Morning Newsdome: Let the swiftboating begin
August 13, 2009 at 11:34 am by Alejandro A. Leal in News- Why am I not surprised: The swiftboating of health care reform.
- I swear, I just saw a Unicorn: Palin responds to “death panel” criticism, insisting they’re real.
- Not in the mood: Retail sales unexpectedly fall in July… meanwhile, Wal-Mart’s overseas profit growth accelerates.
- And to top it off: Number of people filing first time jobless claims bounces back.
- But! The Fed sees signs of recovery.
- WTO rules against China on importing of foreign media… see if it cares.
- That’s just how it is: Judge orders Microsoft to stop selling Word, but it really doesn’t matter… meanwhile, Big Redmond strikes a deal to develop MS apps for Nokia phones (Question: Shouldn’t they have done this in like, 1998 when *everyone* used both brands?).
- Sometimes these just write themselves: Protector of sanctity of marriage and proponent of Proposition 8 in California to divorce wife of 43 years.
August 13th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
I guess that “swiftboating” is distortion by the opponents. What do you call distortion by the advocates. For instance, when Obama says he is not for single payer.