I was catching up on my Wolcott reading, and these two posts really started me re-thinking.

Worse than a Fool
Slipperier Slope

Our country is in this perilous financial position because of Republican policies - I know it's the argument we recognize, that people don't vote with their wallets but should.


How is this for a reframing the issue (and how many other ways can we extend it?):

"How much are you willing to to pay to make sure gays can't marry?"

This delusional:

Fox News' Colmes Jeered by Other Liberals
Sun Oct 19, 8:44 PM ET

By DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer

NEW YORK - Alan Colmes has been called an on-air punching bag, a runt, wishy-washy, a milquetoast and — this one must really hurt — a conservative at heart.

And these words are from people who usually agree with him.

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Colmes' low-key manner — in the face of Hannity's fire — is on display in his new book, "Red, White and Liberal." Unlike political authors who snarl and bite, Colmes is nice. He writes as much to reason with conservatives as to rally liberals.

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Colmes called Franken's book "very funny," but the typical liberal line.

"What am I supposed to do?" he asked. "Should I not work there because I'm a liberal and they want to paint Fox as a conservative? For them to make the argument that Fox is conservative, they have to diminish my role there."

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