Saving what little they have to celebrate in the Obama presidency, the MSM commentariat has taken the opportunity of the Republican National Convention to roll out what they consider their best 'arguments' againt the Republican nominees.
Here are a few of the ones I've come across while surfing the net:
E.J.Dionne: "The GOP is marketing the concept that a great many Americans need to suffer before they can prosper. The government needs the equivalent of a P90X regimen -- and never mind checking first whether it will actually be good for the country."
Have to give him credit for being succinct while being wrong. Unless the 'great many Americans' who he worries will suffer are all government employees, his point is a giant non sequiter. And the proposition that ending bloated, voracious, lumbering government will be good for the country is very nearly an indisputable fact - like gravity (speaking of impending fiscal cliffs). He goes on:
"Christie and Ryan talk a lot about "courage." It's an excellent virtue. But where is the courage in giving the wealthy people who are financing your campaigns all they want while accusing those who might vote against you of wishing to spend life in a hammock? "
I hope he asks that question next week of an administration that has failed to indict a single contributor - I mean Wall Street fat cat while telling entrepreneurs and business owners that maybe they've made enough and ought to be willing to 'spread the wealth around a little.'
