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Let her crush herself. She's way better at any than anyone else could dream of being.
Trying to run her character though the mud just helps her.
Commented Sep 4, 2009 on The Real Slim Shady at Obsidian Wings
The Real Slim Shady
by von Levi Johnston is in Vanity Fair, again dishing on the Palins. Up to this point, Johnston -- fish out of water, improbable gay icon -- has been riding a modest wave of public sympathy. But the public's sympathy always peters out. So, right on cue, the backlash against against Johnston ...
Well, look, I'm under the theory that all politicians lie, and all politicians lie a lot. I think the difference is that more republicans are willing to call out lies (even when it's not a lie). Democrats, in my lifetime, are less willing to do so.
As a result, many republicans know that if they walk in lock-step on a lie, it will not be called out. Democrats, without that front, say lies (or call out lies) but then immediately back peddle to safer ground.
Commented Aug 19, 2009 on Hoisted from Comments: Why the American Right Lies so Much at Grasping Reality by Brad DeLong
Hoisted from Comments: Why the American Right Lies so Much
Bloix: >Why Orrin Hatch Lies a Lot (and Pete Domenici, Bob Dole, and Chuck Grassley too): But Krugman's point, which is clearly true and is the general rule in parliamentary democracies, doesn't explain the lying. That's possible only because in our system there's no direct confrontation between ...
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