By the way…
That moment in the debate really is the quintessential Romney reveal.
That is, if anyone needed yet another reveal.
Once again, it is Matt Taibbi showing us why:
Romney’s entire debate performance was like this. He said absolutely nothing, but got lots of credit for style points. Here’s Romney’s answer on what budget cuts he would make, addressing perhaps-soon-to-be-ex-PBS employee, Jim Lehrer:
I’m sorry, Jim. I’m going to stop the subsidy to PBS. I’m going to stop other things. I like PBS. I love Big Bird. I actually like you too. But I’m not going to — I’m not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it. That’s number one.
Number two, I’ll take programs that are currently good programs but I think could be run more efficiently at the state level and send them to state.
Number three, I’ll make government more efficient, and to cut back the number of employees, combine some agencies and departments. My cutbacks will be done through attrition, by the way.
So the answer to the question, “What will you do to rein in the biggest budget deficit in history?” comes down to, “I’ll cut PBS, which is about one millionth of the federal budget, and some other stuff.”
For God’s sake – “I’ll take programs that could be run more efficiently at state and send them to state”? Is that a joke? That’s worse than a Bill Belichick answer: “What’s our plan against the Broncos? We’re going to watch the film and do what’s best for our football team.”
The only question I have is: Is the PBS budget really as much as one millionth?
Three days after the debate that Romney supposedly won, the dominant meme is Big Bird. Pyrrhic victory, at best.
I am worried about Elmo, though. He’s been hitting the chocolate milk hard since he got fired.
So Pyrrhic that Romney is now leading nationally by 4 in the Pew poll.
But I’m sure some Big Bird jokes will turn the momentum right around.
There’s got to be a Saturday Night Live skit in there somewhere…
Don’t roofrack me, bro . . .
By the way…
That moment in the debate really is the quintessential Romney reveal.
That is, if anyone needed yet another reveal.
Once again, it is Matt Taibbi showing us why:
The only question I have is: Is the PBS budget really as much as one millionth?
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/presidential-debate-aftermath-mitt-romney-wins-all-important-bs-contest-20121005?print=true
Do Mormons do that?