second-raters

Jonathan Alter openly marvels at the “many extraordinarily smart men and women” who have grouped themselves around Obama, not the “legion of second-raters” whom Bush attracted.

Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011

Jonathan Alter openly marvels at the “many extraordinarily smart men and women” who have grouped themselves around Obama, not the “legion of second-raters” whom Bush attracted.

Deconstructing Obama Jack Cashill 2011

You folks are rank amateurs, pathetic second-raters, miserable excuses for wingnuts.

Archive 2009-08-01 2009

Just a bunch of second-raters more interested in their own perks than in banking.

Wonk Room » As Financial Industry Gears Up, Report Shows Lobbying Led To Shoddier Loan Standards And More Losses 2009

Today the press corps is having fun writing off the Republican contenders as uninspiring second-raters.

The 2012 Republican Battle Test William McGurn 2011

Sadly this does not seem to have occurred to any of the cast list of utter second-raters who have had a hand in this imbroglio.

Nooks & Crannies of The Common Law 2008

Sadly this does not seem to have occurred to any of the cast list of utter second-raters who have had a hand in this imbroglio.

Archive 2008-11-30 2008

Having so many extraordinarily smart men and women around certainly beat the alternative: the Bush White House, with its legions of second-raters.

THE PROMISE JONATHAN ALTER 2010

However, I feel that, all too often, second-raters simply daub a few impressionistic touches over a cloudy central image, assuming that the reader/viewer will do the rest of the work and mentally create something convincing.

Imagination vs. Art in Horror Film, Comics, and Literature, Pt. 1: Introduction 2010

Having so many extraordinarily smart men and women around certainly beat the alternative: the Bush White House, with its legions of second-raters.

THE PROMISE JONATHAN ALTER 2010