Howard Kurtz on mortgage loans
ST reader Leslie forwarded me this piece written by Howard Kurtz on the “sob stories” we hear about people who’ve bought a home they can’t afford thanks to a dicey loan, and how the media portrays them as victims:
Louisiana Democrats: Shameless
Blake Dvorak at the Real Clear Politics blog posted today about a despicable ad being run by the Louisiana Democratic party against Republican candidate for governor and Congressman Bobby Jindal in which they use his own words to spin a deceptive picture which paints him as supposedly anti-Protestant. Here’s the video:
Mitt Romney’s abortion stance woes continue
It would appear that Iowa straw-poll winner Mitt Romney, who has been dogged with accusations that he changes positions to suit himself almost as often as most people change underwear, seems to no longer be able to keep up with what he says about his stance on abortion from one week to the next:
Proof positive: The NYT editorial board lives in caves
I kept in mind while reading this editorial masquerading as a straight news piece that it was published in the NYT, but even at that, I was absolutely stunned to read their revisionist history tactics on the Vietnam war while at the same time bashing Bush over the head for his speech yesterday to the VFW on how we had to learn the lessons from Vietnam and not leave Iraq like we did ‘nam, or it would be just as disastrous. This part was especially breathtaking:
Thursday open thread
I am swimming in a sea of paperwork. Will be back later this evening when I can come up for air …