gasbaggery

On that subject, allow me to quote another opinion that, in its time, might well have beenindeed, probably wasdismissed as "gasbaggery":

IsThatLegal? 2003

Glenn Reynolds called this "gasbaggery" that would do more to hinder than to advance a civil liberties agenda.

IsThatLegal? 2003

For all of their gasbaggery about the virtue and necessity of the Fourth Estate, the glittering mainstream media elite (big names, big money, very little gumshoe) is simply allergic to breaking news, and intelligently reporting about anything that implicates the power structure beyond the isolated criminal doings of one man or woman, i. e, senators and congressmen who terrorize airport bathrooms and congressional pages, or cheesy Midwest governors with small mind/big hair complexes.

Media Elite Fall Down Again, and Again and … « Antiwar.com Blog 2009

UPDATE: And, predictably, she prompts the envious gasbaggery of nonentities, and assorted buzzes and clicks from the burrowing inhabitants of small dead animals.

Archive 2009-09-01 2009

If you get beyond the pompous gasbaggery and the odious self-importance of the first paragraph, there are some fine sentiments in that toast.

Matthew Yglesias » Endgame 2010

Keller's stated preference for books that act as "a launching pad for discussion" betrays a similar attitude toward books as, in this case, an excuse for Hardball-type tv gasbaggery rather than as carefully composed "texts" intended to be read and considered in an equally careful way.

Book Reviewing 2010

But no one can get away with gasbaggery like this: “B. Mac takes on us a stirring exploration of the human condition, shattering preconceptions and paradigms at every turn.”

Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Do You Have Any Writing Questions? 2008

Perhaps Hedrick isn't a part of the right-wing conspiracy, but he certainly has internalized the gasbaggery issuing forth every day from the Glenn Beck doom bunker.

Matt Osborne: Attack of the Town Hall Zombies 2009

UPDATE: And, predictably, she prompts the envious gasbaggery of nonentities, and assorted buzzes and clicks from the burrowing inhabitants of small dead animals.

Heather Mallick 2009

I will argue that Cedarford's gasbaggery is on the right side of the aisle.

"A digital war has broken out, and the conservative movement is losing." Ann Althouse 2009