--- title: "4 Michael Tomasky Quotes - Famous Journalist (If We Can Keep It)" description: "Michael John Tomasky is an American columnist, progressive commentator, and author. He is the editor of The New Republic and the editor in chief of Demo..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b052/author-michael-tomasky-70251.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Michael Tomasky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b052/author-michael-tomasky-70251.jpg) # Michael Tomasky (1960) Journalist United States **4** quotes in **54** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Michael Tomasky is a journalist from the United States, best known for *If We Can Keep It*. ## Quick Facts About Michael Tomasky Born January 1, 1960 Nationality United States Profession Journalist Notable works If We Can Keep It ## About Michael Tomasky Michael John Tomasky is an American columnist, progressive commentator, and author. He is the editor of The New Republic and the editor in chief of Democracy. He has been a special correspondent for Newsweek, The Daily Beast, a contributing editor for The American Prospect, and a contributor to The New York Review of Books. ## Quotes by Michael Tomasky > [John McCain is a liar and flip-flopper and panderer and bully and whiner. And it seems to be working.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-tomasky/john-mccain-is-a-liar-and-flip-flopper-and-panderer-and-bully-and/) [Michael Tomasky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-tomasky/) [Bully](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bully/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/897/michael-tomasky-70251_bully_john-mccain-is-a-liar-and-flip-flopper-a_36366.png) > [Hillary Clinton was the first professional First Lady, the first feminist First Lady, the first First Lady from the '60s generation, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-tomasky/hillary-clinton-was-the-first-professional-first-lady-the-first/) [Michael Tomasky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-tomasky/) [America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edc/michael-tomasky-70251_america_hillary-clinton-was-the-first-profession_216211.png) > [Hillary Clinton really transformed herself into a national security expert. She decided to join the Senate Armed Services Committee, and she became…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-tomasky/hillary-clinton-really-transformed-herself-into-a-national-security/) [Michael Tomasky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-tomasky/) [Armed services](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/armed-services/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/520/michael-tomasky-70251_armed-services_hillary-clinton-really-transformed-herse_1293675.png) > [I tend to cut David Brooks more slack than most people I know do, and I do it for one main reason.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-tomasky/i-tend-to-cut-david-brooks-more-slack-than-most-people-i-know-do-and/) [Michael Tomasky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-tomasky/) [Agree](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/agree/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fe/michael-tomasky-70251_agree_i-tend-to-cut-david-brooks-more-slack-th_1575029.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-tomasky/#itemlist", "name": "Michael Tomasky Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "John McCain is a liar and flip-flopper and panderer and bully and whiner. 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