the daily howler: Absolutely fatuous: Son of Bush-checks-his-watch!
Mark Combs
said...Thank you, Mr. Somerby! For the last day and a half, I've been waffling between stunned shock and complete embarrassment over the reaction from the left to this "$10,000 bet" thing. I honestly can't believe that people are reacting to this in this fashion, and that the left leaning public is repeating it as if it was a nail in the coffin.
Two points stand out to me:
1)I'm embarrassed by the fact that the left is obviously just as guilty of arguing by twisting soundbites as the right; this is a straight up Rush Limbaugh tactic, and the moral high ground is disappearing fast, and
2)The very idea that offering a $10,000 bet in a situation like this shows how rich and out of touch Romney is rings completely false when any ten year old knows instinctively that the proper retort is "I'll betcha a million bucks!" If Romney's statement reveals anything, it reveals that he's unbelievably cheap...
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