right over the brightest bulbs. Where Social Media Will Go in 2013 2012-12-28T13:40:44Z If you think of Christie as a disingenuous blowhard who’s more interested in picking political fights than improving public policy, well, this tale probably won’t change your opinion. Chris Christie's Race to the Bottom in New Jersey 2012-08-28T21:35:17Z Is Colonel Davis an admirable whistle-blower, or a blowhard? At War Blog: An Officer and a Whistle-Blower 2012-02-05T20:30:33Z Don't let them get started. The easiest way to prevent a blowhard from sandbagging a meeting is, of course, not to let them get started in the first place. 5 Ways to Deal With an Employee Who Talks Too Much 2013-06-06T12:21:31Z The whole message is anti-institutional: administrators are blowhards and idiots, the system rewards the uncreative and only the performers in the local traveling circus understand the meaning of life. Counting Down Dickens' Greatest Novels. Number 8: Hard Times 2012-01-29T23:35:23Z What this means is the Ryan fraternal twins and brotherly blowhards — the Jets Coach Rex and the Dallas defensive coordinator Rob — will both miss the playoffs. On Football: Giants Keep Resilience Amid Arid Stretch 2012-01-02T08:56:06Z They are led by a world-class blowhard, Rex Ryan, a coach who is to professional football what Donald J. Trump is to, well, just about every endeavor. City Room: Can the Ill Fortunes of a Sports Team Be Told in Its Name? 2011-12-27T14:53:57Z Among friends and colleagues, he prefers to play the atheist blowhard. On Religion: An Effort, Years in the Making, to Capture the Mystery 2011-11-18T15:27:44Z In May of this year, Mushnick had updated his opinion: “He is a narcissistic, condescending blowhard.” Voice of Yankees Draws High Ratings and Several Critics 2011-10-01T16:50:12Z “I’m tired of Republican, Democrat politics; I’m tired of blowhard radio people, blowhard television people, blowhard newspapers,” he said. Gay Marriage Bill Is One Vote Shy of Clearing State Senate 2011-06-15T02:30:39Z I am not one of those macho blowhards who believes that soccer is some socialist starter sport. Goal: 24 Hours in Sports: Journey Begins at Red Bull Arena 2011-06-10T23:17:02Z In an e-mail, Mr. Garbus said of Mr. Singer: “I think of him as a blowhard.” Guard Dog to the Stars (Legally Speaking) 2011-05-21T16:12:47Z We could spend more time actually talking to family and friends, instead of being shouted at by blowhard former players. Dan McNeil: Preparing for an NFL-free world 2011-03-18T01:14:30Z He is not a blowhard, nor is he an evil genius. The Fifth Down: Falcons Have an Identity. It's Called Winning. 2011-01-14T16:00:16Z Manning and his football-star family surely understood that as a sign of respect, not disrespect, but once again Ryan put himself in the position of being depicted as a blowhard. Sports of The Times: As Jets Advance, Ryan Leaves Criticism Behind 2011-01-09T19:17:25Z The connection is that they like to be these blowhards who tap into a certain kind of dissatisfaction among their supporters. 'The Ayatollahs' Democracy': Inside Iran's Political Culture 2010-10-25T08:50:00Z He was often portrayed by the news media as a blowhard and a baseball know-nothing. George Steinbrenner, Yankees? Owner, Dies at 80 2010-07-13T14:31:00Z When Hayworth served in the House, he often came off as a blowhard, portentously calling for over-the-top legislation on immigration and border control without actually getting any of it done. McCain: J.D. Hayworth is dumb 2010-05-25T17:45:00Z He's a fan's fan At times Leonsis might come off as overzealous, a blowhard as some fans might be tempted to say, standing at games in his oversized red Capitals jersey, always pontificating about happiness. Taking ownership of the Washington Wizards is just the latest reckoning for Ted Leonsis 2010-04-28T04:00:00Z Page three girls and blowhard columnists not included. Print baron 2010-03-14T16:14:00Z Come along, young blowhard,' said he, 'as the first leaftennan has trusted your edicashun to me, we must saw wood at once, and see what we can make of that block of yourn. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 There wasn't any jolly business or blowhard about the Kid. The Night Operator But Old Rock Jaw, in more of a blowhard mood even than usual, couldn't let well enough alone. The Kenzie Report My boy, don't let them blowhards back there stuff you with sich nonsense about the rebel cavalry. Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign Shut up your own head, you British blowhard," retorted Shorty, "and mind your own business. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign He's a blowhard, a gasbagger, a balloon full of curses and twaddle. The Kangaroo Marines Not that I believe in the braggart and blowhard, but a chap must have nerve to put himself ahead if he wants to keep in the game. Frank Merriwell's Bravery What do you mean by entering this room without knocking, you miserable old blowhard? Frank Merriwell Down South In no section of this land of the alleged free and home of the ism does the blowhard blow longer and louder than in the South. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 A voice—"Why don't you go yourself, you old blowhard?" The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 2: War |
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